Andrew Lambirth

In the National Gallery’s Vienna show, it’s Oscar Kokoschka who’s the real revelation

Plus: Francis Bacon and Henry Moore at the Ashmolean

‘King and Queen’, 1952–3, by Henry Moore and ‘Study from Portrait of Pope Innocent X’, 1965, by Francis Bacon. Credit: © Ashmolean Museum
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  • Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900

    National Gallery, until 12 January 2014

  • Francis Bacon/Henry Moore: Flesh and Bone

    Ashmolean, Oxford, until 19 January 2014

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