CHEERIO is an eclectic, independent publishing imprint and production company launched in 2020 in association with The Estate of Francis Bacon.

We commission innovative books and films that confound received ideas and open the door to new perceptions. In the spirit of Francis Bacon’s work, we are here to intrigue, disturb and thrill.

Coming in 2026

Ramsholt
by Johnnie Shand Kydd

  • Both elegiac meditation and moving photo-essay, Johnnie Shand Kydd’s Ramsholt takes its reader on dream-like walks through the East Suffolk landscape, in a work that is at once timeless and mysterious. MORE

Gilbert & George and the Communists Paperback
by James Birch

  • Picking up where the acclaimed Bacon in Moscow left off, Gilbert & George and the Communists sees daring art dealer James Birch take the most iconic duo in British art through the dying embers of the Soviet Union, and into a China reinventing itself post- Tiananmen Square as a global superpower… MORE

In Pursuit of a Wonderful Nothing
by Kim Noble

  • A hilarious and experimental graphic novel from the award-winning comedic performance and video artist Kim Noble… MORE