It’s the pity of it that hits you. The very last work in the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits is like a gut punch. Triptych May-June 1973 is atypical ...

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, thirty years younger than Bacon ...

This month, the Francis Bacon: 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 ...

Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait explores the recurring themes in Bacon’s work, his influences and his life. The documentary is accompanied by a haunting score specially composed by Edwin ...

In a section on Francis Bacon and George Dyer, Trend highlights Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer (1963), saying: “There is coldness here as well as desire, especially in the glassy-eyed ...

Francis Bacon: Study for Portrait of Van Gogh III (1957). Oil on canvas In fact, there were no overtly homosexual pictures in the show, the most notorious of which (euphemistically known as "The ...

Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of sketches and paintings. Some experts aren’t so sure. The Great Read Barry Joule says his friend Francis Bacon gave him a trove of ...