http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-2968-francis-bacon/topic-rss.do Francis Bacon RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773487-the-sado-masochistic-relationships-that-drove-bacon-to-create-his-best-works.do Francis Bacon was once thrown through a plate-glass window by an enraged lover, damaging his face so badly that his right eye had to be sewn back into place, according to a biographer 2009-11-23T09:27:08Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23771736-truth-about-the-sex-trade-from-edward-kienholz.do Edward Kienholz is the forgotten father of installation art - and his evocation of the red light district of Amsterdam captures the truth about the sex trade 2009-11-19T12:14:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23759890-ivor-braka-a-rock-n-roll-art-dealer.do By day, he sells work by Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud for millions of pounds; by night, he parties with Jerry Hall and Stella McCartney. Godfrey Barker meets Ivor Braka, London's favourite rebel aesthete 2009-10-22T14:24:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23756950-stop-it-damien-hirst-youre-embarrassing-yourself.do Damien Hirst is nearing his half-century and should have a far higher level of skill than the rough daubing he shows in No Love Lost 2009-10-14T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23727231-its-the-us-that-has-hacked-into-our-system.do Should Gary McKinnon be extradited?” is the question we are all invited to consider. The only conclusion to be reached is: “no”. But what we think doesn’t have much bearing on the matter, does it? 2009-08-03T08:24:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23635458-rare-bacon-is-set-to-fetch-6m.do A Francis Bacon painting bought for £31,500 nearly 40 years ago has gone on public show before an auction where it is expected to fetch up to £6 million 2009-02-05T14:41:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23618842-bacon-bought-in-1971-to-fetch-6m.do A painting by Francis Bacon bought for £31,500 nearly 40 years ago is returning to the market with an estimate of up to £6million 2009-01-14T09:11:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23575159-freuds-portrait-of-bacon-only-makes-low-estimate-of-54m.do The last surviving portrait of Francis Bacon by his friend and fellow artist Lucian Freud has failed to reach its upper estimate at auction 2008-10-20T08:51:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/days-out/article-23575426-dont-miss-these-london-events.do From Francis Bacon and the Turner prize to wildlife photography, here are the must-see and must-do things on this autumn. 2008-10-20T15:04:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23572380-freud-portrait-of-bacon-set-to-sell-for-7m.do A portrait by Lucian Freud of his good friend Francis Bacon goes on show in London tomorrow for the first time in decades 2008-10-14T07:35:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23554672-now-for-a-real-art-prize.do City sponsors have created just what contemporary art needs – the Threadneedle Figurative Prize. Brian Sewell explains more. 2008-09-12T10:02:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23552743-drink-has-done-for-the-bar-where-i-met-bacon.do I have mixed feelings about the threatened closure of the Colony Room Club in Soho, which comes in the same week that a major exhibition of its most famous member — Francis Bacon — opens at Tate Britain 2008-09-09T09:01:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23552706-francis-bacon-triptych-at-the-tate.do You might not be able to pay £43 million to own a Francis Bacon triptych, but you can go and see what one looks like at the Tate 2008-09-09T07:57:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23551317-the-francis-bacon-i-knew.do As Tate Britain's retrospective opens, our critic recalls an artist who perfectly mirrored the spirit of his age. 2008-09-04T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23485686-boom-for-bacon-and-freud.do A Lucian Freud masterpiece featuring a nude on a tattered sofa and a previously unseen Francis Bacon triptych are together expected to make more than £25 million at auction 2008-05-19T09:44:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23485286-canterbury-cathedral-is-falling-down.do For the price of a couple of Francis Bacons one of our greatest churches could be saved for another millennium, says Brian Sewell. 2008-05-16T10:23:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23484733-bacon-hailed-the-new-picasso-as-triptych-sets-43m-record.do A Francis Bacon masterpiece has sold for £43 million, smashing the record price for a contemporary artwork 2008-05-15T08:37:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23444266-sothebys-auction-smashes-art-record.do Sotheby's is celebrating a record-breaking auction which saw artwork from Francis Bacon to Gilbert and George total more than £95 million 2008-02-28T09:18:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23435812-big-art-month-kicks-off-with-100m-auction.do Paintings worth more than £100 million have been sold at auction on the first day of London's most expensive month of art sales. 2008-02-05T11:09:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23410801-bacons-9m-rent-cheque-for-sale.do A painting given to the Royal College of Art by Francis Bacon after it offered him studio space almost 40 years ago is to be sold at auction for an estimated £9 million. 2007-09-03T10:24:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23410757-so-whodunit-will.do I Am Shakespeare is the best acted, funniest and least patronising bit of Theatre in Education you'll ever see, says Kieron Quirke. 2007-09-02T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23401588-hirst-tops-all-living-artists.do The sale of a vibrantly coloured pill cabinet gave Damien Hirst the title of world's most expensive living artist 2007-06-22T12:13:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23393740-bacons-art-sells-for-1m-after-30-years-in-attic.do Unwanted clutter Francis Bacon tried to throw out from his notoriously untidy London studio fetched more than £1 million at auction. 2007-04-25T08:16:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23393087-125m-worth-of-masterpieces-go-on-show.do The most expensive post-war painting to come to auction is among £125 million worth of art going on show in London. 2007-04-18T08:50:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23389660-bacons-studio-junk-now-worth-a-fortune.do When a friend offered to take Francis Bacon's studio "junk" off his hands in 1978 he took it home and stored it in his attic. Now the unwanted clutter could now be worth £500,000. 2007-03-20T12:07:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23384933-14m-bacon-sale-crowns-record-auction-week.do An American art dealer helped send art records tumbling yet again when he paid £14 million for a Francis Bacon painting at Christie's. 2007-02-09T11:42:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23383722-sothebys-reveals-150m-lot.do Sotheby's has unveiled a remarkable collection of Impressionist and modern art that it expects to sell for £150 million next week. 2007-01-31T09:48:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23380857-bacons-brooding-pope-to-smash-auction-records.do The late Francis Bacon's 1956 painting Study For Portrait II, which depicts a Pope, is expected to fetch £12 million at auction next month. 2007-01-08T12:51:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23374465-bacons-addict-painting-sets-79m-record.do A shocking Francis Bacon painting depicting a female nude apparently in a drugged stupor has sold for £7.9million, an auction world record for a work by the British artist. 2006-11-15T09:38:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23368499-6m-to-bring-home-slice-of-bacon.do A picture of one of Francis Bacon's female friends lying in a drug-addled stupor is expected to fetch more than £6 million when it goes on sale at Sotheby's in New York. 2006-09-28T10:14:46Z