What’s the real value of a humble Dollar/Pound? For those champagne swillers who braved a loud and angry protest outside Sotheby’s Contemporary Auction Wednesday night, Warhol’s One Dollar Bill, hand painted in 1962, sold for a whopping £20.9m...
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Artlyst Podcast: Amanda Geitner Discusses Francis Bacon And Lisa Sainsbury
The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts presents 'Francis Bacon and the Masters', bringing together over twenty-five major works by Bacon and juxtaposing them with old and modern masters, including Velázquez, Rembrandt, Titian, Michelangelo, Rodin, Van Gogh,...
James Richards Juxtaposes Sound With Francis Bacon For V-A-C Collection Presentation
For the fourth and final presentation of works from the V-A-C collection, Moscow, Turner Prize nominated artist James Richards has selected Francis Bacon’s Study for a Portrait (1953) which is currently on show at the Whitechapel Gallery until 30 August 2015....
James Richards Chooses Francis Bacon Painting For Final Presentation Of The V-A-C Collection
Turner Prize nominated artist James Richards has selected Francis Bacon’s Study for a Portrait (1953) for this fourth and final presentation of works from the V-A-C collection, Moscow, which will be on show at the Whitechapel Gallery from 23 June to 30 August...
Francis Bacon: First Look At Pope Set For Sotheby’s Auction
A work from of Francis Bacon’s most famous series of paintings, of seated and often screaming popes, is to go on sale with an estimated value of £25m to £35m. When the canvas last went under the hammer in 2005, “Study for a Pope I” (1961)...
Curator Amanda Geitner Talks To Artlyst About Francis Bacon And A Very Personal Patronage
The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts presents 'Francis Bacon and the Masters', the latest exhibition bringing together over twenty-five major works by the great British painter Francis Bacon and juxtaposing them with old and modern masters, including Velázquez,...
Francis Bacon Self-Portraits Resurface And Are Expected To Fetch £30m
Two Francis Bacon self-portraits not seen by the public for some time are going on public display after resurfacing in a private collection. relatives of the original collector have opted to sell the paintings, which are expected to fetch £15 million each at...
Francis Bacon And The Masters: The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts – Essential Appropriation
The Sainsbury Centre For Visual Arts presents 'Francis Bacon and the Masters', the latest exhibition of works by the renowned British painter, bringing together over twenty-five major works by Bacon and juxtaposing them with old and modern masters, including...
Francis Bacon: Sketching And The Skeleton In The Cupboard
I remember viewing the exhibition 'Francis Bacon: Working on Paper', at Tate Britain in February 1999 with some scepticism. Bacon claimed that he never did preparatory work, didn't draw, or make sketches before beginning work on one of his visceral creations. I really...