John Minihan tells Ellie O’Byrne about his famous photograph of Samuel Beckett

An optimistic Francis Bacon double self portrait will lead Sotheby’s sale of contemporary art in New York next Wednesday evening.

Des O’Sullivan reports on a split canvas holding a nude by Francis Bacon. 

AMERICAN poet Charles Bukowski was not noted for his sunny disposition. 

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ENGLAND: A tough army officer hopes he has put an end to the stigma attached to men sewing after finishing in the top three of a nationwide competition.

It was Ireland’s “best kept secret” that the economic bubble burst in summer 2006 not 2008, but the situation was effectively masked by politicians focussed on the 2007 general election and vested interests who did not want to break the silence.

The man credited with inventing NAMA has told the banking inquiry it is not doing the job it was designed to do.

Fascinated with Nordic Noir and Scandinavian street fashion, Michelle Doyle wasn’t disappointed with a visit to the Swedish capital where cool truly rules.

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From visiting cultural spots to exploring her favourite clothing label outlets, Michelle Doyle indulged her obsession with all things Swedish by visiting Stockholm in the cold of January.

Kevin Bacon recreated his iconic 'Footloose' dance scenes on 'The Tonight Show'.

William Burroughs’ centenary occurs this month. The West Cork-based photographer John Minihan recalls meeting the controversial author in London

A masterpiece by Francis Bacon has become the most valuable piece of artwork ever sold by auction house Christie’s in Europe after going under the hammer for a record €51.4m.

A masterpiece by Francis Bacon has become the most valuable piece of artwork ever sold by auction house Christie’s in Europe after going under the hammer for a record £42.2m (€51m).

A glittering fortnight of art sales at the upper end of the market gets underway in London next week.

In 1933 when American president Franklin D Roosevelt declared in his first inaugural speech that “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” he was speaking in the context of the Great Depression and efforts to revive the US economy.

The last of four in a series of Andy Warhol paintings depicting car crashes shattered the pop artist’s auction record, selling for more than $105m (€78m), Sotheby’s said.

The Hugh Lane gallery in Dublin is to exhibit material relating to the auction-smashing triptych of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon.

A Francis Bacon portrait of his friend and fellow painter Lucian Freud has become the most valuable work of art ever sold at auction — fetching over $142m (€105.5m) in just six minutes of frantic bidding.

A Francis Bacon painting of his friend and fellow artist Lucian Freud has become the most valuable work of art ever sold at auction – fetching over €100m.

Francis Bacon’s Three Lives of Lucian Freud is set to break his own record of $86 million, Des O’Sullivan reports.

Adapted from a series of comics, ‘R.I.P.D.’ (an acronym for Rest In Peace Department) is an otherworldly action adventure in a similar vein to ‘Men In Black’, which pairs a grizzled veteran and a gung-ho newcomer in a hunt for earthbound monsters.

A university graduate was left feeling “degraded and humiliated” after being forced to dance with other candidates at an interview for a job with an electronics chain.

In one of his last published pieces, Séamus Heaney recalled his friendship with the art critic Dorothy Walker, currently the subject of an exhibition in Dublin.

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A blockbuster auction of Contemporary art in New York — including a record $58.4m (€45.1m) for a Jackson Pollock drip painting — fetched nearly half a billion dollars — the biggest haul ever at an art auction.

Paintings by Francis Bacon, Gerhard Richter and Jean-Michel Basquiat racked up over £74m (€85m) in the year’s first major test of demand for contemporary art.

One of the country’s largest trade unions has called on the Government to abandon its plans to sell off the harvesting rights of trees owned by Coillte.

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Kevin Bacon hates not being recognised.

A Francis Bacon triptych self-portrait is estimated to sell for up to $24m (€18.4m) at a sale in London next month.

One of the original minds behind Nama has said the body should be partially sold as it is not achieving its potential and faces “a major challenge” in recovering its outlay on loan assets.

The economist who devised the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) has today called for the institution to be part-privatised.

The economist who thought up Nama has expressed alarm that the organisation has descended into an unfocused debt collection agency.

‘Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror’ by Francis Bacon which made $44,882,500 at Sotheby’s New York last Thursday.

A painting by Dublin-born artist Francis Bacon that has been held in a private collection for more than 30 years could fetch as much as €30m when it goes on sale next month.

A “sexually charged” nude portrait by Francis Bacon has sold for £21m (€25m).

It took less than five minutes to more than realise the price Christie’s auction house had hoped for, but Francis Bacon’s work has that affect on buyers.