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Sir Christopher Wren is remembered today for the architectural wonder of St Paul's Cathedral, but he was also one an architect of one of the oldest scientific institutions in the world, the Royal Society, which today begins a celebration of its 350th... Full Article at The Independent
In the past year, the AFC has brought forth a couple of prime examples of the difficulties and the contradictions that are created by this problem. Full Article at Mile High Report
What can a portrait do to its subject, beyond the usual act of depiction? The question is unexpectedly raised in Damien Hirst's new two-site show. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
Lauren Mincher, a sixth form student at Durham Johnston School with her grandfather Bernard Purvis 70 Photo: NORTH NEWS & PICTURES First place is awarded to Lauren Mincher, 18, whose touching portrait of her grandfather, submitted by Durham... Full Article at The Telegraph
Last Saturday, March 31, we took the Megabus up to Milwaukee, to witness the Francis Bacon exhibition, and to see firsthand the architectural design of Santiago Calatrava. Full Article at Associated Content
Scenes of destruction and misery … Damien Hirst's triptych Insomnia. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
This is the fourth in a series of articles about the relevance and application of the Quaker testimonies. “What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer”. Full Article at Ekklesia
"The Appendix" is ARTINFO's daily round-up of other reading material from around the world. - More than a Luxury: The important of arts education. [WP] - Conceptual Art for $2.25: New York's transit card has a very special message. Full Article at Art Info
"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. Full Article at ArtsJournal
But the acclaimed painter was so stimulated by sadomasochism that he "loved Lacy even more" after the assault and criticised friends who tried to intervene. Full Article at The Telegraph
Francis Bacon's was a life lived to extravagant extremes. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
Francis Bacon had his right eye sewn back in place after he was thrown through a window by lover Peter Lacy. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
TALL, slender and slightly stooped, with a strong nose and rumpled linen jacket, visiting art critic William Feaver would never be mistaken for anything but an Englishman. "What music did you choose?" Full Article at The Australian
"Where there is no comparison, no envy; and therefore kings are not envied but by kings." Francis Bacon "Some men must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay." Full Article at Psychology Today
Good afternoon, sir. Was it those pictures of the skulls you were looking for? Photograph: Sarah Lee Damien Hirst stares into his portrait of a skull. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
Suits you, sir? ... Actors sport Paul Smith's latest designs in The Spanish Tragedy Think of stage design and you tend to think of sets. At least I do. Or did. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
ROME (REUTERS).- Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in new exhibition connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. Full Article at Art Knowledge News
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Portraits by Italian master Caravaggio and Irish-born 20th-century painter Francis Bacon stand side-by-side in new exhibition connecting their tormented views of humanity despite contrasting approaches to realism. The show at Rome' Full Article at ABC News
BANGALORE: Francis Bacon is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th century, alongside Pablo Picasso. And in his centenary year, a group of Bangalore artists pay homage to him with an art exhibition `The Open Cage'. Full Article at Times of India
Albert Hammond Jr launched his line of suits for Confederacy earlier this month, a collection the fashion press had been eagerly anticipating for months, and something we’d been quietly hoping he’d do for much, much longer. Full Article at Fader
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A visitor to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, looks at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »A visitor to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, looks at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York May 18, 2009.
View Photo »A visitor to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, looks at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »A visitor to "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective", a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, looks at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »A visitor to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, looks at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »A visitor to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, looks at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective", a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to "Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective", a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Visitors to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, look at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »A cameraman films Francis Bacon's Triptych, inspired by T.S. Eliot's Poem ''Sweeney Agonistes'', at Madrid's Prado Museum January 20, 2009.
View Photo »A woman looks at a Francis Bacon painting during an exhibition at the Galleria Borghese in Rome November 11, 2009.
View Photo »A visitor to 'Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective', a major retrospective of British artist Francis Bacon, looks at paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a press preview in New York May 18, 2009.
View Photo »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.
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...
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?
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 ...
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