“BUENOS AIRES.- The exhibition was organized on occasion of the 53rd Venice Biennale but it is a unique event with an extraordinary character; Centro Cultural Borges in Buenos, Aires, hosts an exhibition of drawings by Francis Bacon titled ‘The Tip of the Iceberg. Drawings by Francis Bacon’.

The exhibition – curated by the famous English art critic Edward Lucie-Smith and by Alberto Agazzani – shows a ‘corpus’ of about 20 drawings on paper of various sizes, authentically signed by Francis Bacon which portray a gallery of monstrous human characters, typical iconography of the famous Irish painter who died in 1992.”

via True or Fake? Francis Bacon’s ‘The Tip of the Iceberg’ Opens in Buenos Aires.

“These paintings, about to go on show at the Tate, represent the late Francis Bacon as he is rarely seen – as a man with an eye for the ladies, artistically at least. Kathryn Hughes introduces the colourful cast of women who would crop up in his work and chaotic life

Francis Bacon, generally regarded as the greatest British artist of the 20th century, has always been famous for the men in his life. His off-duty hours were an extravagant mix of young men and excessive drink, played out in the decadent Soho of the 1950s where gangsters and politicians met on equal terms. Bacon’s paintings too featured image after image of the male body, contorted into poses that manage to be nightmarish yet oddly sexual at the same time.”

Via Telegraph: Francis-Bacon at Tate Britain a hidden interest in women

 I myself am not surprised about the women in Bacon’s life.  If one reads the biographies about Bacon’s life, they find prominent women everywhere.  This shows similarity to Andy Warhol and the many women he hung around and looked up to during his lifetime.