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IN THE MIRROR OF PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEWED IN THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE

Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting was favourably reviewed by Martin Hammer in the March 2023 issue of The Burlington Magazine (Vol. 165 | No. 1440, “Delacroix in Africa and Spain: newly discovered … Continue reading

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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  

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PERRY OGDEN INTERVIEW

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

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AESTHETICS OF TRANSPARENCY – FRANCIS BACON AND X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHY

I will be talking on Francis Bacon’s engagement with radiography at the interdisciplinary postgraduate conference ‘in:flux 1845-1945: A Century in Motion’ at the University of Birmingham, 27th June 2013. More on the conference’s website.

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FRANCIS BACON IBOOK

My iBook on Francis Bacon, created together with The Estate of Francis Bacon and ArtFinder, is available on iTunes.

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METAMORPHOSES

Francis Bacon Metamorphoses presents twenty of the most compelling comparisons between the wide-ranging imagery that Bacon collected and the paintings they informed. I was sponsored by The Estate of Francis Bacon to undertake a twelve-month research project, working with Bacon’s original … Continue reading

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