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Category Archives: art
ALL TOO HUMAN
Tate invited me to take part in a talk and panel discussion on the concept of ‘Gaze’ in relationship to their current exhibition All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, 28 February – 27 August 2018. … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, Event, exhibition, expertise, Museum, panel, Panel Discussion, research
Tagged All TOO HUMAN, Francis Bacon, Gaze, John Deakin, Lucian Freud, Paula Rego, Philosophy, Tate Britain
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KILL YOUR DARLINGS
The Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Germany, is currently staging a fantastic show on portrait painting and photography, Wunsch & Wirklichkeit Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf das Porträt (Desire & Reality: The Influence of Photography on Portraiture’). I will be giving … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, Event, exhibition, painting, photography, research
Tagged Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, closing event, Francis Bacon, Kill your Darlings – Francis Bacons Porträts nach fotografischen Vorlagen, Lecture, Vortrag, Wunsch & Wirklichkeit Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf das Porträt
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FRANCIS-BACON.COM
We just relaunched francis-bacon.com, the official website of The Estate of Francis Bacon. You can now see all 584 known Bacon paintings online, together with detailed information on the artist’s life and work.
MARIA LASSNIG
Maria Lassnig developed a novel way of figurative painting. I reviewed her show at Hauser & Wirth, London, 1 March – 29 April 2017, for this is tomorrow. You can read it here: Lassnig review
Posted in art, art history, exhibition, painting, review
Tagged body awareness painting, Figurality, Hauser & Wirth, Maria Lassnig, review, Surrealism
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GUDRUN PUBLISHING
The book Art Souvenir: Francis Bacon, which I wrote in collaboration with The Estate of Francis Bacon, was just published by Gudrun Publishing. It is aimed at the general public and contains reproductions of Bacon’s paintings, a biography, a chronology of his … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, publication, writing
Tagged Art Souvenir, Francis Bacon, Gudrun Publishing, The Estate of Francis Bacon
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NEO RAUCH
Neo Rauch is the most fascinating of contemporary German painters. I reviewed his latest show at Gallery David Zwirner, London, 5 October – 12 November 2016, for this is tomorrow. You can read it here: Rauch review
Posted in art, art history, exhibition, painting, review
Tagged David Zwirner, Figurality, Neo Rauch, review, Surrealism
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FRANCIS BACON NEW STUDIES
My review of Francis Bacon – New Studies: Centenary Essays was just published on ‘on artbooks’ the blog by artbooksonline. You can read it here: New Studies review
Posted in art, art criticism, art history, essays, expertise, Francis Bacon, painting, publication, research, scholarship, writing
Tagged 7 Reece Mews, artbooksonline, British Art, Conservation, Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon Centenary Essays, Francis Bacon New Studies, Gilles Deleuze, Helmar Lerski, on artbooks, review, Walter Sickert
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AND EVERYTHING BECOMES NOTHING AGAIN
‘And everything becomes nothing again’ is the latest project of the wonderful and talented Léa Habourdin, which follows the breeding cycle of an osprey couple in the Baltic woods. I had the great pleasure of writing an introduction for her … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, creative writing, photo book, photographer, photography, publication, writing
Tagged Birds, Introduction, Lea Habourdin, Osprey, photobook, photographer
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PAUL MELLON CENTRE
I will be taking part in a panel discussion about photographic double exposures in the work of John Deakin, Francis Bacon and Daniella Zalcman. Come and join us at the Paul Mellon Centre on 15 June 2016. The event is … Continue reading
