Press
Laura Burns [This is Tomorrow] (October 2013)
Fred Dalmasso [Total Theatre] (May 2013)
• Franko B - The Place, London >
Jessica Sabatini [The Public Reviews] (March 2013)
Honour Bayes [Total Theatre] (March 2013)
• Franko B: Because of Love, The Place Theatre, London >
Jareh Das [Aesthetica] (March 2013)
Eleanor Sikorski [Bellyflop Magazine] (March 2013)
Diana Damian [Exuent] (May 2012)
• Franko B - Because of Love: l’Arte si fa con il Fundraising >
Maria Vittoria Berti [Exibart.com] (December 2011)
• Woof Woof I’m Back: Franko B at the Mayor’s Parlour Gallery >
Ellen Turner [Sang Bleu] (February 2015)
• Franko B ‘Woof Woof I’m Back’ >
Amy Dignam [Desperate Artwife] (February 2015)
• Franko B Entre, Hypnose et Provoc >
Aurelia Hillaire (2012)
• ‘Happenings’, el Arte Politico de Remover a las Minorias >
Antonio J Rodriguez [Publico] (July 2009)
• ‘I’m Thinking of You’ Franko B >
Lisa Skuret [Nowiswere 4 (page 13)] (April 2009)
• Performers Open Eyes and Minds >
Mart Brennan [Herald Scotland) (February 2009)
Aktion 893: Why Are You Here? >
Paul Arendt [The Guardian] (February 2005)
• I Didn’t Know Where to Look >
Lyn Gardner [The Guardian] (March 2005)
Exhibition Preview: Franko B, Newcastle upon Tyne >
• Robert Clark [The Guardian] (April 2009)
Pick of the Week: Exhibitions >
• [The Guardian] (May 2009)
• Franko B Don’t Leave Me This Way >
Lola McEvoy [Pulp Magazine] (November 2008)
• Flash of Inspiration from Franko B >
[Metro] (October 2008)
[Metro Life (x3), Guardian Guide, Sheffield Telegraph] (December 2007 - March 2008)
Franko B: Don’t Leave Me This Way >
Addie Chinn [Urban Junkies] (July 2008)
Lyn Gardner and Mark Cook [The Guardian] (December 2007)
• Franko B: Personal, Political, Poetic >
Elea Himmelsbach [Artvoices Magazine] (Winter 2016)
• Le Corps, Arme Artistique de Franko B >
[Tracks - Arte] (October 2015)
• Derramamiento Sangre en el Arte Contemporaneo >
Hector Ricvett [Seres de Moda] (July 2014)
• Rosso su Bianco, la Poetica del Sangue >
Lucilla Biagiotti [Ottostorto] (March 2014)
[Franko B’s performance night at the Flying Dutchman] Lisa Newman [Artillery Magazine] (January 2013)
Eugenio Viola [Dust Magazine] (November 2012)
• Franko B Conversazione Intima >
Giuseppe Carrubba [Newl’Ink] (April 2012)
• Top 10 Most Intense Performance Art Pieces >
[Huffington Post] (December 2011)
Nikla Cingolani [Infinito Spazio] (September 2011)
[Rai Cultura] (2011)
• Top Ten [performance artists] >
Anthony Thornley [the Observer Arts Supplement] (2010)
• Franko B - Sangrando Pela Arte >
Barbara Valentina [Umbigo Magazine] (October 2010)
• Editorial Portrait - Franko B >
Davide Iemmola [Behance] (March 2010)
• Franko B / Zhang Huan, Deposizione e Posizione >
Francesca Guerisoli [Arskey] (April 2008)
• I am the Medium Brings Live Art to UCSB >
Elizabeth Schwyzer [Santa Barbara Independent] (October 2007)
Alastair Gee [the Moscow Times] (October 2007)
Christopher Collett [Metro] (March 2006)
• What Can the Arts Bring to Medical Training? >
Suzy Wilson [the Lancet] (2006)
Franko B [the Guardian] (February 2005)
Katie Stone [The Brooklyn Rail] (November 2003)
• Nude Artist Starts ‘Cutting’ Show >
[BBC News] (16th May 2002)
• Nude Artist Denies ‘Cutting’ Claims >
[BBC News] (8th May 2002)
Lyn Gardner [the Guardian] (May 2001)
Rebecca Tanqueray [London Evening Standard] (March 2001)
Debbie Lawson [the Observer] (July 2000)
Rachel Halliburton [the Independent] (April 2000)
Judith Palmer [the Independent] (April 1998)
Judith Palmer [the Independent] (April 1996)
Reviews and press articles about specific works:
Emma Safe [the Guardian] (May 2002)
• Franko B at the Centre of Attention >
Steve Slocombe [Sleazenation] (February 2000)
• Il Corpo, l’Amore e Franko B >
[il Giornale dell’Arte] (November 2010)
• Franko B, l’Artista Malato d’Amore >
[la Repubblica] (October 2010)
• Lo Zoo Doloroso di Franko B >
Francesca Bonazzoli [Corriere della Sera] (October 2010)
• Love in the Time of Franko B >
Silvia Colombo [Artitude] (October 2010)
• Franko B ‘I Still Love’: Exhibition Preview >
[Getty Images] (October 2010)
• Franko B, al Pac il re della Body Art piu Trasgressiva >
[affaritaliani.it] (October 2010)
• L’Altra Faccia di Eros. Franko B al Pac con I Still Love >
Giovanni Bertuccio [Whipart] (October 2010)
• Franko B. I Still Love al PAC >
[Mediaset] (October 2010)
• Franko B: “I Still Love (In Times of Pain)” - Performance e mostra al Pac (Milano) >
Kate P. [La Tracchia] (October 2010)
• Franko B: l’Artista che Esibisce se Stesso >
Marina Pellegrino [Mr Flock] (October 2010)
• Quant’e Romantico Franko B >
Michela Moro [Oggi] (October 2010)
[GDA Press] (October 2010)
• Dopo Cattelan Arriva Franko B >
Panza Pierluigi [Corriere Della Sera] (September 2010)
• A Civilian’s Guide to Contemporary Art - Part 1: Franko B - I Still Love >
Toby Winter [Artvehicle] (June 2011)
• Ricucire la Guerra, Dorare la Morte. Franko B da Antonio Marras >
Marta Cereda [Artribune] (March 2013)
Valentina Cavera [Insideart] (February 2013)
• Amore, Solitudine e Fragilita Secondo Franko B >
Francesca Bonazzoli [Corriere della Sera] (February 2013)
• Franko B con Fil Rouge in Mostra a Milano >
[Arts Life] (February 2013)
• Franko B. Milano, Galleria Pack >
Stefano Castelli [exibart] (December 2006)
• The Black Period - Franko B >
[Arskey] (November 2006)
I’m Thinking of You [exhibition] >
Franko B, Changing Role, Napoli >
Antonello Tolve [Segno] [February 2009)
[Art Review] (May 2003)
Rachel Campbell-Johnston [The Times] (May 2001)
• We’re Close Enough To See Into His Eyes And To Watch His Chest Heave >
Louise Gray [The Independent] (April 2000)
© 2015 Franko B and the contributors
• Lois Keidan in Conversation with Franko B >
[Resonance FM] (July 2016)
• It’s No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk >
Nisha Ramayya [Exuent Magazine] (July 2016)
(July 2016)
• Interview by Jessica Greenall >
[artinliverpool.com] (July 2016)
• Interview by Sean Ketteringham >
[Corridor8] (July 2016)
C. James Fagan [Confused Guff] (July 2016)
• Interview for Total Tattoo Magazine >
(April 2016)
• I Have Language on my Side >
Miriam La Rosa [Curating the Contemporary] (October 2015)
• Milk & Blood, Franko B a Londra >
Helga Marsala [Artribune] (August 2015)
• Edinburgh is Like a Black Hole for Theatre >
Megan Vaughan [The Stage] (July 2015)
• Il Performer Italiano Franko B Torna a Esibirsi a Londra >
[adnkronos] (July 2015)
• Milk & Blood: a New Performance by Franko B >
[this is tomorrow] (July 2015)
Lyn Gardner [The Guardian] (July 2015)
• RRUNA, Quando l’Arte Sceglie la Moda. Franko B Lancia il Nuova Brand d’Essai >
Helga Marsala [Artribune] (February 2015)
• RRUNA: The Artist’s Vision, Fashionable Allegory >
Sofie Celeste [Baco Luxury] (February 2015)
• La “Body Art” di Franko B la Mini Collezione del Marchio Rruna >
[la Repubblica] (January 2015)
Costanza Sartoris [Platea Magazine] (September 2016)
Mariella Cortes [Nerospinto Magazine] (June 2016)
• Stitched Heart di Franko B >
Christina T Chiochia [Daily Mood] (July 2016)