Today, on what would have been Francis Bacon’s 105th birthday, a foundation devoted to his life and works—the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation—opens up in the unlikely but lovely choice of Monte Carlo. Man, it would be really nice to be in Monte Carlo right about now. In any case, Prince Albert will be on hand to oversee the proceedings, and the first visitors will be privy to Bacon’s papers furniture and rugs. Also it turns out that Bacon lived in Monaco for a while in the late 40s and early 50s, and while there just went broke a bunch of times at the casinos. Happens to the best of us.
