Francis Bacon
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The exhibition Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy of Arts in London next year will include the artist's final work—a painting of a bull
As the coronavirus crisis stretches on, we look at how artists have captured confinement in recent history and what is being done now
His body was found almost three weeks after he disappeared from his home in Montauk on the East End of Long Island
The work comes from the collection of the Norweigan shipping heir Hans Rasmus Astrup and is the second major coup for the auction house’s spring sales season
Auction house fields a steady contemporary evening sale in London
Publication focuses on what neuroscience and psychology bring to the table with the late artist's works
We look back at the biggest art sales of the year, which reveal a concentration on New York over London and a continued dominance of 20th century male artists
Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou focuses on the artist’s post-pope period, which has received less critical examination
We revisit our exclusive interview with the British artist. Plus, expert Martin Gayford tells us about Hockney, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and others in post-war London
A £16m Francis Bacon self-portrait and a record for a little-known German artist enliven an otherwise dry sale in London as totals fall 40% on last year
From the little-known Renaissance painter Bartolomé Bermejo at the National Gallery to the Hayward Gallery's huge group show exploring gender fluidity
Francis Bacon's lighter depiction of George Dyer leads auction at £17.5m, with strong prices for Hurvin Anderson, Bridget Riley and Albert Oehlen
From a gesamtkunstwerk designed to awaken the senses to a five-decade survey of Bruce Nauman
We talk to Martin Gayford about his book Modernists and Mavericks and sitting for portraits by Freud and Hockney. And we explore a show celebrating the Signals gallery, where Latin American and European avant-gardes converged.
Swiss museum hosts first major comparative exhibition of the two artists
Painting of artist’s lover and muse comes to auction for the first time at Christie’s New York in May
The stormtrooper on a cross is part of an exhibition due to open to the public on Thursday
Capping an epic week of auctions, solid results featuring records for female artists and a Ferrari bode well for market's future—so long as it doesn't overheat
See the conversation in Norwich exhibition next Spring
Gowrie, a former UK arts minister, art dealer and chair of Sotheby’s and the Arts Council, is also a poet
…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture
Majid Boustany owns paintings executed from the 1920s to the 1980s, as well as design objects and exhibition catalogues
New details emerge in British courts about disputed drawings that first emerged in Italy
This show compares the two artists, revealing that the painter even asked the sculptor for lessons
The chairman of the artist’s catalogue raisonné committee dismisses controversial drawings as “pastiches” in UK bankruptcy hearing
A new book considers the theological dimensions of the artist’s paintings
Francis Bacon’s Australian connections are explored
Frieze Masters both embraces and challenges the idea of 'masters'
