Lucian Freud And His Circle Surveyed In Two London Exhibitions
A noted John Deakin photograph of Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud in Soho in 1963
1 December 2022
Francis Bacon
Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews
Gagosian presents Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews.
Tuesday–Saturday 10–6
Francis Bacon: Birth Copulation And Death – Royal Academy – Sue Hubbard
If there is one image that Bacon made his own above any other, it is the mouth contorted in a scream or grimace.
27 January 2022
Francis Bacon: Selected Graphics
An exhibition of prints by Francis Bacon (1909-1992).
Mon – Fri 10:00-5:30 Sat - 10:00-4:00
Simone Leigh Quits Hauser & Wirth – Bacon Owl Pope Hits The Auction Block – Art Basel Website Cyber Attack
Simone Leigh Quits Hauser & Wirth – Bacon Owl Pope Hits Auction Block – Art Basel Website Cyber Attack
2 November 2021
Francis Bacon: RA Show Explores His Fascination With Animals
The Royal Academy of Arts is presenting Francis Bacon: Man and Beast, the first exhibition to chart the development of the artist’s work through the lens of his fascination with animals
13 October 2021
Francis Bacon Forgery Ring Italian Police Make Arrests
Italian police have seized 500 drawings and collages reputed to be by the Irish born artist Francis Bacon.
12 September 2021
Francis Bacon: Man and Beast
This powerful exhibition will focus on Francis Bacon’s unerring fascination with animals: how it both shaped his approach to the human body and distorted it; how, caught at the most extreme moments of existence, his figures are barely recognisable as either human or beast.
Tues–Sun: 10am–6pm
Francis Bacon – The Power Of The Illicit – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Francis Bacon show at Gagosian Grosvenor Hill is something of a landmark event. It contains a sumptuous array… Read More
10 June 2019
Francis Bacon: Couplings
An exhibition of Francis Bacon’s double-figure paintings.
Tuesday–Saturday 10–6
Francis Bacon Screaming Pope Portrait to Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Francis Bacon’s $20-30m ‘Screaming Pope’ Study for a Head is to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s, in May. It is one of the most iconic works by the artist remaining in private hands
1 April 2019
All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life
All Too Human celebrates the painters in Britain who strove to represent human figures, their relationships and surroundings in the most intimate of ways including Bacon, Freud, Auerbach and Paula Rego.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Rare Portrait of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon Exhibited At Tate
An important portrait by Francis Bacon of his friend/rival Lucian Freud is to be shown in Tate Britain’s landmark exhibition
13 November 2017
Francis Bacon Pope Portrait Resurfaces After 50 Years At Christie’s London
A portrait by the British artist Francis Bacon which has not been seen in public for over 55 years is to be sold at Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
6 September 2017
Stolen Francis Bacon Paintings Worth £30m Found In Spain
Police in Spain have announced that they have recovered three of the five paintings by the British artist Francis Bacon stolen from a Madrid apartment in 2015.
21 July 2017
Controversial Francis Bacon Crucifixion Drawings Go On Display In London Church
Last year a Gallery in Mayfair exhibited a selection of drawings and collages from the Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino collection of works by Francis Bacon. It created quite a stir in the press, as the collection remains unauthenticated by the Bacon estate and rejected as fakes by the author of the new catalogue raisonné.
6 March 2017
Crucifixions: Francis Bacon St Stephen Walbrook
Crucifixion drawings by Francis Bacon from “The Francis Bacon Collection of drawings given to Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino”. Between 1977 and 1992
10.00am – 4.00pm
The Best Exhibitions Of 2016 – Chosen By Paul Black
Paul Black chooses his best exhibitions of 2016 and delves deeper than the blockbusters and often further afield from London.
20 December 2016
Quiz – Three Little Known Facts About Francis Bacon
Test your knowledge of Francis Bacon
22 November 2016
Francis Bacon Guggenheim Bilbao Exhibition Reveals Influences Of The Great Masters
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is currently featuring a retrospective of the 20th century British/Irish artist Francis Bacon. Considered one of… Read More
3 October 2016
Notorious Colony Room Featured In New Pallant House Gallery Exhibition
The Colony Room: Masterpieces from Pallant House Gallery, is a major new exhibition, chronicling the life and times of the legendary… Read More
19 September 2016
Is Old Fanny Bacon Turning In Her Grave? By Edward Lucie-Smith
The person who rode herd on Frances Bacon during the time that he was represented by the Marlborough Gallery – insofar, that… Read More
3 September 2016
Francis Bacon’s Controversial Yet Moving Late Drawings Exhibited In Trieste
I was recently in Trieste, for a small exhibition of drawings attributed to Francis Bacon. This can hardly be considered a… Read More
22 July 2016
Maria Lassnig: Baconian Inevitability Lingers At Tate Liverpool
Artlyst has travelled to Tate Liverpool which is currently presenting the first UK retrospective of late Austrian artist Maria Lassnig… Read More
24 June 2016
Francis Bacon: Striking New Exhibition Unveiled At Tate Liverpool
Invisible rooms is a captivating, major new exhibition of works by the artist Francis Bacon. It displays more than thirty paintings alongside… Read More
23 May 2016
Francis Bacon: Alice Herrick And Clive Jennings Discuss The Ravarino Drawings
The Herrick Gallery, London is currently presenting a selection of drawings purportedly by the great British painter Francis Bacon, lent… Read More
5 May 2016
Darren Coffield And Francis Bacon: Magicians of Matter And Light
The Herrick Gallery, London is currently presenting a selection of drawings by Francis Bacon and new paintings by Darren Coffield…. Read More
23 April 2016
Francis Bacon Controversy: Unauthenticated Drawings Go On Sale
The Herrick Gallery London is selling eight pencil & graphite drawings and two pastel collages said to be by the… Read More
21 April 2016
Darren Coffield Talks To Artlyst About Exhibiting With Francis Bacon
Darren Coffield was born in London in 1969. He studied at Goldsmiths College, Camberwell School of Art and the Slade… Read More
11 April 2016
Francis Bacon’s Relationship With Monaco and French Culture Explored In New Exhibition
A major new exhibition, exploring Francis Bacon, Monaco and French Culture,opens at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco from 2 July – 4 September 2016,… Read More
2 February 2016
Early Francis Bacon Relationship Revealed In Newly Discovered Diary
A newly discovered diary found during research for a major biography of the painter Francis Bacon has uncovered new information… Read More
6 January 2016
Francis Bacon Complete Catalogue Raisonne Set For April Publication
Owners of paintings by Francis Bacon have now missed the deadline to be included in his first complete Catalogue Raisonné, which closed… Read More
16 November 2015