Francis Bacon, a painter known for his obsession with the male figure, painted the last moments of his lover's life as he ...

While there were fewer US collectors, and Chinese spending remains lower, the increased Southeast Asian presence and an "exponential growth" of Gen Z buyers is notable at this year's edition of the ...

Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches and paintings. Some experts aren’t so sure. The Great Read Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of ...

It’s the pity of it that hits you. The very last work in the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits is like a gut punch. Triptych May-June 1973 is atypical ...

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, thirty years younger than Bacon ...

After the war, she settled in London and became friends with Francis Bacon. Bacon painted fourteen portraits of Isabel and ...

This month, the Francis Bacon: Human Presence exhibit opened at the National Portrait Gallery. As part of the gallery's youth forum, I was able to visit for free; tickets are usually £23 ...

The UK journalist Nick Trend explores how passion, love and sex has fuelled artists such as Francis Bacon, Sandro Botticelli, Caravaggio and Dora Carrington, analysing how lovers and muses have ...

Ceramics specialist Steven Moore said he would love to see a piece of furniture designed by the painter Francis Bacon in the 1930s. Although it had been photographed at the time, and a few of his ...

Recorded in 1965, Julian Jebb interviews Francis Bacon about his contemporaries in the art world, his working practices and his personal philosophies. Show more Recorded in 1965, this pilot for a ...