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    BACON ON PAINTING: READ BY JEREMY IRONS

    Sunday, May 1st, 2016

    Francis Bacon said, “Everything I do goes into painting.” In this short video, Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons brings to life excerpts from the artist’s interviews with David Sylvester and reveals Bacon’s own thoughts about his celebrated self portraits. ‘Two Studies for a Self-Portrait,’ painted by Bacon in 1970, highlights Sotheby’s Contemporary Art evening quction in New York on May 11.

    (See post on antiquesandartireland.com for March 17, 2016)