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<p>Francis Bacon photographed by Mayotte Magnus in 1972 </p>

Francis Bacon – Human Presence review: the outrage king of British art

Blockbuster show at the National Portrait Gallery overcomes Bacon’s late career lows to prove that his brutally frank portraiture can still take the breath away

<p>Henrietta Moraes by Francis Bacon </p>

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The extraordinary life of Francis Bacon’s muse

<p>‘Mayfly’ by Jerome is part of the One Nation Under a Groove exhibition in London’s Marylebone </p>

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How the Bomb Factory celebrates cultural fusion in Britain

<p>Mike Kelley, ‘Ahh...Youth!’, 1991</p>

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Latest features and reviews

Francis Bacon – Human Presence review: the outrage king of British art

The extraordinary life of Francis Bacon’s muse

How the Bomb Factory celebrates cultural fusion in Britain

Mike Kelley’s dirty conceptual art was trashy, visceral and hilarious

The 2024 Turner Prize show has a near total absence of guts or edge

The unbelievable life of photographer Lee Miller

Michael Craig-Martin’s magical secret to being a great artist

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers will make your heart explode with joy

Naomi Campbell’s V&A show is gorgeous – but avoids the uglier stuff

Six Lives shows that Henry VIII’s wives lost the battle for a legacy

The gallery that Miro and Giacometti thought of as a second home

Roger Mayne’s photos bring crumbling post-war Britain vividly to life

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Gallery exhibiting diverse artists opens to disrupt London’s art scene

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