The Art Newspaper carries a lengthy and interesting special on Francis Bacon and the crazy market for his works (he is the world's top-selling artist right now). Not that it reveals anything substantially new, but it is a good read. For this matter they quote some art experts, who offer their insight on the artist.
Says curator Matthew Gale, organizer of the upcoming Bacon retrospective that will visit the Tate in London, the Prado in Madrid and the Metropolitan in New York in this 2008 and next 2009:
"His unflinching awareness of transience, his stance of being outside the mainstream..."
Says artist Damien Hirst, richest and loudest-mouthed contemporary artist ever:
"Francis Bacon is the best. He has the guts to fuck in hell."
Fuck Fucking Yeah.
