{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6577144059a0980012c9531d/663004c6fdc68b001226803f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S1: E1 Bacon in Moscow, 1988","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6577144059a0980012c9531d/1715076236588-a533d2502733fd991950ce7e66f1c439.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Malika Browne talks to James Birch about Francis Bacon's exhibition at the Union of Artists in Moscow in 1988, the first by a foreign artist in the USSR since 1917. Why did Francis Bacon agree to it? How hard was it to organise a Western art show in the USSR in 1988? Find out by listening!</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Further reading:</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Bacon in Moscow by James Birch, </em></strong>Cheerio 2022</p><p><strong><em>With Gilbert and George in Moscow by Dan Farson</em></strong>, Bloomsbury 1991</p><p><br></p><p>This is an Ictus Media production, edited by Leo Hornak</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Malika Browne"}