Reviews of Michael’s Books

2020

THE MEANING OF MODERN ART
The London Magazine (July 2020)

THE EXISTENTIAL ENGLISHMAN
The Connexion (29 June 2020)

2016

FRANCIS BACON IN YOUR BLOOD

UK: Art Newspaper, Culture Whisper, Choice, Daily Mail (Hardback, Paperback), Evening Standard (Hardback, Paperback), Fun Posts, Guardian (Hardback, Paperback), Independent (Hardback, Paperback), InStyleLiterary Review, Mail on SundayMature TimesObserver, RA Magazine, SpectatorSunday Times, Telegraph (Hardback, Paperback), Times (Hardback, Paperback), Times Literary Supplement (Hardback, Paperback), The Lady and Vogue

US: Art in AmericaArtillery MagazineBay Area ReporterBookForum, BooklistBrooklyn RailKirkus ReviewsFishy Words, Gay and Lesbian ReviewLambda Literary, New Yorker (Hardback, Paperback), New York TimesNew York Times Book ReviewPublishers Weekly and San Francisco Gate

World: Art Newspaper (Russia), Art Republik (Hong Kong), Business PostNew Zealand ListenerGulf NewsHot PressIrish ExaminerIrish IndependentIrish TimesTelegraph (India), Les Echos (France)Ottawa Citizen and Stuff (New Zealand)

2013

INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS: 1966-2012 BY JAMES CAHILL
Burlington Magazine (1 September 2013)

NICHOLAS DE STAEL BY BARBARA MACADAM
ARTNews (September 2013)

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO (GERMAN EDITION) BY COSIMA LUTZ
Book of the Week, Die Welt (6 April 2013)

LIFE OF THE MIND BY SVETLANA ALPERS
The Key Reporter (20 March 2013)

2012

FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH
The Art Newspaper, Miami (December 2012)

A DELICATE GAME OF CAT-AND-MOUSE BY CINDI DIMARZO
Studio International, New York (13 August 2012)

IN THEIR OWN WORDS BY MARTIN GAYFORD
RA Magazine, London (Summer 2012)

INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS BY SUSAN HEYWOOD
The 60′s – Remember Them?, Platform 505 (9 July 2012)

BEYOND THE ART BY MAEVE HOSEA
Departures Magazine (15 June 2012)

INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS BY JOHN BANVILLE
Brushes with the soldiery of the canvas, The Irish Times (9 June 2012)

INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS BY TALITHA STEVENSON
The Observer, London and The Japan Times (1 April 2012)

2011

DIE WAHRZEIT DER ENTSTELLUNNGEN BY BEATE SONTGEN
FAZ, Frankfurt (08 October 2011)

THE STUDIO AS STAGE, INCUBATOR AND ARCHIVE BY ANDREW LAMBIRTH
The Art Newspaper (June 2011)

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO BY SOPHIE OLIVER
RA Magazine and Blog, London (23 February 2011)

2010

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO BY KATIE LAW
Evening Standard, London (16 December 2010)

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO BY FRANK WHITFORD
Sunday Times, London (28 November 2010)

UN VIAJE DESDE BACON A GIACOMETTI BY VANESSA GARCIA-OSUNA
Tendencias, Madrid (Autumn 2010)

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO BY MARTIN GAYFORD
Sunday Telegraph, London (28 November 2010)

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO BY ALASTAIR SOOKE
Daily Telegraph, London (20 November 2010)

IN GIACOMETTI’S STUDIO BY RACHEL CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON
The Times, London (20 November 2010)

FAMILY MATTERS BY GEORGINA ADAM
FT, London (20 October 2010)

FRANCIS BACON: ANATOMY OF AN ENIGMA BY P. H. DAVIES
pviktor.com (3 April 2010)

2009

CLOSE ENCOUNTER BY RACHEL SPENCE
FT, London (17/18 October 2009)

2008

FRANCIS BACON: STUDIES FOR A PORTRAIT BY LEWIS JONES
Daily Telegraph, London (22 December 2008)

FRANCIS BACON: STUDIES FOR A PORTRAIT BY ALAN JENKINS
TES, London (3 December 2008)

2007

FRANCIS BACON IN THE 1950S BY JOHN A WALKER
The Art Book, London (August 2007)

2006

HEAVEN AND HELL BY ANDREW LAMBIRTH
The Spectator, London (02 December 2006)

FRANCIS BACON IN THE 1950S BY MARTIN GAYFORD
Sunday Telegraph, London (26 November 2006)

FRANCIS BACON IN THE 1950S
FT Magazine, London, (21 October 2006)

BIRTH OF THE GENIUS THAT IS BACON BY JACKIE WULLSCHLAGER
FT, London (22 September 2006)

JOURNEYS INTO THE SOUL BY SERENA DAVIES
FT, London (22 September 2006)

2004

LETTER FROM VALENCIA: FRANCIS BACON BY GINGER DANTO
NY Arts Magazine, New York (March/ April 2004)

2001

SCHLACHTFELD KUNST BY HANS PIETSCH
art Das Kunstmagazin, Hamburg (May 2001)

1997

FRANCIS BACON: ANATOMY OF AN ENIGMA BY JONATHAN RABAN
Times Literary Supplement, London (05 December 1997)

FRANCIS BACON: ANATOMY OF AN ENIGMA BY CHARLES TAYLOR
Salon Magazine, New York (1997)

FRANCIS BACON: ANATOMY OF AN ENIGMA
Publisher’s Weekly (2 June 1997)