After the flood Sep 10, 2008
Page last updated at 15:41 GMT, Tuesday, 9 September 2008 16:41 UK. Morpeth fights back after floods. (BBC News -- UK)
Money worries for abuse centres Sep 10, 2008
Page last updated at 05:54 GMT, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 06:54 UK. The information centres offers support to victims of domestic violence. (BBC News -- UK)
'Hard questions' over Sats fiasco Sep 10, 2008
" Schools Secretary Ed Balls has indicated that next year's Sats tests could be the last, replaced by "single level tests" now being piloted in schools. Bookmark with: TEST MARKING PROBLEMS LATEST RESULTS ANALYSIS FEATURES & BACKGROUND RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites E-MAILED Cern collider ready for power-up DR Congo frees goats from prison WWII wrecks 'threaten Micronesia' In pictures: Francis Bacon portraits Inside 'Big Bang' tunnel... (BBC News -- UK)
Slow burners Sep 10, 2008
" They give the impression they will be happy to continue ploughing their own fertile furrow for a long time yet. Any awards like this will be a welcome bonus, but they don't mind being the underdogs. Bookmark with: MERCURY SHORTLIST REVEALED HAVE YOUR SAY RELATED BBC LINKS RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites E-MAILED Cern collider ready for power-up DR Congo frees goats from prison WWII wrecks 'threaten Micronesia' In pictures: Francis... (BBC News -- UK)
Huge jump for gas and power bills Sep 10, 2008
Page last updated at 07:00 GMT, Wednesday, 10 September 2008 08:00 UK. Northern Ireland consumers ' electricity bills are to rise by a third. (BBC News -- UK)
Mysteries of 'bat discos' probed Sep 10, 2008
Page last updated at 23:19 GMT, Tuesday, 9 September 2008 00:19 UK. Pipistrelles can be heard in autumn calling for mates. (BBC News -- UK)
Quiet quakes Sep 10, 2008
Page last updated at 09:25 GMT, Tuesday, 9 September 2008 10:25 UK. By Tristana Moore BBC News, Berlin. (BBC News -- Europe)
UK to impose foreign worker limits Sep 10, 2008
" Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Tom Brake said the government's efforts would be undermined by its "persistent failure to reintroduce exit checks". Chief executive of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Habib Rahman said the proposals unfairly discriminated against migrant workers from developing countries. But Nur-Ur Rahman Khondaker, secretary general of the Bangladesh Caterers Association, welcomed the inclusion of chefs on the list - provided they earn 8.10 an hour or... (BBC News -- Europe)
Pollution 'hinders heart pacing' Sep 10, 2008
Page last updated at 23:02 GMT, Tuesday, 9 September 2008 00:02 UK. Pollution 'hinders heart pacing. (BBC News)
To market, to market Sep 7, 2008
Francis Bacon confessed to bribery in 1621, and was banished from Parliament and court ... Even my idol, the essayist and philosopher Francis Bacon was supposed to have taken bribes. (BBC News -- UK)
Turner to be shown with Masters Sep 4, 2008
Other acquisitions revealed in Tate's annual report included Stanley Spencer's 1939 painting The Woolshop and a Francis Bacon work, Figures in a Garden. Visitor numbers rose from 7. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
John Russell, 89, art critic, journalist for a half-century Aug 26, 2008
Most of his prodigious output was devoted to art, notably his monographs on Seurat, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Max Ernst, and the multivolume series "The Meanings of Modern Art." But he also produced travel books on Switzerland, London, and Paris, a biography of the conductor Erich Kleiber, and several highly regarded translations of modern French novelists ... The art that mattered to him mattered in a highly personal way, and there was something almost tactile in the way he traced the... (Boston Globe)
The Edge of Love Aug 23, 2008
He is a painter as well as a filmmaker (he made Love Is The Devil, the film about the British painter Francis Bacon), and this new film is a very painterly exercise - perhaps more painterly than passionate. London in the Blitz never looked so good - the fires at night lighting the faces of Murphy and Knightley as they embrace in an alley or the sunset lighting the sky over the beach at New Quay, where Dylan, Caitlin, Vera and various children take refuge in the second half. (Sydney Morning Herald)
19U Admirals end season with doubleheader splits Aug 23, 2008
Author Francis Bacon once said that books were among the truest friends a man could find, and the Friends of the Bethel Public Library will have quite a few friends for sale this weekend during the group's annual book sale at the town's senior center. Don't try this. (Bethel Beacon, CT)
Library ready for big 3-day book sale Aug 23, 2008
Saturday 23 August, 2008. More than 20,000 titles will be available during the sale, which will go from Saturday to Monday. (Bethel Beacon, CT)
Wild scenes at glimpse of what's on offer Aug 22, 2008
According to the trade and press reports, buoyant prices were realised - but the equivalent of $5 million buys a Old Master these days while it's small change in the upper end of the modern and contemporary market - especially compared with a $150 million Gustav Klimt or a $40 million Francis Bacon. Pieter Brueghel II's The Bad Shepherd, circa 1600, showing a shepherd making good his escape while a wolf threatens his flock, brought 2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Sky to launch second arts channel Aug 20, 2008
New arts shows for the autumn for Sky Arts 1 - as the current Sky Arts channel will be rebranded - will include Suggs' Italian Job, featuring the Madness frontman's tour of Italy; Arts Rocks, uncovering the "hidden artistic talents" of Iggy Pop, Moby, George Clinton and Dave Stewart; and Tim Marlow on Francis Bacon. Mariella Frostrup's The Book Show will also return. (guardian.co.uk)
Young Russian contemporary art advocate opening huge Moscow space Aug 19, 2008
And there is help at the ready from her companion, the financier Roman Abramovich, who has riveted the art world recently by paying top dollar for works by Francis Bacon, Giacometti and others ... 5 million, a 1976 triptych by Francis Bacon for $86. (International Herald Tribune)
Solving the Storage Error Management Dilemma Aug 19, 2008
As Sir Francis Bacon said, knowledge is power. I want to know what is going on in the RAID controller and what decisions are being made and why for failure of the disk drives. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Sotheby's Says Rich Still Buying Aug 6, 2008
The auctioneer fetched a record price for a contemporary work of art with Francis Bacon s Triptych, which sold for $86. 3 million. (Forbes -- Markets)
Investors, Beware the Oil Bubble Jul 24, 2008
A Francis Bacon triptych fetched $86. 3 million, a record for a contemporary painting. (SmartMoney)
Indian artists make big money at Sotheby's Jul 17, 2008
Sotheby's sees high prices for Indian artists - Art -Personal Finance-The Economic Times. Sotheby's sees high prices for Indian artists 17 Jul, 2008, 0452 hrs IST, ET Bureau. (India Times)
Ledger puts a whole new look on Joker's killer smile in 'Dark Knight' Jul 17, 2008
In a January 2008 MSNBC.com article, director Christopher Nolan said they gave Ledger's Joker a "Francis Bacon spin to his face.". "This corruption, this decay in the texture of the look itself," he said. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Random acts of Rio Rancho kindness Jul 17, 2008
Francis Bacon, Sr. said about courtesy, If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them. Today, that quote alludes to all nations being one nation: helping each other when in trouble. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Pursuing Perfection Jul 14, 2008
"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion," English philosopher and scientist Francis Bacon famously wrote in 1625, and all we have to do is compare the languid perfection, the interchangeable beauty of nameless runway models to the more distinctive, quirky beauty of movie stars to realize that he is right. Perfection is approached through hard work, discipline, skill and perseverance. (Forbes)
Three sketches by Goya sell for $8 million Jul 13, 2008
A drawing entitled "Bajar Rinendo (They Go Down Quarreling) by Spanish artist Goya, on display during a sale at Christie's auction house in London onJuly 8. It sold for $4.6 million.Sang Tan / APMost popular Most viewed Top rated Most e-mailedupdated 6:51 p.m. ET July 8, 2008LONDON - Three sketches by Goya, presumed lost for 130 years, sold Tuesday for $8 million.Christies says the sketches first went up for sale in Paris in 1877 and were presumed lost until a private... (MSNBC -- News)
Painter completes zero-G artwork Jul 13, 2008
" Expedition The painter plans to display his works, entitled Homage to Francis Bacon, at the County Hall gallery in central London where he is artist-in-residence. The prospect of the pieces fetching a sky-high price, however, has not enticed him to put them on the market. Azam, who until recently was chief operating officer at investment bank Merrill Lynch, said he is contemplating a follow-up expedition to Antarctica. "But that would be a much longer trip," he adds. "I don't know if we'd be... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
3 artists get creative aboard vomit comet Jul 13, 2008
A free-floating Azam, meanwhile, finished pre-prepared paintings of disembodied figures inspired by the artist Francis Bacon. Azam said he wanted to pay homage to Bacon's paintings. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Art in space Jul 8, 2008
While in zero gravity Azam will complete two large triptychs he has been preparing in his north London studio, called Homage to Francis Bacon. Each one of the six paintings will be 160x120cm. (BBC News -- Science)
'Outstanding' art to be displayed Jul 8, 2008
A collection of important works by artists including Francis Bacon and Claude Monet are to go on display to the public for the first time. The art was left to Tate Britain and the National Gallery by collector Simon Sainsbury, who died in 2006. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Buyers lap up paintings worth $1.1 bn Jul 7, 2008
Its all about presentation , marketing and getting the estimates right, said London dealer Gerard Faggionato, who represents the Francis Bacon Estate. Sothebys were also selling more classic material. (India Times)
U2's studio Basquiat sells for 5m Jul 3, 2008
A 1967 Francis Bacon portrait, Study for Head of George Dyer, was also in the sale. The painting, described by Sotheby's as an "exceptionally rare, intimate" depiction of the love of Bacon's life, went for 13. (Independent)
In exhibit devoted to meat, some offerings are a cut above Jul 2, 2008
"Flesh and meat are life," said the great, dark British painter Francis Bacon. "If I paint red meat as I paint bodies, it is just because I find it very beautiful.". (Boston Globe)
Entertainment Report Jul 2, 2008
London - A rare set of three works by painter Francis Bacon was sold Monday by Christie's auction house for $34. 5 million. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* Francis Bacon triptych tops the lots at London art auction Jul 2, 2008
Francis Bacon triptych tops the lots at London art auction. Works by Francis Bacon, Jeff Koons and Lucian Freud were the highlights of a post-war and contemporary art sale held by Christies this week ... The three panels of Francis Bacons Triptych, 1976, which set the sales record for the artists work in May. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
One-trick pony Jul 1, 2008
His art in-jokes are blunderingly artless; witness the latest works in which he has introduced porn into several de Kooning nudes and ended up with Francis Bacon instead. All of which puts an unusual pressure upon the visitor, namely the question of how long and hard to keep at it. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
How much did this Jeff Koons' sculpture fetch at auction? Jul 1, 2008
Works by Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were also sold ... The sculpture was sold as part of a post-war and contemporary art sale, that included work by Francis Bacon, Gilbert and George and Lucian Freud. (BBC News -- UK)
Francis Bacon self-portraits fetch $34.5 million Jul 1, 2008
Francis Bacon self-portraits fetch $34 ... Francis Bacon self-portraits fetch $34 ... "Three Studies for a Self Portrait," a 1975 work by British artist Francis Bacon, sold at auction for $34. (MSNBC -- News)
Bacon's Somber Self-Portraits Fetch $34.5 Million at Art Auction in London Jul 1, 2008
July 1 (Bloomberg) -- A 1975 set of three self-portraits by Francis Bacon fetched 17. 3 million pounds ($34. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Copley Foundation endows UCLA chair Jun 27, 2008
His holdings include works by Christo and Francis Bacon and film costume sketches from the 1930s and '40s, often called the Golden Age of Hollywood. The endowment establishes the David C. Copley Chair for the Study of Costume Design and the David C. Copley Center for the Study of Costume Design, a first-of-its-kind hub, which, according to UCLA, will further scholarship in the field through research, coursework and a program to bring in leading professionals as visiting faculty. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The price of Monet: gone for 40m as confidence in the market stays strong Jun 25, 2008
Roman Abramovich, for example, recently spent 60m on a Lucian Freud and a Francis Bacon, and last year Sotheby's called off its sale of Mstislav Rostropovich's art collection when the Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov bought the lot for 20m ... 2m on Francis Bacon's Tripych, 1976: another record. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
The Edge of Love (15) Jun 22, 2008
The Edge of Love is all the more disappointing because it's directed by John Maybury, a scion of the 1980s British avant-garde who proved his feel for London low life in his terrific drama about Francis Bacon, Love Is the Devil. Maybury's stylisation makes the film more interesting than it would have been if directed by your average British journeyman, but it finally adds up to earnest heritage romance. (Independent)
Nigeria: The Value of Philosophy Jun 20, 2008
Francis Bacon was the first philosopher who saw clearly the practical import of scientific technique as a mode of conquering nature by obeying it. Increasingly, this problem is dealt with by the various scientific and engineering disciplines. (allAfrica.com)
All's fair in love and war Jun 15, 2008
3 million) for paintings by Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Richard Chopping Jun 14, 2008
Friends included John Minton, Roberts MacBryde and Colquhoun, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, who had a house at Wivenhoe. Pivotally, Ann Fleming saw some of Chopping's work at a Bacon exhibition in 1956, which she thought would give cachet to her husband's Bond wrappers. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Winehouse's '1m gig' for Abramovich in Moscow Jun 14, 2008
Her Moscow appearance follows reports that Mr Abramovich recently spent 60m on two paintings by Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, record prices for the artists' work. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Europe)
Interview: Matthew Bourne Jun 12, 2008
"We'll allude to the portrait," Bourne says , "but we want to avoid getting into the supernatural too much." One idea is to have a peeling billboard which has been left up too long; another is to work some Francis Bacon references into the design. "Bacon's portraits are so brilliant," says Brotherson, "because they're a realisation of something internal as well as external.". (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
* Basel art fest ends with signs of a slowdown Jun 11, 2008
Abramovich appeared to have stayed below his spending spree last month in New York, where he paid US$120 million at Sothebys record-breaking auction, including US$86 million for the top lot, a Francis Bacon triptych. In Basel, he bought one of Alberto Giacomettis elongated woman sculptures for a seemingly modest US$14 million, according to The Art Newspapers special Basel edition. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
A carry-on in the kasbah Jun 9, 2008
But at the very end there are some superb 20th-century paintings - Richard Carline's Lebanon seen from a plane, clouds drifting like distorted figures from a Francis Bacon, Stanley Spencer's Sarajevo and David Bomberg's heat-scorched Jerusalem cityscape. Their presence is entirely specious - they couldn't be less Orientalist - but the Bomberg in particular, with its stark planar vision, verging on abstraction, shows that great art views the world most fully through the mind's eye. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Art.view: Bondsky Prospekt Jun 8, 2008
Only last month, Roman Abramovich, a London-based billionaire, paid $86m for Francis Bacon s Triptych, 1976 , the highest price ever paid for a work of art at auction, and $34m for Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping , making Mr Freud the highest-selling living artist at auction. Mr Abramovich has never been known as a major buyer. (The Economist)
When viewing art, less can be more Jun 7, 2008
Jan de Baen, painting in 1672, got there with awful power three centuries ahead of Francis Bacon. Another first sight: the exceptional strength and excitement of Jan Asselijn's threatened swan, legs spread, white wings unfurled, the muscles of its chest and neck taut. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Cant And Wont: Theres A Big Difference Jun 6, 2008
Francis Bacon, the English philosopher, said, Our humanity were a poor thing but for the divinity that stirs within us. The Apostle Paul says, I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. (Dublin Courier Herald, GA)
Painted faces Jun 5, 2008
The portraits of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud or David Hockney are in the upper reaches of the art market, and a good Gainsborough will still be a big sale, but, in general, portraiture seems to be out of fashion. This must be a matter of regret, not only because it diminishes the importance of a profoundly important branch of painting, but because it might discourage young artists from entering the field. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
World's Largest Art Fair Opens in Switzerland Jun 5, 2008
Big names include several who fetched new record prices at a Sotheby's auction in New York last month, when a triptych by Francis Bacon sold for $86. 3 million, becoming the most expensive work of contemporary art ever auctioned. (Time.com)
Whatever 'design-art' is, it's thriving Jun 2, 2008
Despite records being smashed for a Francis Bacon triptych and Lucian Freud portrait at last month's art auctions, the $15 million sale of Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House has since collapsed and other works were unsold. The New York design gallerist Murray Moss expects the upcoming design sales to be equally polarized. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Italian Composer Sees Music in Al Gore's Film May 31, 2008
Artists in general "make you see things differently, make you see things in a new light. When we see a painting by Francis Bacon or a film of Sydney Pollack, we get a very precise idea of the problems of our century," Battistelli said. He began work on the opera a year ago, and the Milan opera house La Scala plans to present it during the 2011 season as part of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification in 1861. (Newsmax)
London's Victoria & Albert Museum May 26, 2008
This exhibition features 60 works by 38 artists and explores how books have been treated by such notable names as Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti and Roy Lichenstein. The display features sculptures, manuscripts and books including Anish Kapoor's , a book sculpture in four parts. (Suite101.com)
College seminars inspire summer reading list May 24, 2008
As Francis Bacon wrote: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested. I am talking about the third set. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Synecdoche, New York May 24, 2008
A promising first half-hour sets up the death-and-illness-obsessed lead character, Caden (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a theatre director in upstate New York, and his relationship with his four-year-old daughter and emotionally distant wife, Adele (Keener), an artist who paints what look like miniature Francis Bacon portraits. Between visiting doctors to deal with his increasingly alarming series of ailments, Caden wins a MacArthur genius grant, allowing him to go to New York and create his... (Globe and Mail)
Bust from riverbed reveals face of Julius Caesar: archeologist May 21, 2008
Artworks by in-demand British artists Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon are scheduled to cross the block in London in June, following on the footsteps of recent record-setting sales in New York ... Artworks by in-demand British artists Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon are scheduled to cross the block in London in June, following on the footsteps of recent record-setting sales in New York. (Yahoo News -- Anthropology and Archaeology)
Big art sales follow Rauschenberg's death May 18, 2008
5 million was reported as a "mild distraction" Wednesday, compared to a sizzling duel over a Francis Bacon which went to an anonymous European telephone bidder for a record $86. 28 million. (Beaumont Enterprise)
Global economy faring better than widely feared, but dark clouds remain May 18, 2008
A fine-art sale drew a record $86 million price for a Francis Bacon painting ... In a sign of renewed confidence among the super-wealthy, a Sotheby's auction last week drew the highest price on record for postwar or contemporary art with the $86 million sale of a Francis Bacon painting. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Seasonal Sales Lack Spring May 17, 2008
For the first time in several years, Sotheby's also sold more contemporary art than its rival, capped by a beautifully grotesque "Triptych, 1976" by Francis Bacon that it sold for $86. 3 million, making it the priciest contemporary artwork ever sold at auction. (Wall Street Journal)
Bacon painting goes for 86 million May 16, 2008
NEW YORK: A three-panel masterpiece by Francis Bacon broke a record for contemporary art auctions Wednesday, selling for more than $86 million after three bidders vied for it, a spokeswoman for the auction house said. The $86,281,000 price for Triptych, 1976 also set an auction record for the British artist, Sothebys spokeswoman said. (India Times)
Infotainment May 16, 2008
A three-panel work by Francis Bacon was sold at auction in New York late Wednesday for 86. 2 million dollars, setting a new record for a painting by the Irish artist. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
