Francis Bacon
Bacon at last meets the pope as Velázquez comes to town
The National Gallery will display Portrait of Pope Innocent X with Bacon's reinterpretations
John Deakin at the National Portrait Gallery: Bacon and the Soho bohemia
Retrospective on until 14 July
Contemporary sales report, London: Infectious enthusiasm pulls in bidders at Sotheby's
Bacon, Kitaj, Warhol and Richter attract keen competition
Unexpected success in contemporary auctions, where unidentified Californian collector buys $3.5 million Gorky and $925,000 Hockney
Despite lukewarm predictions and no blockbuster items there was increased buyer confidence
Attendance and profits of the Venice Biennale's 49th edition
This year marks a comeback, but there is still room for improvement
What's on in London: Brandt and Bacon, Clarke and Coventry, Graham and Girling
Two new galleries and Karsten Schubert has moved
Books: Tracing Francis Bacon and his lost Bohemia
Farson's biography of the tortured artist is a pub crawl around Fifties Soho
That famous light on Bacon: Museo Correr shows major retrospective
David Sylvester curates an exhibition of the artist's finest works in Napoleonic rooms
Swiss Bacon exhibition includes work he tried to destroy
Lugano makes attempt to compensate for losing best of the Thyssen collection
Bacon joins art greats in illustrating Premier Cru Classé label
From Bacon, to Bacchus
Gérard Regnier interviews Francis Bacon on pathos, Picasso, and death
“Pathos means longing; yes, longing and feeling that wonderful things are possible but not really happening”
Interview with curator Denys Zacharopoulos on Documenta IX: It’s a Documenta of certainties
“The museum is like a voodoo fetish, the artist a sorcerer but also a prisoner”
William S. Paley’s remarkable collection revealed in exhibition at MoMA
Bequest of modern paintings and sculpture to tour American cities
Contemporary sale report: School of London resilient in contemporary art auctions
Francis Bacon’s “Pope” fetches top price at Sotheby’s