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MYSTERIOUS: 5 - What They Never Told You

The big idea: should revenge ever be a part of justice?

Harsh retribution for violent crimes might feel right, but does it do more harm than good?

The Guardian - UK

‘Home for hell-raisers’: new owners of Groucho Club seek young blood

Private members’ club that takes pride in being a ‘hub for creatives’ to consider international expansion

The Guardian - UK

‘He could not expel the trauma’: Sidney Nolan’s Auschwitz paintings revealed in landmark show

Preoccupied with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany, the artist painted 220 works in just four weeks: a ‘rambling, tumbling turmoil’ that he did not speak of for decades

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‘Sigmund would have loved this’ – Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family review

The painter’s sex life drove his art. Does this show think that’s too vulgar to go into? The result is richly ironic: a case of repression in the building that houses Sigmund’s consulting couch

The Guardian - UK

Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

When English statesman Sir Francis Bacon famously said “knowledge is power”, he could hardly have foreseen the rise of ubiquitous social media some 500 years later.

The Conversation

Londoner’s Diary: Francis Bacon friend hits out at Tate for returning archive

In Today’s Diary: Friend of Francis Bacon blasts Tate / Sir Ranulph still sleeps in his car/ Keir Starmer seems to blame economy for poll woes / Thomas Hardy tree to topple

Evening Standard

We’re too dull for a revived Colony Room to work

Number 45 Park Lane is a luxurious and refined hotel with an interesting and laudable focus on art. It has a collection of Damien Hirsts and other contemporary artists, it commissions original work and organises art trips for its more cultured guests.

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Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud sells for £43 million

A Francis Bacon painting of Lucian Freud has sold for a record-breaking £43.4 million at auction.

Evening Standard

Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud sets records in £43.4 million sale

The painting has become the most valuable work of art sold at auction in London this summer season so far, according to Sotheby’s.

The Independent UK

Destination masterpiece: 75 great artworks to see across the UK

From a Nubian god in Edinburgh to a Banksy in Bristol, our critics choose the most intriguing and important paintings, sculptures, installations for you to take in this summer

The Guardian - UK

Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud set to sell for millions at auction

A Francis Bacon portrait of fellow painter – and Soho drinking buddy – Lucian Freud that has not been seen for more than half-a-century is expected to sell for more than £35 million this month.

Evening Standard

Francis Bacon portrait of Lucian Freud expected to sell for over £35m at auction

Painting, based on black and white photograph, last exhibited in 1965 as part of a triptych

The Guardian - UK

Francis Bacon portrait unseen for 60 years to make auction debut

Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud was painted by British artist Bacon in 1964

The Independent UK

Tate returning Francis Bacon archive after researchers raise ‘credible doubts’

The collection was donated in 2004 by Barry Joule, a close friend of the artist.

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Thrifty summer: free films, folk and standup – 25 cost-free ways to enjoy arts in the UK

You don’t have to shell out to enjoy the best in music, film, theatre, art and comedy – from a Francis Bacon in Aberdeen to Notting Hill’s unique and spectacular carnival

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle in theatrical box seat as Carl Caulfield prepares to premiere two plays

Get set to see Caulfield's new works 'The Fine Art of Deception' and 'Creativity'.

The Guardian - UK

For the record

This week’s corrections

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Letters: more Tory MPs must stand up to Boris Johnson

Caroline Nokes called for the prime minister’s resignation, but surely she isn’t the only one who is listening to constituents

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Nicolas Cage faces off with a new foe: Himself

“Metropolis.”

Radio France Internationale

Large Francis Bacon collection to be donated to Paris' Pompidou

The national archives of the Centre Pompidou in Paris is to receive a large collection of works donated by a close friend of the British painter Francis Bacon. Barry Joule said he had chosen to the French museum as a recipient instead of the Tate gallery in London after he…

The Guardian - UK

Let’s be honest - faiths divide us. It can be hard to see the ties that bind

As Easter, Ramadan and Passover festivals converge, it was a week in which I got to test my convictions

The Guardian - UK

Friend of Francis Bacon snubs the Tate to give art works to Paris instead

Barry Joule says he is cancelling plans to donate a collection to the UK gallery because it failed to exhibit works in earlier gift

Evening Standard

Things to do in London this Easter: Your guide to cracking the Bank Holiday weekend

A heatwave and a bank holiday? London, let’s do this. From free festivals to rooftop raves, David Ellis on how to smash Easter

The Guardian - UK

‘This is art for the penthouses of oligarchs’ – Damien Hirst: Natural History review

The artist’s progress from raw young punk to pretentious money-lover is on show in this collection of formaldehyde works. Even the shark is getting very shrunken around the mouth

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Nasty niff gets up noses in wealthy Knightsbridge

Today’s Diary: Smelling a rat in Knightsbridge / Francis Bacon at the RA / Delia Smith’s distaste for other TV chefs / Parliamentary book club channels Fincher’s Fight Club

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