Sadly on this day, in 1992, the world-famous raw Irish artist  Francis Bacon passed away. Here we look back on his life and ...

Francis Bacon and David Hockney drove results at Sotheby’s, as the three major houses collectively posted a 22 percent ...

From gruesome portraits to creepy critters, these are the paintings that have stayed with our experts long after their first ...

In this first selection of texts from the Wenner Collection, we will see some examples of the use of print to popularize and ...

The theft of priceless jewels from the Louvre in daylight has sent shockwaves through France, but the country is far from the ...

Bob Dylan said in 1966, "Obviously, death is not very universally accepted. I mean, you'd think that the traditional music people could gather from their ...

Halloween is perfect timing for the debut of Matthew Rolston’s Vanitas: The Palermo Portraits, a decade-long project made in ...

Each of them serves as a grimly comic reminder that while life may be unpredictable, death - as Franklin warned - is certain.

On Oct. 28, 1989, the Oakland A's wrapped up an earthquake-delayed sweep of the World Series over the San Francisco Giants.

When it comes to a concrete example of the close links between France and Ireland, the Centre Culturel Irlandais (formerly ...

Triple TroubleNewport Street Gallery, London★★★★★NEWPORT STREET GALLERY lies at the heart of South London’s Vauxhall district ...

When I joined The Spectator, the office was in Bloomsbury, in a four-storey Georgian house, and the further down ...