Francis Bacon: Revelations

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Irish Times: ‘I’d go for a pint with Willem de Kooning and dinner with Francis Bacon’

‘People ask, ‘isn’t it depressing to spend 10 years with this very dark artist?’,’ says Stevens. ‘But the answer is no. He also liked life. He loved drinking, going out, he was a great gambler, he said many funny things.’

’There was a lot of spark,’ says Swan.
— Irish Times

Gemma Tipton, “I’d go for a pint with Willem de Kooning and dinner with Francis Bacon,” Culture section, Irish Times, January 24, 2021.

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The Guardian: 'They adored each other': book casts new light on Francis Bacon's lover

Swan said: ‘It’s really interesting that the love of Bacon’s life came from his own social and monied background, someone who also had a thwarted childhood and faced family and class disdain for homosexuality. In every way, Lacy stands out as the true – if tortured – match for Bacon.’
— The Guardian

Dalya Alberge, “’They adored each other’: book casts new light on Francis Bacon’s lover,The Guardian, January 8, 2021.

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