The world’s most expensive painting: Bacon sells for $152 million

More than friends, Francis Bacon’s triptych of Lucian Freud set world record last night at Christie’s New York sale.

14 Nov 2013

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

New record holder, Francis Bacon’s triptych ‘Three Studies of Lucian Freud’.

Christie’s postwar and contemporary sale in New York’s Rockerfeller Plaza on Tuesday evening has set the art world reeling with heady buoyancy for a strengthening market.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina