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The much-anticipated sequel to Bacon in Moscow, Gilbert & George and the Communists charts daring art dealer James Birch's next implausible transcultural mission: introducing British art's most subversive duo to not only the creaking remnants of Soviet Russia, but to the steely frontier of a Maoist China well on its way to becoming a global superpower. Gilbert & George and the Communists is more than just a picaresque and deeply funny riot through art history: it is a first-hand account of how, just as one global giant died, another was born.

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Praise for Bacon in Moscow 'A rollicking cultural adventure before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the meteoric rise of contemporary art in the nineties ... Fascinating and true.' Grayson Perry 'Conjured up and delivered with first hand insight and humour, navigating Russian mores and the British art world.' Richard E. Grant 'Darkly funny account of art behind the iron curtain. Evocative and authentic.' Observer 'Full of eccentric characters and comic incident.' The Times 'Birch is one of those rare wunderkinds of the art world.' The Lady 'A winning combination of recent-ish global history, alcohol-fuelled bad behaviour, and the struggle to bring art to the masses. Very good and very funny.' Jarvis Cocker

Praise for Bacon in Moscow 'A rollicking cultural adventure before the fall of the Berlin Wall and the meteoric rise of contemporary art in the nineties ... Fascinating and true.' Grayson Perry 'Conjured up and delivered with first hand insight and humour, navigating Russian mores and the British art world.' Richard E. Grant 'Darkly funny account of art behind the iron curtain. Evocative and authentic.' Observer 'Full of eccentric characters and comic incident.' The Times 'Birch is one of those rare wunderkinds of the art world.' The Lady

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James Birch has been a promoter of modern art exhibitions both in the UK and overseas for over thirty years. He opened his first gallery, James Birch Art, in 1983, which specialised particularly in showing the work of Surrealists and Young British Artists. His second gallery, Birch & Conran Fine Art, opened in 1987 in London's Soho, and a decade later he opened the A22 Gallery, in Clerkenwell, London. James has exhibited artists including Grayson Perry, Francis Bacon, Gilbert & George, Genesis P Orridge and Austin Osman Spare and Denis Wirth-Miller in galleries all over the world. Michael Hodges has reported extensively from Russia and the Middle East. He has written for many newspapers and magazines including The Sunday Times, the Financial Times, Time Out, New Statesman and Esquire. He is the author of AK47: THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE'S GUN. He is currently editor-at-large of the Radio Times and he lives in London with his family.

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