Opening hours are being extended for the Sainsbury Centre's blockbuster Francis Bacon and the Masters exhibition.

The exhibition - which explores how the much-collected British artist was inspired by the masterpieces of the past - will now be open on Mondays until the event ends on Sunday July 26.

The exhibition includes dozens of treasures from the world-famous State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg, many of which have never been seen in the UK before.

The exhibition will be open today from 10am-5pm; Tuesday July 14-Thursday July 16, 10am-6pm; Friday July 17, 10am-9pm; Saturday July 18-Sunday July 19, 10am-5pm.

Next week it will be open on the Monday from 10-5pm; Tuesday July 21– Friday July 24, from 10am–9pm; and Saturday July 25-Sunday July 26, 10am-5pm.

There will be a late bar on Friday July 17, and Friday July 24, until 9pm serving tapas.

Free exhibition parking every day (subject to availability) except Mondays.