The painting, worth an estimated €5 million ($5.4 million), was one of five by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon that was stolen during a robbery in July 2015.

LONDON, March 15 – A dark Francis Bacon painting of a screaming pope, said to be the earliest in his series of papal depictions, went on display in London on Tuesday, the first time the artwork ...

Spanish police have recovered the fourth of five paintings by Francis Bacon stolen in 2015. The painting, titled "Study for Portrait of José Capelo," is valued at $5.4 million.

Francis Bacon’s Portrait of George Dyer Crouching, 1966, is being sold in May at a contemporary art evening sale at Sotheby’s in New York. It’s estimated to sell for between $30 million and ...

In 2013, Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud sold for $142.2 million, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction to date. And, earlier this year, his Portrait of George Dyer ...

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 ...

The painting, estimated to fetch as much as $8 million, is one of only six surviving canvases from the artist's turbulent time in Tangier. Francis Bacon, Pope (1958).

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a Dublin-born figurative painter known for his dark and raw imagery. This particular painting that is coming to the Rose City debuted in Paris in 1977 and thousands ...

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 ...

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.