To Nolan, art is a means of expressing that which cannot be captured by dialogue and narration. Bacon is his favorite artist. This makes sense. Bacon, after all, is a painter known for his moody ...

This compact yet brilliant show looks at how painters responded to the subjugation of real life in the 1960s media age, with its explosion of photos, film and mass reproduction.

The current Swann Galleries auction is dedicated to the Artists of the WPA. Swann Galleries will open the winter 2025 season with an auction dedicated to the Artists of the WPA. Swann Galleries opened ...

He moved from country of his birth when he was 16 years old, so how is Bacon remembered today in Ireland and, indeed, is he, or can he be, considered an Irish artist? We need your consent to load ...

Professor of Critical and Cultural Theory and Head of the School of the Arts, University of Hull In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis Bacon’s portraits come as a monumental shock.

My current playlists are filled with classics from that era, and one of my favorite artists from that generation ... yet highly practical way of cooking bacon. This method has caught the attention ...

Come too close and everything dissolves into a powdery splat. Bacon’s is an art of intimacy, predominantly depicting people that were dear to him – his friends and lovers. But his painting was also an ...