All events

  • Auslan-interpreted talk: Francis Bacon in context

    Explore the influence of Bacon’s practice

    Wednesday 30 January 2013, 7.15pm

    Study room | Duration 1 hour | Free, bookings required

  • Short talks: artists on Francis Bacon

    Australian artists share their thoughts

    Wednesdays 5.30pm
    21 November – 5 December 2012,
    9 January – 6 February 2013

    Major exhibition gallery | Free with exhibition entry

    Image: Julie Rrap

  • Francis Bacon celebrity events

    In association with ‘Francis Bacon: five decades’

    Wednesdays 6.30pm
    21 November – 12 December 2012,
    9 January – 6 February 2013
    Special talk: 6pm, 6 February 2013

    Entrance court | Free

    Image: Francis Bacon Study for portrait of Eddy Batache 1979, private collection © The Estate of Francis Bacon. DACS/Licensed by Viscopy

  • Artbar: Francis Bacon

    Live jazz performances evoking London in the 1960s

    Wednesdays 21 November – 12 December 2012,
    9 – 30 January 2013
    5.15pm & 7.30pm

    Cafe | Free

    Image: Jonathan Zwartz

  • Art After Class: Bacon, Whiteley and de Maistre

    Special half-hour lecture for 15–25 year olds

    Wednesday 13 February 2013, 4.30pm

    Centenary Auditorium | Duration 30 minutes | Free

  • Exhibition talk: Francis Bacon in love

    Macushla Robinson, assistant curator

    Wednesday 13 February 2013, 5.30pm

    Major exhibition gallery | Duration 30 minutes | Free with exhibition entry

    Image: Prudence Cuming Francis Bacon in his 7 Reece Mews studio c1970s (detail) © The Estate of Francis Bacon. DACS/Licensed by Viscopy. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd/DACS

  • Special talk: Barbara Dawson on Bacon's studio

    Director, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane

    Wednesday 13 February 2013, 7.30pm

    Centenary Auditorium | Duration 1 hour | Free

    Image: Bacon in his studio at 7 Reece Mews, South Kensington, photographed by Michael Pergolani, May 1970 (detail). Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane

  • Film series: Hitting rock bottom in post-war England

    In association with ‘Francis Bacon: five decades’

    Wednesdays 2pm & 7.15pm, Sundays 2pm
    7 November – 16 December 2012
    9 January – 17 February 2013

    Special Saturday screenings:
    19 January, 2, 16 February 2013, 2pm

    Domain Theatre | Free

    Image: Still from My beautiful laundrette 1985

  • Francis Bacon guided tours

    An introduction to the exhibition

    17 November 2012 – 24 February 2013
    Daily 1 & 1.15 pm
    Wed 7.05 & 7.15 pm

    Major exhibition gallery | Duration 1 hour | Free with exhibition entry

    Image: Francis Bacon Figure with meat 1954 The Art Institute of Chicago, Harriott A Fox Fund © The Estate of Francis Bacon. DACS/Licensed by Viscopy