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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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.
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.