Francis Bacon: Head VI (1949). Oil on canvas ‘A man with whom I can do business’ Mrs Thatcher had said, famously, of her meetings with the main instrument of the new openness, Soviet premier ...

There’s a teensy issue with this exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits ... the Arts Council’s Head VI (1949), in which a hanging tassel torments the ticklish nose of a screaming figure ...

Did you know? Some of Francis Bacon’s most famous artworks are inspired by old masters, such as Head VI that is based on the 'Portrait Of Pope Innocent X' by the Spanish artist Diego Velazquez.