Francis Bacon
Photographer Peter Beard—friend and muse to Bacon and Warhol—has died aged 82
His body was found almost three weeks after he disappeared from his home in Montauk on the East End of Long Island
Sotheby’s to offer $60m Francis Bacon triptych in May New York sales
The work comes from the collection of the Norweigan shipping heir Hans Rasmus Astrup and is the second major coup for the auction house’s spring sales season
US banker buys Brexit Banksy at Sotheby's, making a bigger splash than David Hockney’s pool painting
Auction house fields a steady contemporary evening sale in London
A neuroscientist's view: how Bacon's paintings shake up the nervous system
Publication focuses on what neuroscience and psychology bring to the table with the late artist's works
The top ten auction results of 2019—and the art market trends they reveal
We look back at the biggest art sales of the year, which reveal a concentration on New York over London and a continued dominance of 20th century male artists
From blasphemer to bookworm: Paris show reframes Francis Bacon's later works
Exhibition at the Centre Pompidou focuses on the artist’s post-pope period, which has received less critical examination
Top of the Pods: David Hockney and other modern British mavericks
We revisit our exclusive interview with the British artist. Plus, expert Martin Gayford tells us about Hockney, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and others in post-war London
Flipping the Bacon: Sotheby's £69m post-war and contemporary sale lacks fizz
A £16m Francis Bacon self-portrait and a record for a little-known German artist enliven an otherwise dry sale in London as totals fall 40% on last year
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From the little-known Renaissance painter Bartolomé Bermejo at the National Gallery to the Hayward Gallery's huge group show exploring gender fluidity
British artists dominate Christie's patchy £71.1m sale, as over-priced Koons and Richter fail to sell
Francis Bacon's lighter depiction of George Dyer leads auction at £17.5m, with strong prices for Hurvin Anderson, Bridget Riley and Albert Oehlen
Three to See: Basel
From a gesamtkunstwerk designed to awaken the senses to a five-decade survey of Bruce Nauman
Podcast episode 35: Freud, Bacon, Hockney and the post-war London scene; and Signals gallery
We talk to Martin Gayford about his book Modernists and Mavericks and sitting for portraits by Freud and Hockney. And we explore a show celebrating the Signals gallery, where Latin American and European avant-gardes converged.
Bacon and Giacometti go head to head in show at Fondation Beyeler
Swiss museum hosts first major comparative exhibition of the two artists
Francis Bacon's $30m portrait of George Dyer shown in London for first time in 40 years
Painting of artist’s lover and muse comes to auction for the first time at Christie’s New York in May
Star Wars art installation in London church relocated following parishioner complaints
The stormtrooper on a cross is part of an exhibition due to open to the public on Thursday
Phillips and Sotheby's deliver healthy totals for contemporary art
Capping an epic week of auctions, solid results featuring records for female artists and a Ferrari bode well for market's future—so long as it doesn't overheat
Bacon and his inspiration at the Hermitage
See the conversation in Norwich exhibition next Spring
Conversations with Bacon: Marking Grey Gowrie's 75th birthday with his poem on the artist
Gowrie, a former UK arts minister, art dealer and chair of Sotheby’s and the Arts Council, is also a poet
UK-Russia Bacon show goes on…
…but British government officially pulls out of joint Year of Culture
Bacon collector to build Monaco home for works
Majid Boustany owns paintings executed from the 1920s to the 1980s, as well as design objects and exhibition catalogues
Bacon estate says lover’s brother sold fakes
New details emerge in British courts about disputed drawings that first emerged in Italy
Unexpected chemistry between Moore and Bacon on show at the Ashmolean
This show compares the two artists, revealing that the painter even asked the sculptor for lessons
Not a Bacon, expert tells court: The debate around Bacon's drawings continues
The chairman of the artist’s catalogue raisonné committee dismisses controversial drawings as “pastiches” in UK bankruptcy hearing
Books: Francis Bacon, metaphysician
A new book considers the theological dimensions of the artist’s paintings
Exhibitions: Bacon goes down under with the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Francis Bacon’s Australian connections are explored
Spotlight: an alternative canon of 20th-century art or savvy sales strategy?
Frieze Masters both embraces and challenges the idea of 'masters'
Controversial Bacon drawings displayed in London
The works were set to be displayed at a now cancelled authentication debate
Courtauld's Bacon debate on disputed drawings axed
Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino's collection of drawings has been a hot topic in the art world
The Courtauld Institute and the Francis Bacon Estate discuss disputed Bacon drawings
A Courtauld conference will investigate works on paper said to be by the artist. Owner’s side to offer legal immunity