Fans of Francis Bacon, rejoice: a new publication by the French poet and author Yves Peyré, Francis Bacon Or the Measure of Excess, out now from ACC Art Books, offers a touching and intimate tribute ...
Edited by critic/curator Michael Peppiatt, with a forward by novelist Colm Toibin, "Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words" (Thames and Hudson USA) arrives at a propitious moment. Bacon's paintings ...
In this 1985 documentary on the artist, made while he was still very much alive, Francis Bacon talks through one of his most iconic works and explains how he makes paintings. The documentary features ...
The Royal Academy’s new Francis Bacon exhibition in London is the talk of the town. Titled “Man and Beast,” the show homes in on the Modernist painter’s relationship with animals—a refreshing ...
The received wisdom about artist Francis Bacon’s life goes: He painted like a maniac in his chaotic studio every day, drank like a maniac in London’s seedy Soho neighborhood every night. There’s an ...
A photograph, printed in Vogue in 1952, captures Francis Bacon in his element: bare-chested, staring intently and clutching the fleshy remains of something slaughtered. To paint the human figure, the ...
Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches and paintings. Some experts aren’t so sure. By Alex Marshall The artist organizes a show of seldom-seen paintings at Gagosian to ...
In 2013, Francis Bacon’s painting Three Studies of Lucian Freud sold for $142 million, setting the world record (since surpassed) for the most expensive painting sold at auction. His second-and ...
Editor’s Note: This article was updated with the final sale price and other details following the auction’s conclusion. A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon sold for £43.4 million ...
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