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.

There’s a teensy issue with this exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits. The 20th-century British artist didn’t really paint ...

In this he was a lot like the painter Francis Bacon, who died in 1992, the year that Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me” ...

It’s the pity of it that hits you. The very last work in the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits is like a gut punch. Triptych May-June 1973 is atypical ...

because the National Portrait Gallery’s put on a big show of Frankie’s portraiture, and someone’s got to tell you if it’s worth 23 quid. Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a giant of modern art ...

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Did you know? Some of Francis Bacon’s most famous artworks are inspired by old masters, such as Head VI that is based on the 'Portrait Of Pope Innocent X' by the Spanish artist Diego Velazquez.

In our age of digitally retouched selfies, Francis Bacon’s portraits come as a monumental shock. The faces in his paintings, which dissolve at every turn, are chilling – as a major show at the ...