(Non-) Beauty and the Beast--The 2022 Francis Bacon Exhibition at The Royal Academy

In Spring 2022, the Royal Academy showcased works from the entirety of Francis Bacon’s fifty-year career, commencing with his first successful painting – the Crucifixion (1933) (https://www.mbartfoundation.com/francis-bacon-the-artist/biography/crucifixion/) - and ending with his final work, Study of a Bull (1991) (https://www.francis-bacon.com/artworks/paintings/study-bull). Aptly entitled ‘Bacon- Man and Beast’, it had something beastly about it: despite the wonders of its scenography, both...