Francis Bacon (1561–1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. Bacon's writings concentrated on ...

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is generally remembered as "an artist who captured the darkness of his times in his work", said Waldemar Januszczak in The Sunday Times. When we think of him, we tend to ...

Francis Bacon: Human Presence contains enough variety of works in its climactic sections to account for the stronger and ...

Francis Bacon discusses his work and methods with David Sylvester. In this lauded interview, Bacon reveals his artistic influences, details his tightrope walk between abstract and figurative ...

It also says that multiple Bacon works of comparable size have sold recently at auction for prices ranging from just under $20 million to just under $50 million. At the same time that the auction ...

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Spanish police say they have recovered three of five paintings by Francis Bacon that were stolen in 2015. The five works by the Irish-born British artist are estimated to be worth more than €25m ...

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, but free for members. The exhibit features ...

Some time ago we asked some of the Antiques Roadshow experts to reveal what antique or work of art they would ... furniture designed by the painter Francis Bacon in the 1930s.

But while Allen often loaned out his treasures, some art critics fear the auction could lead the works to become hidden from public view for decades. Paintings by Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon ...