Gagosian is to present Couplings, an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s double-figure paintings. Bacon’s disturbing images—his portrayals of friends and fellow artists, and the deformations and stylistic distortions of classical subjects—radically altered the genre of figurative painting in the twentieth century.
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Police recover three stolen Francis Bacon paintings
Spanish police have recovered 3 of 5 paintings by Francis Bacon, stolen in 2015. The 5 works by Bacon are estimated to be worth more than £22 million
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A trippy tunnel, Bacon and Freud, Paris underground, contemporary Georgian and a starship trooper.
Continue Reading...Cricket in Art : Paul’s ART STUFF ON A TRAIN #197
Were there an Olympics for sports and games in art, I could imagine table tennis, chess and football as medallists. Cricket is a rarer presence, partly I suppose due to its limited geographical scope, so the yet narrower history of cricket pads in art, rather than mere genre paintings or celebratory statues of cricketers wearing them, is less than extensive.
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Brit badboy Bacon’s Spanish and French influences on show in Bilbao
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Art critic Tabish Khan brings you the top art exhibitions to visit this week.
Continue Reading...Francis Bacon’s painting gloves are going to auction
The paint-splattered gloves are proof that we worship artists’ relics – from Turner’s paintbox to Pollock’s brushes – as traces of genius in their own right
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The raw melodrama of Francis Bacon meets the humour and humanity of Maria Lassnig in this superb double bill
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
Another 7 interesting exhibitions for you to visit chosen by art critic Tabish Khan
Continue Reading...Francis Bacon drawings, never before exhibited in London
A selling exhibition of Francis Bacon drawings, never before exhibited in London, and extraordinary new paintings by Darren Coffield
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