It took nearly 20 minutes and more than 20 bids between several specialists on the phone and a bidder in the room, but ...

The portrait depicts banker José Capelo, a man Bacon was 'infatuated' with. A portrait of the Spanish banker José Capelo by the aritst Francis Bacon has been recovered by the Policía Nacional. Photo ...

MADRID — Nearly a year after five works by artist Francis Bacon worth an estimated $27.8 million were stolen from an apartment in Madrid, seven people have been arrested, police said. Police tracked ...

The painter Francis Bacon, descendent of the 16th century philosopher, once said, “The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery,” and he certainly succeeded in that mission in the course of ...

The first single-panel portrait that Francis Bacon painted of his muse and lover George Dyer will be offered in May at Sotheby’s in New York for a price the auction house estimates could reach US$50 ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents "Francis Bacon: Late Paintings." Organized by the Centre Pompidou, where it debuted in September 2019, this is the first in-depth museum consideration of ...

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When “Figure in a Landscape” (1946) and “Study After Velasquez’ Portrait of Pope Innocent X” (1953) were included in a 1955 Museum of Modern Art exhibition of European artists, the British painter ...

A new comprehensive monograph detailing Francis Bacon’s artistic journey is now up for grabs. Titled Francis Bacon or the Measure of Excess, the expansive book is penned by Bacon’s close friend Yves ...

Spanish police said on Thursday they had recovered a painting by the late Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, worth an estimated €5 million ($5.42 million), and one of five stolen from ...