If you are in Athens this week, don’t miss ‘Love Letters to a (Post-) Europe‘, a series of short performances by artists such as Robin Deacon, Jungmin Song and Kate Adams. I had the great pleasure of translating Yoko Tawada’s contribution ‘Where Europe ends’. 02.-03.10.2015 at BIOS. Curated by Lisa Alexander.
The painter Denis Wirth Miller was Francis Bacon’s best friend. However, their relationship and the fact that they regularly shared Wirth Miller’s studio in the small town of Wivenhoe is virtually forgotten today. I revisited the Wivenhoe chapter in Bacon’s life for the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation and a short summary of my research project is now online. You can read it here
If you are interested in my talk on Francis Bacon and artistic collaboration at the CAA conference next week in New York come along- the panel is free and open to the public. Please find more details in the conference’s programme.
I interviewed Perry Ogden on photographing Francis Bacon’s Reece Mews studio before its relocation to Ireland in 1998. Find out more in the latest issue of SuperMassiveBlackHole focussing on studio spaces. Download the magazine here
Francis Bacon was fascinated by bullfighting and repeatedly referred to the corrida in his paintings. Find my brief introduction on the artist’s relationship to the topic as ‘Monthly Focus’ on the website of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation Monaco. View here
The website of the new Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation in Monaco is now online and features a brief introduction of my one-year research project for them. More info here
The fantastic SuperMassiveBlackHole online photography magazine published my review of ‘Under the Influence: John Deakin and the Lure of Soho’, The Photographers’ Gallery, London 11 Apr – 20 July 2014. Download the latest issue with my text from their website here
The College Art Association of America accepted my proposal for their 2015 conference in New York. I am looking forward to speaking about Francis Bacon and artistic collaboration.
A long overdue review of Martin Hammer’s book ‘Francis Bacon and Nazi Propaganda’ from 2012 mentions my research. Find the article by Martin Harrison in The Burlington Magazine’s May 2014 issue.
Very proud to be included in the Tate British Art Network register of expertise. The register of expertise is a database of professionals engaged with British art. It is designed to enable the exchange of knowledge and expertise, and facilitate contact between those with common interests or areas of research.
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