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The literature on Francis Bacon is large and ever expanding. While Bacon has been vividly discussed during his lifetime, after his death the uncovering of sketches by the artist, a rediscovery of paintings previously lost or presumed destroyed, and the reconstruction of his studio in Dublin have prompted a growing number of new studies, articles and exhibitions. Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, published by The Estate of Francis Bacon in 2016 contains a comprehensive bibliography of writing on the artist, which forms the basis of the present section on francis-bacon.com. The Estate of Francis Bacon is currently in the process of digitising, editing, expanding and updating this bibliography and new entries will be uploaded on a regular basis.

You can filter the entries by publication type, and sort them by authoryear and title. You can find more information on the Francis Bacon Bibliography in our Notes for Users.

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'Bacon, l'écorché solitaire'

Franck Maubert, Paris Match, 1992, French

'In Camera'

David Sylvester, Encounter, 1957, English

'The Worst is Not Yet'

John Berger, New Society, 1972, English

'"El optimismo es una forma de imbecilidad": entrevista con Francis Bacon'

Ernesto González Bermejo, Cuadernos para el Diálogo Madrid, 1978, Spanish

'Entretien: Francis Bacon'

Alice Bellony-Rewald, Beaux Arts Magazine, 1984, French

'Falstaff 1984: un entretien avec Francis Bacon'

France Huser, Le Nouvel Observateur, 1984, French

'Visiting Museums'

Willem Brakman, Kunst & Museumjournaal Amsterdam, 1994, English

'Bacon à l'orange'

Henri-François Debailleux, Lyon-Libération Lyon, 1987, French

The Survivor's Shadow - THE LIFE AND WORKS OF EL KAZOVSZKY

Museum of Fine Arts - Hungarian National Gallery,Budapest, 2015, English, Hungarian

'Francis Bacon'

Louisiana Revy, 1998, Danish, English

'Dans l'intimité de Francis Bacon'

Christophe Domino, Le Journal des Arts, 2004, French

'Lost in the Myths'

Sarah Ream, The List, 2005, English

'Bacon: Painter with a Double-Edged Sword'

Mariano Akerman, Blue Chip Magazine, 2012, English

'The Realism of Francis Bacon'

Eddy Batache, Art and Australia, 2012, English

'Painting unearthed in Tehran vault'

Gerard Seenan, The Guardian, 2005, English

DEGAS: A PASSION FOR PERFECTION

Jane Munro, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Yale University Press,New Haven and London, 2017, English

Beautiful, Vivid, Self-contained

Hill Art Foundation New York, 2023, English

Bacon - Giacometti

Fondation Beyeler Riehen/Basel, Fondation Giacometti Paris, 2018, English

FRANCIS BACON: THE BEAUTY OF MEAT

MASP: Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand São Paulo, 2024, English

THE LOSS OF HUMAN FACE?

Villepin Hong Kong, 2023, English, Chinese, Traditional

Les clefs d'une passion

Suzanne Pagé, Béatrice Parent, Fondation Louis Vuitton,Paris, 2015, French

VIS-À-VIS. FERNAND LÉGER ET SES AMI.E.S

Musée national Fernand Léger Biot, 2019, French

SUMMER EXHIBITION 1958

Redfern Gallery,London, 1958, English