Francis Bacon: The Outsider
Francis Bacon: The Outsider
Adam Clayton of U2 retraces a trip the artist took to Ireland in 1929 with his friend and diarist Eric Allden, revealing a new picture of Bacon's relationship with the land of his birth. The documentary charts a course from Dublin to Kildare, London, Monaco and Renvyle in Galway, to bring Allden's diaries to life
Francis Bacon: The Outsider airs on RTE One at 4:30 AM, Thursday 5 December. (Subtitles, repeat, audio description.)
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