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Francis Bacon in his studio, 1967 Credit: Ian Berry/Magnum Photos It was dark outside but, in the lamplit tobacco clouds of the Colony Room Club in Soho, the proprietor Ian Board, his great swollen nose flushed with anger, had hopped down from his barstool perch by the door and was shouting at Francis Bacon with cries like a dog’s bark, his voice rough as a cheese-grater. Grabbing an umbrella from the back of the stool, he began to belabour the world’s foremost artist about the shoulders as he edged out of the door into the steep, black well of the stairs down to the street. “You can’...

Banksy: Girl with Balloon, shredding just after the hammer came down in 2018 Credit: Instagram/@banksy As we enter 2021, it seems a good time to assess the previous decade. From a long-range perspective the high points might be: the resounding recovery from the 2008 banking crash; the virtually continuous growth in prices for modern and contemporary art; or, more recently, the market’s adaptation to the erosion of the physical experience of art during the pandemic. Closer inspection reveals geographic shifts of activity, such as the way the London gallery scene went into overdrive: between ...

Natural History series—animal corpses preserved in formaldehyde—and a photorealist painting titled Surgical Tools for Caesarean will go on show in the neoclassical space. Kaleidoscope Paintings, which reference “the spiritual symbolism of the butterfly” according to Hirst’s website, will be shown in the Protestant church in the town centre. Unseen works from the 1990s Spot (Pharmaceutical) Paintings series, daubed with random irregularly shaped spots, will also be exhibited. The exhibition has been curated by the art director Jason Beard, who has previously collaborated with Hi...