It was the first exhibition to take an in-depth look at the parallel careers of two of the 20th century’s most influential artists: Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966) and Francis Bacon (1909–1992).
Via around a hundred artworks, curators Catherine Grenier, the Director of the Fondation Giacometti (Paris), Michael Peppiatt, an expert on Bacon and a personal friend of the artist, and Ulf Küster, Curator at the Fondation Beyeler, revealed startling parallels between the two artists, who became friends through Isabel Rawsthorne.
The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation lent several photographs for the exhibition, some taken by renowned photographers such as Mario Dondero and Edward Quinn and others taken by close friends.
