Style Blog: Portland brings the (Francis) Bacon

The Portland Museum of Art announced that it will display what is now known as the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, a triptych by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. The painting, which sold to an unknown buyer in November in an auction that raised eyebrows and ignited speculation about whether the art market was in the grips of a speculative bubble, was purchased for $142.4 million.