http://www.newstin.com/us/FRANCIS_BACON Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76406900 A Lucian Freud portrait of Francis Bacon may fetch up to $12.4 million at a London auction, Christie's International said Sunday. The unfinished oil-on-canvas work, one of only two oil portraits Mr. Freud painted of his... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:24:24 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76406900 2008-09-07T23:24:24Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76369010 A tiny, grimy drinking den frequented by artists and poets from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst is under threat of closure. Read up on the Colony Room, and the words 'squalid' and 'rude' feature often, along with a sense of... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:09:19 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76369010 2008-09-06T23:09:19Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76368415 Next week's will be my last column. I've been writing weekly columns off and on for 15 years now, starting at the Guardian, then moving here via the Daily Telegraph. There was a small interruption a few years back, when... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:08:16 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76368415 2008-09-06T23:08:16Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76326976 La Ronde; Caught PG; U; Second Sight, £19.99 each A mackintoshed, moustachioed stranger - the suave Anton Walbrook - strolls into view. The glorious, all-star La Ronde (1950) - with Walbrook wittily nudging its sexual... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:24:03 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76326976 2008-09-05T23:24:03Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76326302 Some in the art world may have mocked Dasha Zhukova's credentials as an aspiring aficionado and sniggered when she embarrassingly revealed that she couldn't name a single artist. For yesterday Ms Zhukova announced that... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:00:01 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76326302 2008-09-05T23:00:01Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76260280 In the name of sanity, how has it taken this long for Lost in Showbiz to alight upon Dasha Zhukova, London's most hilarious spoof character? According to the various searching interviews published with her - one on these... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:05:24 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76260280 2008-09-04T23:05:24Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76250192 The following list is from Martin Seymour-Smith's The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (1998). For each book, Seymour-Smith provides 3-5 pages of commentary. I... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:27:54 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76250192 2008-09-04T19:27:54Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76168479 Vanity Fair has come out with its list of 100 most powerful influentials, most of which—since they've already been covered by various lists in Time (the Time 100), Forbes (celebs and richest Americans) and elsewhere—come... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:19:08 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76168479 2008-09-03T17:19:08Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76182923 Tate, the U.K. museum network, said it acquired $112 million worth of art in the year ended March 31, including four works by Damien Hirst, and Louise Bourgeois's 30-foot-high spider, "Maman" (1999). At a news conference... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:21:59 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76182923 2008-09-03T23:21:59Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76162068 The paintings of JMW Turner are to be exhibited alongside those of the Old Masters for the first time. The Tate Britain exhibition comes 200 years after Turner claimed he was equal to the likes of Rembrandt and Rubens.... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:30:44 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/76162068 2008-09-03T15:30:44Z