Heni Talks: Francis Bacon: Revelations

Mark Stevens & Annalyn Swan in Conversation With Rob Storr

To view the full video interview, please visit “HENI TALKS: Francis Bacon: Revelations” on YouTube.

Gagosian Quarterly: The Art of Biography

Michael Cary (interviewer), “The Art of Biography: Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan,” Gagosian Quarterly, Issue 17, Spring 2021.

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How to Academy, London

Annalyn Swan and Mark Stevens in Conversation with Belle Donati

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“Francis Bacon – Revelations at how to Academy,” how to Academy, February 10, 2021.

BBC Radio London: Jo Good Show

Celebrating the life of The Supremes singer, Mary Wilson and hypnotist Paul McKenna chats about his Positivity Podcast. Also, the co-authors of 'Revelations' Annalyn Swan and Mark Stevens explore the life of the artist Francis Bacon.

Jo Good, Remembering Mary Wilson/Positivity Podcast/Francis Bacon: Revelations, BBC Sounds, Feb 9, 2021.

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.

RTE Radio 1: Arena: Francis Bacon - Revelations

Revelations is a new ground breaking biography on Francis Bacon. Revelations is from the Pulitzer winning duo of Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan. Stevens discusses the iconic painter.

“Arena: Francis Bacon - Revelations,” RTE Radio 1, January 21, 2021.

BBC Radio 4: Francis Bacon revealed

Annalyn Swan, Russell T Davies and Mark-Anthony Turnage discuss the life and work of Francis Bacon with Andrew Marr.

“Start the Week: Francis Bacon revealed,” BBC Radio 4, January 18, 2021.

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.