Photographs by Bruce Bernard on view at Gagosian, London, from 17 November to 28 January 2023

Written By Alex Vardaxoglou

Accompanying Gagosian’s exhibition ‘Friends and Relations’ opening 17 November 2022 until 28 January 2023, a selection of photographs of Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Michael Andrews and Frank Auerbach by their friend, the distinguished picture editor, writer, and photographer, Bruce Bernard (1928–2000) will be on show.

Complementing the paintings in Friends and Relations, Bernard’s portraits of the artists in their studios—some of which are exhibited publicly for the first time—are both direct and informal. The painter Virginia Verran, who represents Bernard’s estate, notes: “The link between painting and photography was a vital one throughout his life and the chance to bring his photographs together with paintings in this way is a profound one.”

Vardaxoglou has presented two exhibitions on Bruce Bernard’s photographs, in 2021 (Bruce Bernard & Lucian Freud) and 2022 (Portraits of Francis Bacon).

Alex Vardaxoglou
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