Having become famous as a conceptual artist, Damien Hirst has just opened his first painting exhibition. And it’s making his reputation look as pasty as one of his woefully executed skulls, writes Stephen Feneley.
Francis Bacon
Bringing Bacon home
If you’re going to NYC this northern summer, you’ll no doubt be checking out the Met’s grand centennial show, or coronation (as Slate puts it) of Francis Bacon. I have mixed feelings, says WH Chong.
