{"title":"Michael Peppiatt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Peppiatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a renowned English art historian who has written about art for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In 1985, Peppiatt became owner and editor of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which he relaunched from Paris, devoting special issues to the artists he most admired. In addition, he has curated numerous exhibitions worldwide, notably travelling retrospectives of the School of London, Francis Bacon, Alberto Giacometti, Christian Schad and Antoni Tàpies, as well as an exhibition of sculpture by Dado for the Venice Biennale, a Maillol retrospective for Barcelona and a Caravaggio-Bacon exhibit for the Galleria Borghese in Rome. He is the author of many books about Francis Bacon, including the definitive account of his life and work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was chosen as a ‘Book of the Year’ by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and was translated into several languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/collections\/michael-peppiatt.oembed","provider":"New York Review Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}