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.
Highlights For 2025
Gilbert & George and the Communists
by James Birch
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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.
Gilbert & George and the Communists
by James Birch
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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.
Pariah Genius
by Iain Sinclair
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In Pariah Genius, literary giant Iain Sinclair follows in the footsteps of photographer John Deakin, whose chronicles of Soho life - and the world of Francis Bacon and his friends