Extensive Francis Bacon Exhibition To Open At Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts
Francis Bacon and the Masters is a groundbreaking exhibition bringing together over twenty-five major works by Francis Bacon with old… Read More
19 March 2015
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Francis Bacon Rare Double Self-Portrait For Sotheby’s Auction
Sotheby’s London will offer Francis Bacon’s hugely rare Two Studies for Self-Portrait 1977, which is estimated to sell for £13… Read More
22 January 2015
Francis Bacon Masterpieces Have Dual Exhibitions In Russia And UK
The Hermitage Museum Saint Peterburg brings to an end its 250th anniversary celebrations with Francis Bacon exhibitions in Russia and… Read More
19 January 2015
Prince Albert Inaugurates Francis Bacon Foundation In Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation will be inaugurated by Prince Albert of Monaco in Monte Carlo today. The opening… Read More
28 October 2014
Francis Bacon’s Seated Pope Up For Auction
A major work by Francis Bacon from the artist’s ‘Papal’ oeuvre will be one of the highlights of the evening… Read More
15 October 2014
Record Price For Francis Bacon Triptych And Peter Doig At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London was again breaking records this evening when a rare Francis Bacon triptych of George Dyer attracted bids from… Read More
1 July 2014
Warhol, Doig And Bacon Star In Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale
The market continues to storm ahead, ravenous for great works by great artists. This sale – one of the most… Read More
26 June 2014
Francis Bacon Lucian Freud Study From Roald Dahl Collection To Be Auctioned
Francis Bacon’s single head study of the artist Lucian Freud painted in1961 from the private collection of the celebrated writer… Read More
5 June 2014
Francis Bacon Iconic Triptych Portraits Of Lover George Dyer To Be Auctioned
Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer (on light ground) by Francis Bacon is to go under the hammer in… Read More
2 June 2014
Francis Bacon Portrait Realises £42 million In Christie’s London Auction
Christie’s Post-War & Contemporary Art London evening auction has realised a total of £124,192,000/ $206,158,720/ €151,017,472 selling 83% by lot… Read More
15 February 2014
Francis Bacon Portrait of Lover George Dyer To Be Auctioned
A major portrait by Francis Bacon will be offered at Christie’s in their upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction… Read More
15 January 2014
Damien Hirst Exhibits His Work Alongside Picasso, Bacon and Warhol
Damien Hirst is a Turner Prize winning artist. Despite his critical notoriety (much of it negative) he has managed to… Read More
30 November 2013
Astronomical Warhol Koons And Bacon Results Defy Art Market Skeptics
Oh what a crazy week for contemporary and modern art at auction: Despite a lot of hot air in the… Read More
16 November 2013
Francis Bacon Triptych Of Lucian Freud May Achieve Over £50m
Francis Bacon’s portrait of the artist Lucian Freud may set a new record for the painters work, when it goes… Read More
10 October 2013
Francis Bacon And Henry Moore Sadomasochistic Gambler Vs Immortal Bones
Happily married establishment figure and Royal College of Art tutor, versus a self-taught sadomasochistic gambler with a fondness for alcohol… Read More
25 September 2013
Beyond Bacon and Freud Artist Justin Mortimer Interviewed By Paul Black
Justin Mortimer’s paintings reverberate with a fore-knowledge of Baconian flesh and torpor, and that quintessential Freudian cogency and mass that… Read More
22 August 2013
Francis Bacon Screaming Pope Painting Discovered Behind Sunday Painter’s Canvases
One of Francis Bacon’s iconic “Screaming Pope”series paintings, from the 1950s has emerged on the backs of several paintings used… Read More
24 February 2013
Bacon and Rodin in dialogue: New Exhibition For February
At the beginning of September 1959, Francis Bacon travelled to Cornwall, seeking to escape the distractions of London, and took… Read More
4 February 2013
Francis Bacon And Paula Rego Feature In New Cumbrian Exhibition
Abbot Hall’s summer exhibition in Cumbria has mounted an exhibition titled; “Francis Bacon to Paula Rego”. It celebrates and explores… Read More
25 June 2012
Louis le Brocquy Painter Of Bacon And Bono Dies aged 95
One of Ireland’s best know artists, Louis le Brocquy, has died in Dublin at age of 95. His work, mostly portraiture dealt with the figure
26 April 2012
Big Bucks For Francis Bacon And Lucian Freud At Christies
Francis Bacon’s 1963 Portrait of Henrietta Moraes sold for nearly £20 million, while newly discovered Freud drawing doubles pre-sale estimate… Read More
16 February 2012
Francis Bacon Masterpiece Goes Under The Hammer
Sotheby’s has announced that its forthcoming London Summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by “Crouching Nude”, an important… Read More
7 May 2011
Jane Bown Photographer And Newspaper Woman Newlands House Gallery – Claudia Barbieri
Jane Bown liked to say that other photographers took pictures; she found them.
18 November 2025
Twelve Out Of London Art Exhibitions Autumn Winter 2025
Artlyst has selected twelve art exhibitions that will take place outside of London in Autumn / Winter 2025,
20 October 2025
Sophie Parkin On Legacy Or What We Make Of Our Past
Legacy comes in different forms. It isn’t by chance that some are remembered a year, a decade, a century or… Read More
28 September 2025
Three Lucian Freud Works Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s has announced the sale of three paintings by Lucian Freud, each from the same private collection, in its 20th/21st… Read More
27 September 2025
The Art Diary September 2025 – Revd Jonathan Evens
September provides an opportunity to look back as well as look forward. The celebrations for the centenary of Francis Newton Souza’s birth culminated in the first half of 2025.
30 August 2025
British Art Fair Announces Exhibitors For Autumn 2025 Edition
Now in its fourth decade, the British Art Fair returns this autumn as both a marketplace and a living archive…. Read More
24 July 2025
Christie’s Half Year Figures 2025 Points To Art Market Equilibrium
Christie’s first-half figures for 2025 reveal a market holding steady—$2.1 billion in sales, mirroring 2024’s tally. Yet, stability comes with… Read More
17 July 2025
Sir Brian Clarke Visionary of Contemporary Stained Glass Dies Aged 72
Artlyst Obituary | 7 July 2025: Sir Brian Clarke, whose restless experimentation and a driving ambition updated stained glass from an ecclesiastical craft into a powerful contemporary art form….
9 July 2025
Jenny Saville’s Charcoal Drawing Mirror Achieves £2.1 Million at Sotheby’s
A monumental charcoal drawing by Jenny Saville, Mirror (2011-12), has sold for £2,114,000, far exceeding its pre-sale estimate of £800,000–1,200,000…. Read More
25 June 2025
London Gallery Weekend: A Snapshot of some favourite shows – Nico Kos Earle
London Gallery Weekend: Nico Kos Earle stalked these spaces with a critic’s eye and a flâneur’s instincts. What emerged wasn’t a coherent narrative, but something better…
12 June 2025