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‘Very beautiful’ portrait of Gallagher brothers to go to auction for £1.5m


Work by Elizabeth Peyton from 1996 shows ‘quiet tension’ between Noel and Liam at their Oasis peak, expert says

skip past newsletter promotion Your weekly art world round-up, sketching out all the biggest stories, scandals and exhibitions This year’s reunion is predicted to be the most popular and profitable in British music history, with fans expected to spend more than £1bn on tickets, accommodation, food, drink, outfits and merchandise. One of the four paintings she made of the Gallagher brothers is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, while one of Liam sold for $4.1m in November last year – an auction record for a Peyton work.

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