Francis Bacon

                   

Young Russian contemporary art advocate opening huge Moscow space

iht.com     Aug 17, 2008          

One day in December, Dasha Zhukova wandered into the Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, a giant red-brick Constructivist-era landmark near the Olympic Stadium in Moscow. "I thought Moscow should have a space like this for contemporary...                    

comments

                   
guardian.co.uk: Hellboy II: The Golden Army guardian.co.uk

Philip French's film of the week: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

guardian.co.uk     Aug 17, 2008   4 related          

After the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, most people will have had their fill of fantasy and fakery. But for the insatiable, there's a two-hour banquet of such fare in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, a sleek action...                    

comments

                   

Piaf, Donmar, LondonDybbuk, King's, EdinburghThe Tell-Tale Heart, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh

independent.co.uk     Aug 17, 2008          

Why did we ever think this was any good? The biodrama Piaf by Pam Gems – when premiered by the RSC in 1979 – transferred to the West End and to Broadway. Presumably the French chanteuse's life, glimpsed in splinters, seemed...                    

comments

independent.ie: Devilish pursuits: Artist Francis Bacon's studio, where he worked furiously in the mornings, has been likened to an alchemist's laboratory independent.ie

The power and the passion

independent.ie     Aug 17, 2008          

Francis Bacon, one of our greatest modern artists, was a man of bewildering contradictions -- he made high art but embraced lowlife; he could be disarmingly kind but utterly cruel; he had loving affairs but craved casual,...                    

comments

Former auctioneer cashes in on millionaires drawn to Scotland

scotsman.com     Aug 17, 2008          

Published Date: 17 August 2008 THE former boss of Scottish auctioneers Bonhams is aiming to tap into the growing number of international millionaires choosing to settle in Scotland with a new business aimed at providing bespoke...                    

comments

                   

Recalling Magritte

wordpress.com     Aug 17, 2008          

I love Paris. It’s my favorite city after New York. When I was there about a year ago, I saw this flyer hanging in a window and had to capture it. The glare is a problem, but at the top it says, “Ceci n’est pas un hopital.”...                    

comments

telegraph.co.uk: Francis Bacon telegraph.co.uk

Francis Bacon: behind the myth

newsvine.com     Aug 16, 2008   2 related          

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:02 AM EDT In the summer of 1963, a young photographer called Jorge Lewinski knocked nervously on the door of Francis Bacon's studio in South Kensington in London and asked...                    

comments

A Travel-Heavy List of Things Every Man Should Do

worldhum.com     Aug 14, 2008          

Esquire’s Tom Chiarella has a traveler’s spirit. Of his list of 75 things every man should do in his lifetime, at least 15 involve getting up and going somewhere. I endorse the following picks, whether you’re male or female: 3)...                    

comments

                   

upcoming exhibitions [September]

londonsmog.wordpress.com     Aug 15, 2008          

A massive wave of interesting art exhibitions is about to hit London. The Rothko show at Tate Modern will definitely be a blockbuster (from 26 September), and Francis Bacon at Tate Britain (from 11 September) will attract...                    

comments

Arts Guide: Exhibits in Italy

ansa.it     Aug 14, 2008          

Rome, August 14 - Palazzo dei Priori: leading Marche Renaissance painter Vincenzo Pagani and influences including Raphael, Carlo Crivelli; until November 9. Palazzo Pitti: The Medicis And Science; large collection of scientific...                    

comments