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Lovers’ drunken brawl nearly cost Francis Bacon an eye, diaries reveal

The spat and injury inspired Bacon to paint his violent expressionist canvas Self-Portrait with Injured Eye

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve got a feeling I won’t be on stage again’: Derek Jacobi on age, ego, Igglepiggle and unrequited love

Sixty-five years after his first rave reviews, the star of I, Claudius and Last Tango in Halifax is still drowning in work – and self-doubt. Can a man who won Ian McKellen’s heart really see himself as ‘bland and uninteresting’?

The Guardian - UK

Francis Bacon triptych sells for record £24.3m at auction in London

Artwork had been on show at New York museum since death of media tycoon owner in 1990

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Francis Bacon triptych sells for £24.3m at auction

Three Studies for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes was sold on Friday.

The Independent UK

Rock snapper Kevin Cummins: ‘I still leave space for the NME logo in the corner’

The man who created more than 250 cover images for the rock weekly has put together a book of almost 40 years of photographs of the Fall. ‘We put Manchester on the map,’ he says

The Guardian - UK

Francis Bacon triptych could sell for more than £30m at auction debut

The work is being previewed at Sotheby’s in London.

The Independent UK

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag review – memory maps and rumours of djinns from mystical Sudanese painter

Inspired by William Blake and Francis Bacon, Ishag traces winding webs of families and friendships with depictions of plants, neighbourhoods and – her main subject – women

The Guardian - UK

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The best recent science fiction and fantasy – reviews roundup

HellSans by Ever Dundas; Leech by Hiron Ennes; Jackdaw by Tade Thompson; The Green Man of Eshwood Hall by Jacob Kerr; and The Black Maybe by Attila Veres

The Guardian - UK

David Hockney painting pictured ahead of first public sale in more than 30 years

The piece could sell for as much as £10 million.

The Independent UK

Love Lucian by David Dawson and Martin Gayford review

Lucian Freud’s letters reveal the artist in all his rambunctious, irreverent and amusing glory

The Guardian - UK

Lucian Freud review – the Queen, Leigh Bowery and the artist’s ex-wives stand brutally revealed

From the monarch to the naked performance artist who was living with Aids, Freud paints life lived in the face of death, with an unsentimental eye for human tendernesss

The Guardian - UK

September design news: Francis Bacon and fry-up chic

Green graduates set to save the future, turning scraps into kitchen knives and new art from director Mark Cousins

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Claes Bang’s cultural highlights

The Danish actor on a horror film from his homeland, the physical impact of Francis Bacon and his favourite London restaurant

The Guardian - UK

‘A class of his own’: Sale of rare Bacon works marks 30th anniversary of artist’s death

The auction will include rarely seen paintings, a rug, photographs and letters

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The Guardian - UK

The big idea: should revenge ever be a part of justice?

Harsh retribution for violent crimes might feel right, but does it do more harm than good?

The Guardian - UK

‘Home for hell-raisers’: new owners of Groucho Club seek young blood

Private members’ club that takes pride in being a ‘hub for creatives’ to consider international expansion

The Guardian - AU

‘He could not expel the trauma’: Sidney Nolan’s Auschwitz paintings revealed in landmark show

Preoccupied with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany, the artist painted 220 works in just four weeks: a ‘rambling, tumbling turmoil’ that he did not speak of for decades

The Guardian - UK

‘Sigmund would have loved this’ – Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family review

The painter’s sex life drove his art. Does this show think that’s too vulgar to go into? The result is richly ironic: a case of repression in the building that houses Sigmund’s consulting couch

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The Conversation

Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years later.

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Francis Bacon friend hits out at Tate for returning archive

In Today’s Diary: Friend of Francis Bacon blasts Tate / Sir Ranulph still sleeps in his car/ Keir Starmer seems to blame economy for poll woes / Thomas Hardy tree to topple

Evening Standard

We’re too dull for a revived Colony Room to work

Number 45 Park Lane is a luxurious and refined hotel with an interesting and laudable focus on art. It has a collection of Damien Hirsts and other contemporary artists, it commissions original work and organises art trips for its more cultured guests.

Evening Standard

Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud sells for £43 million

A Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud has sold for a record-breaking £43.4 million at auction.

The Independent UK

Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud sets records in £43.4 million sale

The painting has become the most valuable work of art sold at auction in London this summer season so far, according to Sotheby’s.

The Guardian - UK

Destination masterpiece: 75 great artworks to see across the UK

From a Nubian god in Edinburgh to a Banksy in Bristol, our critics choose the most intriguing and important paintings, sculptures, installations for you to take in this summer

Evening Standard

Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud set to sell for millions at auction

A Francis Bacon portrait of fellow painter – and Soho drinking buddy – Lucian Freud that has not been seen for more than half-a-century is expected to sell for more than £35 million this month.

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