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  9. There is a cabal of curators, critics and gallery owners who want the world to believe that Russian collectors are among the most important on the international scene ... That simply isn’t true at the moment: Roman Abramovich may have paid £43m for Francis Bacon’s Triptych last year, but it was an ill-a...
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  1. Before the Sistine Chapel meeting, the invited artists are being taken on a guided tour of this collection which includes works by Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherland, Matisse and Georges Rouault. They will be gently encouraged to make a gift of one of their works to the Vatican collection.
    SOURCE: ArtsJournal 2 weeks ago
  2. There is a cabal of curators, critics and gallery owners who want the world to believe that Russian collectors are among the most important on the international scene ... That simply isn’t true at the moment: Roman Abramovich may have paid £43m for Francis Bacon’s Triptych last year, but it was an ill-a...
    SOURCE: Times Online 2 weeks ago
  3. The paintings are dreadful. Think Francis Bacon meets Adrian Mole ... What are they doing in the home of such masters as Rembrandt or Poussin, Titian or Fragonard?
    SOURCE: ABC Online 1 month ago
  4. Materials are critical ... And I love the glass. I don't know exactly why, psychologically, but I love the jewel-box thing with the frames. I saw a Francis Bacon show in the '60s at Marlborough Gallery in New York, and he had his paintings framed this way. I loved his paintings, and the frames just put ...
    SOURCE: Philly.com 2 months ago
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