May 26th, 2009 at 8:00AM: If you missed the Francis Bacon exhibit at the Museo Del Prado in Madrid back in the early part of the year, you have a second chance this summer. The reclusive artist, who produced only around 1,000 paintings in his 83-year life, is well represented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, with a large show that traces the artist's career from a false start in 1933 through his twilight in ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Francis Bacon comes to New York's Met
May 26th, 2009 at 8:00AM: If you missed the Francis Bacon exhibit at the Museo Del Prado in Madrid back in the early part of the year, you have a second chance this summer. The reclusive artist, who produced only around 1,000 paintings in his 83-year life, is well represented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, with a large show that traces the artist's career from a false start in 1933 through his twilight in ...Celebrate the Francis Bacon centennial, starting in Madrid
Feb 24th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Reclusive, crazy and not as prolific as most other artists, Francis Bacon produced only around 1,000 paintings before his death. Around the world, his pieces appear one or two at a time, but few have the resources or reason to assemble a large retrospective. This year, that changes. One hundred years ago, Francis Bacon was born. For his centennial, exhibitions are rumored to be planned at ...
