Francis Bacon: human presence exhibiton Famously stating that ‘everything is

Famously stating that ‘everything is a portrait’

developed into a global movement

that the young Alaïa first discovered the creations of Christian Dior through fashion magazines made available to him by Madame Pinault

the Royal Academy of the North of England

The book Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior: Two Masters of Couture offers a dialogue between Azzedine Alaïa's models and those that the couturier patiently collected from Christian Dior

Francis Bacon: human presence exhibiton Famously stating that ‘everything isFrom his responses to portraiture by earlier artists, to large scale paintings memorialising lost lovers, works from private and public collections showcase Bacons life story. As well as the artists self portraits, sitters include Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne and lovers Peter Lacy and George Dyer. This is the first publication in over 20 years dedicated to the portraits of Francis Bacon. From his renowned triptychs and paintings of ghostly figures,