# Freud’s missing Bacon

An episode of [The Slow Newscast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1487320403), 28 Apr 2026, 37 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/the-tortoise-podcast/e/69ef91f0fd19588ed7e51609/media.mp3

In 1988, a painting by Lucian Freud of his one-time friend Francis Bacon was stolen from a Berlin art gallery. It’s now worth £20 million. This week, Steve Smith goes in search of the lost art. Reporter: Steve Smith Producer: Ada Barumé Artwork: Blythe Walker Sibthorp Sound design: Dominic Delargy Editor: Jasper Corbett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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