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Francis Bacon s Painting, 1946, at MoMA, foretold our current moment of brute power and addiction to spectacle
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This 20th-century painting foretold our 21st-century moment Sebastian Smee © Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS; ARS Francis Bacon (b. 1909). Painting, 1946. On view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. When this painting was still on its easel, the director of London’s National Gallery of Art, Kenneth Clark, visited the studio of the man who made it, Francis Bacon. Bacon was 36. World War II had just ended. Britain was in terrible shape. Clark, who later became known as the enthusiastically erudite presenter of the 13-part television series “Civilisation,” took a close look and mumbled, “Interesting, yes. What extraordinary times we live in,” then quietly made his exit.
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner s Our House, sold for €1.7m Courtesy of Ketterer Kunst
As his train went through a tunnel, one bidder briefly lost his signal while taking part in a live auction online at Munich-based Ketterer Kunst earlier this year. Luckily, the train emerged in time for him to rejoin the bidding.
It is the kind of challenge that auctioneers and their customers have had to adapt to during the pandemic year, with most buyers outside the auction room and an increasing number of sales taking place online. Despite the technological challenges, Europe’s leading auction houses say they have weathered the crisis well as customers adapted quickly, in some cases making online purchases in the millions for art they had only viewed virtually.