Previously at the ICA - Films

Southbank Show: The Life and Career of Francis Bacon

9 Apr 2015

There will be a Q&A with Melvyn Bragg and ICA Executive Director Gregor Muir after the screening.

Roving from gallery to studio to café to bar, this award-winning documentary reveals an artist, held—in the words of host Melvyn Bragg—to be the greatest living painter in the world. Francis Bacon discusses his life and work with utter frankness.

Listen to Melvyn Bragg in conversation with Norman Mailer at the ICA in 1983

Listen to Melvyn Bragg in conversation with Anthony Burgess at the ICA in 1984

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Southbank Show: The Life and Career of Francis Bacon, dir. David Hinton, 1985, 54 mins.

The ICA Cinema is now completely ad-free. Please note the feature will start following a selection of trailers and information relevant to the ICA programme. All films are 18+ unless otherwise stated.