The received wisdom about artist Francis Bacon’s life goes: He painted like a maniac in his chaotic studio every day, drank like a maniac in London’s seedy Soho neighborhood every night. There’s an ...

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 ...

This was the first portrait from the life that Bacon attempted; that’s to say, the first to enter the oeuvre. It was done at the Royal College of Art where, for a year or so, Rodrigo Moynihan gave ...

The Pulitzer Prize winners took on a momentous task in penning a new biography. Did they live up to the task of narrating the disturbing life of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century? The ...

British writer Michael Peppiatt first published his widely appreciated biography of painter Francis Bacon in 1997. Since then, he has kept abreast of everything he could find, published and ...

Last week, there were two major events relating to Francis Bacon and, on this occasion at least, they didn’t have anything to do with the artist’s record-breaking market, but with a renewed and ...

“Francis was very aware of animals and how animal we humans are. We might put on suits, but the animal instinct is still very strong. It’s still fear, lust and rage.” This, says Michael Peppiatt, is ...

Now we have at least a provisional tally: 584. It comes from the monumental Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, published by the artist’s estate this June. The opus is so substantial in stature—five ...

The children’s author Roald Dahl once found an unlikely confidant in the artist Francis Bacon, according to the Observer which reports that the pair once discussed the delicate topic of censorship.

Analysis: There may be no obvious traces of Ireland or Irishness in Bacon's work, yet his studio now resides in the heart of Dublin But Bacon is not so readily recounted in that Baggatonia history, or ...