Wednesday 22 October 2008, 19.00–21.00

Bacon was a consummate urban resident, as a Soho drinking club stalwart he revelled in the violence and structured chaos of urban existence. His city was a place of conflict between the illicit and the public, whose versatility he used as a place to hide and a substance to exploit. With the destruction of World War II as a backdrop, city life blossomed, beginning a re-discovery of the urban that continues today. This panel, featuring eminent architectural historian Joseph Rykwert, experimental architect Nigel Coates and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, will look at how urbanity grew to its present condition, where more than half the world’s population lives in cities.

Tate Britain  Auditorium
£7 (£5 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards
Members of The Architecture Foundation entitled to concessionary price

    

This event is related to the Francis Bacon exhibition