Art
The Calmer, Contemplative Mood of Francis Bacon’s Late Paintings
Over the past several years the Gagosian Gallery in New York City has mounted shows described as “museum quality.”
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News
Mysterious Engravings Question Authorship of Shakespeare's Works
William Shakespeare was a commoner who wrote witty plays attended by Queen Elizabeth. Sir Francis Bacon was a noble who served as her Attorney General. Right?
Art
How Looking for Ciphers in Shakespeare Shaped Modern Codebreaking
The theory that statesman and scientist Francis Bacon was the ghostwriter behind Shakespeare, and embedded the Bard's plays with ciphers, had a major influence on modern cryptography.
News
Oregon Brings Home the Bacon (Triptych)
Everyone's favorite triptych will be taking a trip to Portland, Oregon, the New York Times has reported.
News
Francis Bacon Triptych Breaks World Auction Record at $142.4M
Tonight, Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" (1969) broke the world auction record and realized $142,405,000 at Christie's Tuesday night Post-War and Contemporary auction at Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.
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How to Talk About Art: Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud Edition (#H2TAA)
As Christie’s preps to sell off Francis Bacon's "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" for a possible record price of $100 million, it may be a good time to bone up on your talking points for both of these canonized artists.
Art
Want Francis Bacon's Paintbrushes and a Taxidermied Ostrich? This Is Your Moment
Have you ever wanted to own Francis Bacon's old brushes, on which scabs of paint gnarl the worn handles, leftover residue of works of warped forms? Well, good news: there's a Christie's auction for you, and you can even pick up a dancing robot and taxidermy ostrich while you're at it.
Opinion
Museums Get Creative with Their Permanent Collections
Museums are turning more, and with more creativity, to their own permanent collections. Is necessity the mother of invention once again, or is there a real interest among museums to breathe new life into their own holdings? (Or both?) Either way, the public is reaping the benefits. Today viewers hav
Opinion
Francis Bacon Describes His Painting Process
In this 1985 documentary on the artist, made while he was still very much alive, Francis Bacon talks through one of his most iconic works and explains how he makes paintings. The artist also slowly gets very drunk and discusses the beauty of the word “voluptuous.”
Opinion
Five Awesome Artist Studios
Until an artist version of Cribs is invented, the best way we can get inside an artist's life and work is to get inside their studios. Photographs of artists in their studios are kind of like snapshots of an artistic career, a whole body of work compressed into a single room. A working and living sp
Art
Overheard at the Met
It’s summer in New York and the focus of the city’s art fans shifts to museums as many stage large tourist-friendly shows and turn up the air conditioning during the sweltering months. Visiting the museums I encounter people — often tourists — who discuss art with refreshingly unfiltered opinions ab