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We’ve got Francis Bacon all wrong
From the magazineYou have to hand it to the curators of this excellent survey of Francis Bacon’s portraits. Not only have they alighted at an obvious but under-explored vantage point from which to reconsider this most mythologised of postwar painters, securing some serious loans to make their point, they have also dared to open their show with
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A flop: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, at Ambassadors Theatre, reviewed
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Fails to ignite: Royal Opera’s Tales of Hoffmann reviewed
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Top tosh: The Diplomat reviewed
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Is it meant to be a comedy? Gladiator II reviewed
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