Francis Bacon

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

Do philosophers understand contemporary art?

The murky depths of London studios