The estrangement wasn’t ever explained in their lifetimes, but here’s a bit more info from a tape made by one of Bacon’s close friends: “Bacon poured scorn on Freud, ridiculing one of his paintings in the Charles Saatchi collection and lamenting in 1982 that Freud ‘doesn’t want to see me.'”
Tag: 01.28.18
A Crisis Meeting At The Royal New Zealand Ballet, And A New Post For The AD’s Partner As Well
There’s a lot going on in New Zealand: “The Royal NZ Ballet’s new artistic director is said to have given her American husband a job. The revelation comes after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met the RNZB’s board this week to express her concerns over the publicly-funded company ignoring New Zealand dancers.”