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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.

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'Et Bacon se mit à danser'

Marcella Lista, Beaux Arts Magazine, 2006, French

'Bacon Picasso: Au Nom du Pair'

Itzhak Goldberg, Beaux Arts Magazine, 2005, French

'Francis Bacon: London'

Dexter Dalwood, The Burlington Magazine, 2008, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London'

Keith Roberts, The Burlington Magazine, 1964, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London'

Michael Strauss, The Burlington Magazine, 1960, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London'

Anita Brookner, The Burlington Magazine, 1962, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: Switzerland'

Lucia Moholy, The Burlington Magazine, 1962, English

'Image of the Week: theatre of art'

Lawrence Gowing, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1977, English

'Francis Bacon: A Kind of Grandeur'

David Sylvester, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1975, English

'Francis Bacon: Artist of Endgame'

Grey Gowrie, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1985, English

'Junk Shock'

Deirdre Fernand, The Sunday Times Magazine, 2005, English

'Painting and sculpture'

Nigel Gosling, Observer Magazine, 1973, English

'Bacon dripping with confidence'

Stephen Farthing, The Times Higher Education Supplement, 1996, English

'Pleasures of pounding the flesh'

Michael Clarke, The Times Educational Supplement, 1998, English

'Sex, violence and painting'

Michael Church, The Times Educational Supplement, 1993, English

'Best of British Bacon in Russian art show'

Geraldine Norman, The Independent, 1988, English

'Question of Bacon's private life'

Grey Gowrie, The Independent, 1988, English

'Бэкон in Moscow'

Andrew Graham Dixon, The Independent, 1988, English

'Sights of Moscow'

Bruce Bernard, The Independent Magazine, 1988, English

'The art of infuriating: Giles Waterfield on Bacon'

Dalya Alberge, Giles Waterfield, The Independent, 1990, English

'Picture choice: A direct hit on the nerves'

Mark-Anthony Turnage, The Independent, 1990, English

'Isabel Rawsthorne'

Edward Williams, The Independent, 1992, English

'The artist as beloved adventurer'

David Lister, The Independent, 1992, English

'Deleuze, Gilles. Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation'

Russell Ford, The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 2005, English

'Francis Bacon'

Bruce Bernard, The Independent, 1992, English

'The book that Bacon banned'

Bruce Bernard, The Independent Magazine, 1992, English

'Why Bacon was driven to destruction'

Dalya Alberge, The Independent on Sunday, 1992, English

'Francis Bacon'

Michael Levey, The Independent, 1992, English

'Francis Bacon'

Terence Mullaly, The Independent, 1992, English

'Preaching art'

Rachel Weideger, The Independent, 1992, English

'Bacon fortune is left to companion'

Tim Kelsey, David Lister, The Independent, 1992, English

'Reg Butler and Francis Bacon'

James Thrall Soby, Saturday Review, 1955, English

'English Contemporary Art'

James Thrall Soby, Saturday Review, 1956, English

'Mr. Francis Bacon'

James Thrall Soby, Saturday Review, 1953, English

'Mr. Francis Bacon'

Book ChapterModern art and the new past
James Thrall Soby, University of Oklahoma Press,Norman, 1957, English

'Francis Bacon: "about being in pain"'

Susan Sontag, Vogue,New York, 1975, English

'Vogue Arts: Francis Bacon'

John Russell, Vogue,New York, 1992, English

'Native Born'

Brian Fallon, The Irish Times, 1971, English

'Donation a coup for Ireland'

Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 1998, English