The Boston Globe: A new biography gives us Francis Bacon in full
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 ...
The Washington Post: Francis Bacon was an elusive figure. A new biography presents novel details of his iconoclastic existence.
“Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards,” 1980, by Francis Bacon. (The Estate of Francis Bacon, 80-01. All rights reserved. Private collection, USA.) Review ...
Francis Bacon was an elusive figure. A new biography presents novel details of his iconoclastic existence.
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 ...
The New York Times: Francis Bacon Read Just as He Painted: Deep, Dark and Bleak
The Washington Post: A French exhibition of Francis Bacon turns him into that pseudointellectual dude from college
PARIS — There is something odd about the Francis Bacon exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, though it takes a while to discern exactly what that something is. “Bacon: Books and Painting” displays the ...
A French exhibition of Francis Bacon turns him into that pseudointellectual dude from college
He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Throughout his papacy, Francis was noted for his humility, emphasis on God's mercy, international visibility, commitment to interreligious dialogue, and concern for the poor, migrants, and refugees.