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Francis Bacon
April 7, 2021
Jeremy Lybarger
The Turbulent Life of Francis Bacon
Bacon’s contradictions make him the rare artist who warrants an infatuated 900-page biography.
December 5, 2013
Jed Perl
The Super-Rich Are Ruining Art for the Rest of Us
November 13, 2013
Jed Perl
$142 Million for a Francis Bacon Painting? Someone Overpaid!
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Leon Wieseltier
Washington Diarist: The Answers
August 24, 2011
Jacob Soll
Note This
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Peter N. Miller
The Logistical Sublime
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Peter N. Miller
The Logistical Sublime
October 7, 2009
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