Crucifixions: Francis Bacon - Lectures & Preview

Last night saw the opening night reception for Crucifixions: Francis Bacon (6-31 March 2017, 10.00am – 4.00pm Mon – Fri, Weds, 11.00am – 3.00pm, St Stephen Walbrook, 39 Walbrook, London EC4N 8BN) including talks on 'Francis Bacon and the Crucifixion' by Edward Lucie-Smith and myself.

For Lent 2017 St Stephen Walbrook is exhibiting Crucifixion drawings by Francis Bacon from “The Francis Bacon Collection of the drawings donated to Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino”. Between 1977 and 1992 Francis Bacon donated to an intimate Italian friend a considerable number of drawings, pastels and collages. Today those drawings are part of a collection which has previously been exhibited in Bologna, Dubrovnik, London, Madrid and Trieste among other locations.

 

The Francis Bacon Collection of the drawings donated to Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino: This association exists to collect and catalogue the Italian drawings of Francis Bacon. The collection consists of a large number of drawings, created between 1970 and 1990. The drawings were a gift from Bacon to his Italian friend Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino.

Other events during the exhibition include:  

• Monday 13 March, 6.30pm: 'The Crucifixion in modern art' & Poetry reading – Revd Jonathan Evens (lecture) & Rupert Loydell (poetry reading)
• Wednesday 29 March, 7.00pm: concert by Claudio Crismani

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