Reviews – British and Irish Art

Revisions: Francis Bacon in the act of painting

Jan 29, 2025

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in Book Reviews
An Enquiring Mind: Manolo Blahnik at The Wallace Collection, London, 10 June-1 September 2019.

Dec 4, 2019

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in Exhibition Reviews
The Snail that climbed the Eiffel Tower and other work by John Minton by Martin Salisbury

Sep 28, 2018

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in Book Reviews
Geoffrey Clarke Sculptor. Catalogue Raisonné.

Apr 5, 2018

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in Book Reviews
The Art of John Piper. David Fraser Jenkins and Hugh Fowler-Wright

Nov 1, 2017

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in Book Reviews
Francis Bacon. Catalogue Raisonné.

Nov 1, 2017

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in Book Reviews
Stanley Spencer and the English Garden, Compton Verney/Exhibition at Kunsthal, Rotterdam

Nov 28, 2013

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in Book Reviews, Exhibition Reviews
John Aldridge RA at The Fry Art Gallery Saffron Walden

Oct 14, 2013

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in Exhibition Reviews
William Nicholson. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings by Patricia Reed.

May 14, 2013

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in Book Reviews
Rina Arya. “Francis Bacon. Painting in a Godless World”

May 14, 2013

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in Book Reviews
Face to Face. British Self-Portraits in the Twentieth Century

Nov 16, 2011

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in Book Reviews
Graham Sutherland. Landscapes, War Scenes, Portraits 1924-1950; Bacon and Sutherland; Francis Bacon’s Studio

Nov 16, 2011

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in Book Reviews

About Adrian Clark

I am an active writer and commentator on art, and art history.

My particular passion lies in British and Irish artists of the mid-20th century. Having started as a collector, my fascination led on to research and writing.

A City lawyer by profession and a historian by training, I seek to bring to bear these disciplines in my analysis. In addition to my books, I have written extensively in The British Art Journal, reviewing exhibitions and books, with some longer articles involving original research. This website reproduces many of the reviews, as well as summaries of the longer articles.