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Sue Tilley is an artist and writer, Lucien Freud’s muse and was Leigh Bowery’s best friend.

Sue was introduced to Freud by Bowery, the legendary avant-garde artist, performer and club icon, and she became the subject of a number of his most famous paintings including the Benefit Supervisor Sleeping, 1995.

After Bowery’s premature death in 1993, Sue wrote the definitive biography of this groundbreaking figure of the 1980s.

Leigh Bowery is the subject of a major exhibition at Tate Modern, 21 Feb-31 Aug 2025 – info here.