Francis Bacon: Couplings review – a taboo-busting opus of sizzling flesh

Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, LondonSublime paintings of sex in all its guises unlock entire worlds of beauty and terror – and reveal Bacon as the true heir to PicassoThe authority of Francis Bacon’s art is papal. I am not referring to the paintings inspired by Velázquez’s portrait of Pope Innocent X that made him famous. It’s just that walking into Gagosian’s immaculate selection of his paintings feels like exploring the art treasures of St Peter’s and the