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The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation took part in a discussion on Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois

The Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation took part in a discussion on Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois

23/01/2022

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 Auber, the Foundation guide, and Emilie Bouvard, art historian and Director of Collections and Scientific Programmes at the Giacometti Foundation in Paris. Caroline Cros, heritage curator and art historian, was the discussion moderator.

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Louise Bourgeois in her home on 20th Street in NYC in 2000.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY 
Photo: © Jean-François Jaussaud
Louise Bourgeois in her home on 20th Street in NYC in 2000.
© The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY
Photo: © Jean-François Jaussaud
Francis Bacon, 7 Reece Mews, London, 1981
Photo © Marc Tivier
Francis Bacon, 7 Reece Mews, London, 1981
Photo © Marc Tivier