Not much was known about Francis Bacon's early years in Ireland ... Ireland was little more than a footnote in Bacon’s life. In 2020, however, Dr Margarita Cappock, art historian, contacted ...

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is generally remembered as ... In general, these pictures are "images of life forces so zestful, original and wild they hold their own outside the old conventions ...

it’s the early years for which she’s remembered today – a period when she lived life to the full, free of inhibitions and heedless of social norms. It makes sense, then, that Bacon would ...

The author and art historian Michael Peppiatt is candid about his art passions: in 2015, he published a frank memoir that focused on his friendship with Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon in Your Blood).

In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis Bacon’s portraits come as ... These works set the tone for the show and reinforce one of Bacon’s key ideas – that paintings cannot preserve life. “We ...

“Francis Bacon: Human Presence” at London’s National Portrait Gallery is the institution’s first exhibition of the artist’s portraits. Featuring more than fifty key paintings from across ...