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Francis Bacon : the logic of sensation / Gilles Deleuze ; translated and with an introduction by Daniel W. Smith ; afterword by Tom Conley

Francis Bacon: The logic of sensation -- The round area, the ring -- Note on figuration in past painting -- Athleticism -- Body, meat, and spirit: Becoming-animal -- Recapitulative note: Bacon's ...
Artnet

Francis Bacon’s ‘Screaming Pope’ Embodied Postwar Anguish—Here Are 3 Surprising Facts About the Influential Painting

The facts of Francis Bacon’s life are the ones that tend to envelop interpretations of his work: he was an alcoholic, atheist, gambler, and homosexual in an intolerant age. This fraught ...
The Conversation

Francis Bacon: Human Presence – a compelling look at how the artist redefined portraiture

In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis Bacon’s portraits come as a monumental shock. The faces in his paintings, which dissolve at every turn, are chilling – as a major show at the ...
The New York Times

Keeper of a Painter’s Secrets? Or a Fantasist and a Trickster?

Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches and paintings. Some experts aren’t so sure. The Great Read Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches ...
The Atlantic

The Search for Francis Bacon

WHEN, some years ago, I set out to write about Sir Francis Bacon, the undertaking loomed frighteningly large. Not only had Bacon been written about copiously for more than three hundred years, but I ...
The New York Times

Francis Bacon

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 ...