This compact yet brilliant show looks at how painters responded to the subjugation of real life in the 1960s media age, with its explosion of photos, film and mass reproduction.
Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory and Head of the School of the Arts, University of Hull In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis ... up here. Bacon’s is an art of intimacy ...
With galleries from 18 countries and works ranging from Francis Bacon to emerging European artists, the 2025 London Art Fair ...
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Indeed, the careful, even tight-arsed handling of the circular forms protruding from the artist’s face contradicts everything ...
This exhibition showcases post-war portraiture and its relationship with photography – the theme is vast, but its ...
Known for his paintings that often transform his subjects into otherworldly creatures, Francis Bacon is one of the most ...
This is the first of Sylvester's interviews with Bacon, which are regarded as some of the best discussions with the artist on his work. They were published as a book, Interviews with Francis Bacon ...
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Did you know? Some of Francis Bacon’s most famous artworks are inspired by old masters, such as Head VI that is based on the 'Portrait Of Pope Innocent X' by the Spanish artist Diego Velazquez.
Alongside the artist’s self-portraits, sitters in this show of works from the 1950s onwards include Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne and Bacon's lovers Peter Lacy and George Dyer, among many more.