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Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession M.2025.63a-c · Oil on canvas
Gift of Elaine P. Wynn
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen · Munich, Germany · Acquired 2018 · Accession L 2847 · Öl auf Leinwand
2018 als Leihgabe der Sammlung Olcese erworben
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.651.2 · Pastel and graphite on paper, mounted on card
Gift of Drue Heinz Trust, 2018
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2008 · Accession T12616 · Oil paint and sand on canvas
Bequeathed by Simon Sainsbury 2006, accessioned 2008
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 2008 · Accession T12539 · Oil paint on canvas
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Tate 2007
Centre Pompidou · Paris, France · Acquired 2007 · Accession AM 2007-127 · Peinture
Dation: Dation 2007, ancienne collection de M. et Mme Jean-Pierre Moueix
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2007 · Accession 2007.247.1 · Oil and tempera on board
Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler, 2007
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2003 · Accession 74.2003.a-c · Oil on linen, three panels
William A. M. Burden Fund and Nelson A. Rockefeller Bequest Fund (both by exchange)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 99.368 · oil on canvas
Gift of Helen and Charles Schwab in honor of Neal Benezra's leadership and dedication to SFMOMA
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 1999 · Accession 1999.363.1a-c · Oil on canvas
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1998 · Accession T07386 · Graphite on paper
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1998 · Accession T07385 · Oil paint on paper
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998
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Publications43

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Monograph 17

Thames & Hudson · 2022
Thames & Hudson · 2021
MIT Press · 2017
Thames & Hudson · 2016
Phaidon Press · 2013
Steidl · 2010
Yale University Press · 2009
Yale University Press · 2005
Hatje Cantz · 2002
MoMA Publications · 1990

Exhibition Catalog 14

Rizzoli · 2022
Thames & Hudson · 2019
Thames & Hudson · 2019
Steidl · 2016
Thames & Hudson · 2012
Skira · 2009
Bacon Author
Skira · 2008
Thames & Hudson · 2000
Abrams · 1999

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Thames & Hudson · 2025
Thames & Hudson · 2024
Thames & Hudson · 2023
Thames & Hudson · 2021
Thames & Hudson · 2019
Thames & Hudson · 2019
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Current Exhibitions2

Francis Bacon, rue de Castiglione, Paris

9 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris, France

Apr 11, 2026 — May 30, 2026

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

9 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris, France

Apr 11, 2026 — Jun 27, 2026

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The article reports that the May 2025 marquee auctions at Christie's and Sotheby's are being driven by a resurgence of major single-owner collections,…
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Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art has opened an exhibition titled 'Art & War' featuring works by American Jewish artist Peter Saul, amid a fragile c…
exhibitionsMay 12, 2026
Adrian Ghenie's exhibition "Roman Campagna" at a Paris gallery presents a series of paintings and charcoal drawings that subvert the romantic cliché o…
reviewMay 12, 2026
A major retrospective at the Musée Estrine in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence finally brings long-overdue recognition to French painter Roger-Edgar Gillet (192…
exhibitionsMay 12, 2026
The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles presents "Several Eternities in a Day: Form in the Age of Living Materials," a spring 2026 exhibition running from Ap…
exhibitionsMay 12, 2026
Galerie Lelong in Paris is presenting 'Paula Rego, Drawing from Life,' an exhibition focused on the artist's intense three-year period from 2005 to 20…
exhibitionsMay 11, 2026
Frank To, an award-winning Glasgow-based artist known for using gunpowder to create explosive artworks, has been selected to exhibit at the Royal Camb…
exhibitionsMay 11, 2026
An anti-war exhibition titled "Art and War" has opened at a top museum in Tehran, featuring works by American pop artists Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Ind…
exhibitionsMay 10, 2026
New York Art Week 2026 brings a major convergence of art events across the city, including several prominent art fairs such as Frieze New York, Indepe…
exhibitionsMay 8, 2026
Fanny Pereire, an art advisor specializing in film and television, curates the art seen on the walls of fictional characters like Miranda Priestly in …
cultureMay 5, 2026
Fanny Pereire is a fine art coordinator for film and television, responsible for curating the art seen in the homes and offices of fictional character…
peopleMay 5, 2026
The 24th episode of Sky Arte's program "Artbox" airs on May 5, 2026, coinciding with the official start of the Venice Biennale Arte 2026. The episode …
exhibitionsMay 3, 2026
A major solo exhibition of British painter Jenny Saville has opened at Ca' Pesaro in Venice, tracing her career from early works like "Propped" (1992)…
exhibitionsMay 2, 2026
Christie’s New York will auction 16 masterpieces from the collection of late Condé Nast magnate S. I. Newhouse on May 18, with an estimated total of $…
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Sotheby's will auction a major collection of masterpieces by artists including Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, Lucian Freud, and Francis Bacon, consigned…
marketApr 30, 2026
Sotheby’s London will auction a collection of 50 masterpieces from billionaire Joe Lewis and his daughter Vivienne in June 2025, expected to exceed $2…
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British billionaire Joe Lewis will sell a tranche of his art collection in a standalone sale at Sotheby’s in London this June, estimated at £150m–£200…
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Eli Klein Gallery in New York is presenting "Bùi Thanh Tâm: Here on and after," the Hanoi-based artist's first solo exhibition in the United States. T…
exhibitionsApr 24, 2026
The article describes the author's evolving impression of the newly opened David Geffen wing at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), designed…
reviewApr 24, 2026
The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin is hosting the first-ever exhibition of William Blake's work in Ireland, titled "William Blake: The Age of R…
exhibitionsApr 23, 2026
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Past Exhibitions4

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Francis Bacon Faces & Figures

19 East 64th Street

May 4, 2022 — Jun 25, 2022

Francis Bacon: The First Pope

Francis Bacon

20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD, United Kingdom

Mar 15, 2022 — Apr 23, 2022

Francis Bacon: Late Paintings

Francis Bacon

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Nov 7, 2015 — Dec 12, 2015

FRANCIS BACON (Dublin 1909 - 1992 Madrid) FRANCIS BACON – THE PRINTS

Francis Bacon

Drususgasse 7-11, 50667 Köln, Germany

May 27, 2010 — Jul 3, 2010

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