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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]