Michael was interviewed on the Austrian news broadcaster ORF on the cultureMonday programme about the Picasso/Bacon exhibition; his experience curating the exhibition and his personal reminiscences about Bacon.
Michael was also featured in The Albertina’s podcast Lange Ohren, speaking of his friendship with Francis Bacon, and the show he has curated of Picasso and Bacon together.
https://lange-ohren.podigee.io/15-picasso-bacon-with-michael-peppiatt
Michael Peppiatt guest-curates Picasso – Bacon: What It Feels Like to Be Human, a major exhibition at the Albertina in Vienna. The exhibition runs from September 18, 2026 to January 31, 2027, bringing together two defining figures of modern art in a focused exploration of the human condition.
For further background on the exhibition, including additional details about the show, read the Art History News writeup here:
Picasso – Bacon: What It Feels Like to Be Human at the Albertina, Vienna
Michael was interviewed by the New York Post about a painting presumed to be by Nicholas de Staël.
You can read the full article here: https://nypost.com/2026/01/18/world-news/hidden-detail-in-artist-nicolas-de-staels-paintings-discovered-amateur-cryptographer-claims/
From The Art Newspaper:
Michael Peppiatt and Guillaume Cerutti, the president of the Pinault collection, were recently in attendance at the official unveiling of a plaque honouring Bacon, installed by the City of Paris. The sign can be found in courtyard of the studio-cum-apartment near the Place des Vosges where Bacon lived and worked for 13 years from 1974.
“Bacon frequently came to Paris for two to three weeks at a time. He liked the lifestyle, working in the morning, then going round all the best restaurants and clubs afterwards. It was a very full existence,” Peppiatt tells The Art Newspaper.
So how did Bacon find his Parisian property? “He was in my little flat in the Marais in the early 1970s which he liked. He came round one evening and asked if I could find a place for him,” Peppiatt continues. “He wanted a flat like mine and we found the studio near the Place des Vosges where he lived and painted in the same room.”
“For good or for ill he had a deep effect on my development as a person”, Peppiatt explains. “My vision of the world opened up, he was almost fatherly towards me,” he explains. “He was very generous and very quick to help the people he liked. I admire him and his work as much as ever but more objectively now.”
An interview with Michael was featured on the Saatchi Yates Instagram channel. You can view it here:
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Michael has written the introduction to the catalogue for the upcoming exhibition ‘Once Upon a Time in London’ (12 June – 17 August) at Saatchi Yates Gallery. More details are available here.
An interview with Michael has been published in the Swedish Magazine Konstperspektiv, along with a review of his recent publication Francis Bacon: Self-Portrait in Words.
Michael will speaking on Francis Bacon, the Man and the Artist, in relation to the upcoming exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on 6 December 2024.
The event will take place from 6:30-7:30pm.
Post-event the book signing will take place in the main shop from 7:30-8pm.
Michael will be attending the UK Circle reception on Francis Bacon, at the home of Ivor Braka on 27 November, to share his insights on Bacon’s portraits.
Michael attended the US launch of his new book at 192 Books in New York City. It was wonderful seeing so many overseas readers who he wouldn’t normally get the chance to interact with. A video of the event is now available here:
Update: The following photos are now available from the event.
Michael was in conversation with Oliver Barker on Francis Bacon’s portraits of George Dyer at Sotheby’s Bond Street on Thursday 11 April 2024.
Here is a video of Michael and Oliver in conversation about Francis Bacon’s Untitled (Pope) in 2012:
Michael will be attending the festival on the 14th October, and will be giving a talk at 2pm.
Tickets and more details are available from the link below.
The Guardian has named Giacometti in Paris in its September roundup of the best paperbacks. You can see its entry and the full list here:
Michael was delighted by the reception and attendance for the launch of his latest publication from Thames & Hudson, an edited selection of Bacon’s letters, statements and studio notes, at Daunt Books Holland Park Ave.
The paperback edition, published by Bloomsbury, will launch on 12 September 2024.
You can preorder it from Amazon UK here.
Giacometti in Paris appeared in The Times’s list of 12 best art books of 2023.
You can read the full list here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-art-books-2023-zbs36tfh9
Michael made an illustrated presentation of his new book, ‘Giacometti in Paris’, on 2 November at Christie’s London.
Michael talked about his new book Giacometti in Paris on the following dates:
11 October at 4:30pm at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in the Leslie Stephen Room.
12 October at 7:00pm at Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely (details below):
https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/michael-peppiatt-2023/
