Francis Bacon

From Francis Bacon’s survey at the National Portrait Gallery to Imran Perretta’s immersive exhibition at Somerset House Studios

A packed survey at the National Portrait Gallery in London reveals an artist who was the architect of his own myth

From Vincent Van Gogh to Francis Bacon to Nairy Baghramian, discover some of the best institutional exhibitions this October

Encounter some of the last century's most significant artists at the fair, including Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois, Philip Guston, Andy Warhol, Joan Miró, Francis Bacon, Henri Matisse, Lee Kang-so and Helen Frankenthaler

Isobel Harbison chronicles the Dublin City Gallery's inseparability from the 20th-century politics of its capital namesake

From an exhibition of Francis Bacon’s ‘beasts’ to Terrence Malick’s film on the life of Christ, these are the top picks for the year

‘New Images of Man’, curated by Alison Gingeras at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, is ‘part homage, part radical revision’ of the eponymous exhibition

The movement never quite took hold in the UK but, as a new exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery shows, British culture was – and remains – deeply surreal

In further news: gallery sues Christie’s over ‘bargain basement’ Francis Bacon sale; Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ heads to Japan

What the designer will look for at Frieze, from John Chamberlain to Outsider artists

The Rijksmuseum announces its new director while Clifton Benevento closes its doors

Brussels, Belgium

Charlie Fox traces the diverse portrayal and experience of intoxication throughout art history 

Gagosian Gallery, London, UK

An essay exploring how thinkers like Gilles Deleuze and Susan Sontag have shaped interpretations and misinterpretations of contemporary art

The murky depths of London studios

A David Sylvester-curated survey at London’s Hayward Gallery was a well-earned relaxation of the artist's royal grip