Thomas Neurath, who has died aged 84, made his family’s firm Thames & Hudson into the pre-eminent British publisher of ...

From Tudor art to The Wire, the gallery’s new director shares the music, books and places that have shaped her.

Is it still possible to present Picasso and avoid the obvious criticisms?

A reflection on how artists have portrayed popes, the intersection of art and religion, and Pope Francis’s legacy following his passing ...

THE former childhood home of Irish painter Francis Bacon has hit the Dublin property market for €1.6m. The four-storey Georgian building is located at 63 Baggot Street Lower, Baggot Street. The ...

Irish artist Francis Bacon had always been intrigued by the male body. Whether it be his ex-boyfriends or his estranged father, painting the male figure was a predominant preoccupation and the primary ...

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

Framing Art History’s Most Famous Friendships—and Fallouts Museums and galleries are increasingly highlighting the great collaborations and rivalries behind the world’s best-loved masterpieces.

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 ...

Has the Francis Bacon cult peaked? For most of the second half of the 20th century, the Irish-born painter’s unstinting bleakness, ravaged flesh and sado-masochistic homoeroticism made him the ...

Francis Bacon – Human Presence review: the outrage king of British art at his terrifying best, and worst - 4/5 Blockbuster show at the National Portrait Gallery overcomes Bacon’s late career ...

Twentieth century greats Francis Bacon and Tom Wesselmann feature in a pair of must-see exhibitions starting in October at London’s National Portrait Gallery and Paris’ Fondation Louis Vuitton ...