New scholarship for graduate studies in History of Art at the University of Oxford

Majid Boustany, Founder of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, has launched a new scholarship for graduate students coming to the University of Oxford to study for a Master’s degree in History of Art and Visual Culture.

Awarded in partnership with Christ Church, Oxford, the Majid Boustany Oxford Graduate Scholarships will cover the cost of the course fees for home students ordinarily resident in the UK who are pursuing research in drawing and/or painting from 1900 to the present day. The first scholarship will be available in the 2025/26 academic year and the second will be awarded for the 2027/28 academic year.

Professor Geraldine Johnson, Head of the History of Art Department and Tutor at Christ Church, said: ‘We are immensely grateful to Majid Boustany for his visionary support of graduate studies in History of Art. I am looking forward to welcoming the scholarship recipients to our vibrant community of art historians at Oxford.’

Majid Boustany added: ‘I am delighted to be partnering with the University of Oxford to support talented graduate students researching modern and contemporary art. This is an area of History of Art that is particularly close to my heart and is central to the mission of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation.’

The founder of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation donated to the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford a significant number of publications on Francis Bacon, providing students, scholars and art historians with an essential tool for studying and understanding the painter’s monumental oeuvre.