Francis Bacon’s Nanny women artists while Niamh Ann Kelly reflects

while Niamh Ann Kelly reflects on the relationship of contemporary art to the art of the past

Essays address topics ranging from Dion’s ecological activism to his loving critique of museums

These sayings

at once measured and impassioned

Francis Bacon’s Nanny women artists while Niamh Ann Kelly reflectsAt the very centre of the life of one of the twentieth centurys greatest artists was the most unexpected of life long influences. The aptly named Jessie Lightfoot shielded the young Francis Bacon from the brutish violence of his bullying father, as well as from his worst self immolating excesses later in life. The tenderness, wit and warmth of this inimitable Nanny stands in illuminating relief to the sulphurous palette that defined Bacons work.