During his visits to the South of France and to Spain, Francis Bacon would have had the opportunity of encountering the bullfight first hand. A

Screening times: 11.00am and 3pm Tuesday - Saturday; Sunday 3pm
Commissioned to make a work in relation to the writer W.G. Sebald, Dean took as her

Curated by Jessica O'Donnell, Head of Collections

The Collection Revealed is an innovative new series begun in 2009 which encourages appreciation

Pavements, gutters, streets and motor cards occur frequently in Bacon's work and are depicted with convincing realism. Francis Bacon's interest in

Francis Bacon: A Terrible Beauty celebrates the centenary of Francis Bacon's birth in 63, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin. This exhibition comprising

11 June  - 20 September 2009

Curated by Jessica O'Donnell

In the second of  The Collection Revealed series, the Cubist-inspired

Reproductions of Francis Bacon’s own paintings lined the wall of his kitchen at 7 Reece Mews and many reproductions of his

Curated by Jessica O’Donnell

Over the coming months a series of spotlight exhibitions will offer an opportunity to take a closer look at the

The work of pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) was of crucial importance and of enormous interest to Francis Bacon. Muybridge

Bacon sought visual matter on a constant basis and among the items found in the studio were large numbers of books, loose leaves, magazines and newspaper