Patrick Graham and Cathy Wilkes win inaugural Francis Bacon Awards

Patrick Graham and Cathy Wilkes have won the inaugural Francis Bacon Awards for Irish Visual Arts, ARTnews reported 19 October. The report said Graham took the Lifetime Achievement Award (€25,000); Wilkes, a Northern Irish artist, the Mid-Career Award (€15,000) from a €40,000 ($44,800) fund. It said the awards will be presented during Dublin Gallery Weekend in Dublin, 5-8 November.