Foundation News
28 October is a special date: the anniversary of the birth of Francis Bacon, one of the major painters of the twentieth century, it also marks ten years since the opening of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, in Monaco.
Over the years, through extensive research, publications, exhibitions, lectures and documentaries, and thanks to an active acquisition policy, the Foundation has positioned itself as an international research and study centre on Francis Bacon and an essential working resource for art historians, scholars and curators. From the outset, we committed ourselves to forging lasting relationships with […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation takes part in the exhibition ‘Francis Bacon: Human Presence’, at the National Portrait Gallery, London
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is a major lender of photography for this Francis Bacon exhibition, currently presented at the National Portrait Gallery, in London, until 19 January 2025. On that occasion, our institution lent a series of rare photographs of Francis Bacon including two unique portraits of the British painter, taken by Helmar […]
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An exhibition of works by Lukas Meir, recipient of the 2023 ‘Francis Bacon MB ArtFoundation scholarship’, presented at the Villa Arson, Nice
In September 2023, Lukas Meir received the fourth scholarship awarded by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation to a young artist who has graduated from the Villa Arson with a National University Diploma in Artistic Expression, obtained by virtue of practice and production in the field of painting or drawing. As both a painter and […]
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A new publication on Francis Bacon: Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words
We are pleased to announce the release of Michael Peppiatt’s last book, entitled Francis Bacon: A Self-Portrait in Words, which includes the most comprehensive collection of Bacon’s interviews and letters to date. This meticulously collated anthology offers a deep dive into Bacon’s life and thoughts, featuring interviews with Julian Jebb and Pierre Koralnik discussing Bacon’s […]
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Publication of the catalogue Francis Bacon and The Golden Age of Design, with the support of the Foundation
The Espace de l’Art Concret in Mouans-Sartoux has just published the eponymous catalogue for the exhibition ‘Francis Bacon and The Golden Age of Design’, on show until 5 January 2025, with the essential support of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. This bilingual French-English catalogue, featuring texts by Elsa Boustany, Fabienne Grasser-Fulchéri and Dr Rebecca […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation plays a major role in an exhibition at the Espace de l’Art Concret in Mouans-Sartoux (Alpes Maritimes)
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation has collaborated with the eac. for the exhibition ‘Francis Bacon and the Golden Age of Design’, running at the Espace de l’Art Concret in Mouans-Sartoux from 9 June 2024 until 5 January 2025, by lending several works from the MB Art Collection: two paintings by Francis Bacon, one painting […]
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‘Francis Bacon: graphic works’, a new exhibition at the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
The exhibition examines the processes and tools used to produce Bacon’s prints and illuminates the circumstances of the works’ creation. Through a selection of engravings, it explores the recurrent themes that nourished the painter’s imagination. Francis Bacon’s stance towards printmaking was characterised by a notable ambivalence. Despite claiming to have no interest in the medium, he […]
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Katharina Günther’s research on the content of Wirth-Miller studio published in The Burlington Magazine
The Burlington Magazine has published in its September issue an article by Katharina Günther exploring the artistic relationship between the two British artists Denis Wirth-Miller and Francis Bacon. It summarises Katharina Günther’s research, supported in 2014 by our Foundation, on the content of Wirth-Miller studio located in Wivenhoe, Essex. The image used for the magazine […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation awards its fourth scholarship to a young artist from Villa Arson
The fourth scholarship for a young artist, created as part of the partnership established by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation and Villa Arson in 2017, was awarded on 28 September 2023 at the opening of the Villa Arson autumn exhibitions. Lukas Meir began his art studies at the Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany, and graduated from […]
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A new Foundation interview
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation has just completed production of a new Foundation interview, entitled Yves Peyré/Francis Bacon: a continuing conversation. Directed by Alain Amiel, this interview with Yves Peyré, French writer and poet, and a close friend of Francis Bacon, offers riveting insights into the British artist’s life and work. Their shared tastes […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation renews its participation in the “Journées Européennes du Patrimoine” in Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the 28th Journées Européennes du Patrimoine (Local Heritage Day) to be held in Monaco on Sunday 24 September 2023. Our institution will offer three guided tours to its visitors, by appointment only. To book your visit, please contact the Foundation: +377 93 30 30 33 More details on the “28th Journées Européennes du Patrimoine” here
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A new journal on Francis Bacon supported by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
The Foundation is pleased to announce the release of Bacon Review, the first journal dedicated to Francis Bacon, launched and published by The Estate of Francis Bacon with the financial support of our institution. The first issue of Bacon Review concentrates on neglected aspects of Francis Bacon’s life and work, presenting his achievements in startlingly […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation takes part in an exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery in London
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is participating in the ‘Face to Face: A Celebration of Portraiture’ exhibition held at the Marlborough Gallery in London until 14 July 2023 by lending two works from the MB Art Collection: a charcoal drawing of Francis Bacon by Maggi Hambling and a photograph of Bacon taken by Richard […]
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New documentary on Bacon & Ireland
Francis Bacon: The Outsider
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation took part in a film produced by Mount Venus Productions, broadcast in December on the Irish channel RTE 1, about Francis Bacon’s close links with Ireland and its influence on his early career as an artist. The Foundation participated in the film Francis Bacon: The Outsider, by welcoming the […]
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A new documentary produced by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation has just completed production of a documentary entitled Francis Bacon/Ernest Pignon-Ernest: Exchanges, directed by Alain Amiel. On 27 September 1987, when Libération journalist Henri-François Debailleux asked Francis Bacon if he was interested in contemporary art, and that of France in particular, the British artist responded: “A few years ago […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation renews its participation in the “Journées Européennes du Patrimoine” in Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the 27th Journées Européennes du Patrimoine (Local Heritage Day) to be held in Monaco on Sunday 25 September 2022. Our institution will offer three guided tours to its visitors, by appointment only. To book your visit, please contact the Foundation: +377 93 30 30 33. More details on the “27th Journées Européennes du Patrimoine” here.
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Inauguration of the project “École du Louvre 2021-2022”
On 11 March 2022, the École du Louvre unveiled an ambitious architectural project in the presence of Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, France’s minister for culture, and H.R.H. Princess Caroline of Hanover. This project is the brainchild of Claire Barbillon, director of the École du Louvre, and has been made possible by the exceptional patronage of Majid Boustany, […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation supports a major Bacon exhibition at the Royal Academy in London
Our institution is participating in the ‘Francis Bacon: Man and Beast’ exhibition held at the Royal Academy in London until 17 April 2022 by contributing to its exhibition catalogue. This powerful show focuses on Bacon’s unerring fascination with animals: how it both shaped his approach to the human body and distorted it; how, caught at […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation took part in a discussion on Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois
Last September, on the occasion of its ‘Louise Bourgeois. Maladie de l’Amour’ exhibition, the Hauser & Wirth Gallery in Monaco hosted an ‘in conversation’, in collaboration with the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, focusing on the common themes and differences running through the artistic practices of Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The speakers were Cécilia […]
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‘Francis Bacon’s Studios’, a new exhibition at the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
Studios occupied a prominent place in Francis Bacon’s creative process, and they provide the common thread for this exhibition – the first ever to be devoted to this theme. This exhibition invites us to discover the intimacy of the artist’s private spaces, and to witness the unconventional conditions in which Bacon lived and produced some […]
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Francis Bacon: Studios, the first book dedicated to photographs of Francis Bacon’s various studios
Our institution is pleased to announce the launch of its latest publication, Francis Bacon: Studios. This book invites us for the first time to take a look inside the painter’s private and intimate spaces and become witness to the unconventional conditions in which Bacon lived, worked and produced the most haunting images of his time. It […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation awards its third scholarship to a young artist from Villa Arson
The third scholarship for a young artist, created as part of the partnership established by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation and Villa Arson in 2017, was awarded last Saturday 16 October 2021 to Mathis Pettenati at Villa Arson. Born in Toulouse in 1997, Mathis Pettenati lives and works in Brussels. Studying at the Villa […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation has taken part in a film about Francis Bacon in Monaco produced by Arte France
The Foundation took part in a feature entitled ‘Francis Bacon in Monaco – pulling out all the stops’, broadcast on 9 June on Arte channel, as part of Invitation au Voyage, by suggesting to the film’s director, Anne Fonteneau, a selection of people to appear in the film, and by giving access to its premises, […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation renews its participation in the “Journées Européennes du Patrimoine” in Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the 26th Journées Européennes du Patrimoine (Local Heritage Day) to be held in Monaco on Sunday 26 September 2021. Our institution will offer three guided tours to its visitors, by appointment only. To book your visit, please contact the Foundation: +377 93 30 30 33 More details on the “26th Journées Européennes du Patrimoine” here
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A new publication supported by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation entitled Francis Bacon: Shadows
The Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the book Francis Bacon: Shadows, the fourth volume in the series ‘Francis Bacon Studies’, launched and published by The Estate of Francis Bacon with the financial support of our institution. Martin Harrison, editor of Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, is the series editor. It explores little-known aspects of Bacon’s life and work and includes never before published paintings by the artist.
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Publication of the intimate new biography Francis Bacon: Revelations, a decade in the making
Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of de Kooning: An American Master, present an original and detailed portrait of Francis Bacon based on hundreds of interviews and extensive new material. Revelations is a deeply researched and well-told story of a sickly boy who became one of the great artists and cultural figures of his time.
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A new publication supported by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation: Out of the Cage, The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne
Our institution is pleased to announce the release of the book Out of the Cage, The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne, written by Carol Jacobi, launched and published by The Estate of Francis Bacon with the financial support of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. Martin Harrison, editor of Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, is the series editor.
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A patronage in favour of the Musée du Louvre
Majid Boustany wished to associate the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation with the Musée du Louvre by becoming a patron of this prestigious Parisian institution. In 2020 he created a dedicated fund within the Musée du Louvre Endowment Fund, directed towards the conservation and enhancement of the institution’s collections, thus enrolling his donation in an […]
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Francis Bacon: Francophile, the first book dedicated to photographs of Francis Bacon in France
Our institution is pleased to announce the launch of its latest publication, Francis Bacon: Francophile. Featuring over 150 photographs of the British artist in France, each copy includes a numbered and signed print of a photograph of Francis Bacon taken on the boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris in 1982 by the French photographer André Ostier. The book […]
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The second research scholarship awarded to a student of the École du Louvre
Cerise Thelwall Doussot is the recipient of the second scholarship for research in art history offered to a PhD student of the École du Louvre by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. She began her doctoral dissertation in 2020. Her thesis, entitled ‘Francis Bacon et les collections parisiennes’, analyses the impact of works seen by […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation produces its first documentary, Bacon: the Van Gogh Sequence
In 1957, in the middle of a transition period in his life, Francis Bacon produced a series of paintings inspired by Van Gogh’s The Painter on the Road to Tarascon. This series marks a turning point in his work, radically changing his palette. Bright and vivid colours erupt on the canvas. The application of short […]
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation takes part in the ‘Picasso – Bathers’ exhibition presented at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is participating in the ‘Picasso – Bathers’ exhibition held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon until 3 January 2021 by lending a work from the MB Art Collection: ‘Painting’, 1930, Francis Bacon’s first oil on canvas. In this exhibition, the Musée des Beaux-Arts takes a fresh look at […]
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A new publication on Francis Bacon: Inside Francis Bacon
The Foundation is pleased to announce the release of the book Inside Francis Bacon, the third volume in the series ‘Francis Bacon Studies’, launched and published by The Estate of Francis Bacon with the financial support of our institution. Martin Harrison, editor of Francis Bacon: Catalogue, Raisonné, is the series editor.
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An exceptional patronage in favour of the École du Louvre
On 8 June 2020, a meeting between Franck Riester, the French Minister of Culture, Claire Barbillon, the Director of the École du Louvre and Majid Boustany, patron of this project, concluded with the announcement of the launch of this major programme of works, entitled Projet École du Louvre 2021. Following the agreement in 2016 of the partnership […]
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The first book dedicated to photographs of Francis Bacon is published by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
Our institution is pleased to announce the launch of its latest publication, Francis Bacon: Study for a Portrait. This book has been printed in a limited, numbered edition of 584 copies, representing the number of paintings produced by Bacon. Featuring over 180 photographs of the British artist taken by more than 60 photographers, each copy includes a signed and numbered print by the French photographer Michel Nguyen.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation awards its second scholarship to a young artist from Villa Arson
The second scholarship for a young artist, created as part of the partnership established by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation and Villa Arson in 2017, was awarded last Thursday 14 November 2019 to Mouna Bakouli at Villa Arson.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the exhibition ‘Shot in Soho’ held at The Photographers’ Gallery, London.
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation participates in the exhibition ‘Shot in Soho’ presented at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, until 09 February 2020, by sponsoring the event and lending several photographs from the MB Art Collection.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation supports Yves Peyré’s book: Francis Bacon ou la mesure de l’excès.
Our institution financially supports the latest book by Yves Peyré: Francis Bacon ou la mesure de l’excès, published by Gallimard on the occasion of the major exhibition ‘Francis Bacon: Books and Painting’, presented at the Centre Pompidou in Paris till 20 January 2020.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation renews its participation in the “Journée Européenne du Patrimoine” in Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the 24thJournée Européenne du Patrimoine (Local Heritage Day) to be held in Monaco on Sunday 29 September 2019.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation supports a major Bacon exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the exhibition ’Francis Bacon: Books and Painting’ – to be presented from 11 September 2019 to 20 January 2020 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris - by contributing to the exhibition catalogue and the series of lectures, the ‘Bacon Book Club’ to be held at the Centre Pompidou during the exhibition period.
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Presentation of the collective artist’s book Bacon, de face, de profil, tout contre, produced by the students of the Villa Arson’s printmaking studio, in collaboration with the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
The final show of the creative lab Vers Abraxa will be presented at 109, in Nice, on Saturday 15 June from 3 to 5pm.
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A new publication on Francis Bacon: Bacon and the Mind
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is pleased to support the book Bacon and the Mind: Art, Neuroscience and Psychology. This title is the first in the ‘Francis Bacon Studies’ series launched by The Estate of Francis Bacon with the financial support of our institution.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation presents a new hang
To celebrate the fourth anniversary of its opening, on 28th October, our Foundation presents a new hang.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation supports Perrine Le Querrec’s book dedicated to Francis Bacon
Our Foundation financially supports Perrine Le Querrec’s book Bacon le Cannibale, published by Hippocampe Editions in mid-October.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation participates in the “Journée Européenne du Patrimoine” in Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the 23rd Journée Européenne du Patrimoine (Local Heritage Day) to be held in Monaco on Sunday 23 September 2018.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation supports an exhibition at the musée national Fernand Léger
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation supports the exhibition ’FACE TO FACE. FERNAND LÉGER AND HIS FRIENDS’ presented from 14 April to 17 September 2018 at the musée national Fernand Léger in Biot, on the French Riviera.
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A Francis Bacon – Alberto Giacometti exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the “Bacon - Giacometti” exhibition held at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel from 29 April to 2 September 2018.
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artmonte-carlo 2018
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the third artmonte-carlo fair, being held at the Grimaldi Forum from 28 to 29 April 2018.
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A new publication from the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
As part of its mission, the Foundation publishes and co-publishes books on Francis Bacon or related to the artist.
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The 2018 Artist Scholarship awarded by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation to Alexander Adams
The Foundation’s committee has decided to award its 2018 Artist Scholarship to the British artist Alexander Adams.
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Majid Boustany, the founder of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, interviewed on the TV programme ‘La Table des Matières’ with Guillaume Durand
As a guest on the ‘Table des Matières’ TV programme broadcast on Monaco Info on Wednesday 18 October 2017, Majid Boustany was invited to answer questions from Monaco Deputy Cultural Affairs Director Françoise Gamerdinger and journalist Alexandra Pani.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation awards its first scholarship to a young artist of Villa Arson
The first scholarship for a young artist, created as part of the partnership the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation entered with Villa Arson in 2017, was awarded on Saturday 14 October 2017 to Eglé Vismanté, during the autumn exhibition’s opening at Villa Arson.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation participates in its first “Journée Européenne du Patrimoine” in Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the 22nd Journée Européenne du Patrimoine (Local Heritage Day) to be held in Monaco on Sunday 24 September 2017.
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A Francis Bacon/Bruce Nauman exhibition at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the ‘Francis Bacon/Bruce Nauman. Face to face’ exhibition to be held at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier from 1 July to 5 November 2017.
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artmonte-carlo 2017
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the second artmonte-carlo fair, being held at the Grimaldi Forum from 29 to 30 April 2017.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation awards a scholarship with Villa Arson in Nice
As part of its programme of scholarships, the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation has implemented a support policy for young artists.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation awards a scholarship with the École du Louvre
As part of its programme of scholarships, the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation has entered into a partnership with the École du Louvre.
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A Francis Bacon exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the exhibition 'Francis Bacon: from Picasso to Velázquez', held at the Guggenheim Bilbao from 30 September 2016 to 8 January 2017.
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Francis Bacon exhibition in Monaco: an exceptional event reported by international press
The exhibition ‘Francis Bacon, Monaco and French Culture’, organised by the Grimaldi Forum under the auspices of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, which took place from 2 July to 4 September 2016 in Monaco, met with great success.
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FRANCIS BACON, France and Monaco
This bilingual book has been published to coincide with the exhibition ‘Francis Bacon, Monaco et la culture française’ which runs at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco from 2 July 2016 until 4 September 2016.
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Publication of the Francis Bacon Catalogue Raisonné
The Estate of Francis Bacon has announced that Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné will be published globally on 30 June 2016.
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A Francis Bacon exhibition at Tate Liverpool supported by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation and The Estate of Francis Bacon
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation together with The Estate of Francis Bacon are among the Francis Bacon Exhibition Supporters Group for the show Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms taking place at the Tate Liverpool from 18 May to 18 September, 2016.
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artmonte-carlo 2016
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is present at the artmonte-carlo fair, being held at the Grimaldi Forum from 30 April to 1 May 2016.
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The founder of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is invited to give a lecture on Francis Bacon as part of the “Parole aux artistes” conference organised by the École du Louvre in Paris
As part of the “Parole aux Artistes” conference organised annually by the École du Louvre in Paris since 2005, artists, art historians, curators and collectors are invited to give a lecture on a particular subject or a key figure.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation participates in the first “Nuit Blanche” in Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the first Nuit Blanche to be held in Monaco. Our institution will offer free guided tours to its visitors, by appointment only, as follows:
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation participates in a lecture organised by the Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco
Within the framework of the conferences organised by the Prince Pierre Foundation of Monaco, Majid Boustany, founder of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation and Martin Harrison, author of Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, will give a lecture on 'Francis Bacon and Monaco'.
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A Francis Bacon exhibition in Monaco, 2016
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation is taking part in the organisation of a major exhibition dedicated to Francis Bacon, which will be held at the Grimaldi Forum from the 2nd of July to the 4th of September 2016.
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The First Publication by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation
The first book to be published by the Foundation introduces the objectives of this institution dedicated to the life, work and methodology of Francis Bacon.
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First research project sponsored by the MB Art Foundation: Francis Bacon – The Wivenhoe Chapter
The art historian Katharina Günther was the first recipient of the MB Art Foundation Scholarship.
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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation supports the Whitechapel Gallery installation
Francis Bacon’s Study for a Portrait (1953) is the focus of an installation by James Richards at the Whitechapel Gallery, which is supported by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation.
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Inauguration of the Foundation by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation was inaugurated today, on what would be Francis Bacon’s 105th birthday, by H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.
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First research project sponsored by the Foundation
The art historian Katharina Günther is the first scholar to be sponsored by the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, to undertake a twelve-month research project analysing a collection of hitherto un-researched material associated with Francis Bacon.
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