— Bacon Institute to Open in Monaco: Property developer Majid Boustany, who has collected more than 2,000 Francis Bacon-related objects, plans to open an institute in Monaco this October devoted to the scholarly study of the painter. Called the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, it will house a library, photographs, oil paintings, and objects from Bacon’s stint as an interior designer. “Although few people know of Bacon’s time in Monaco, there is a legitimate reason for housing the Bacon Foundation in the principality,” Boustany said. “It was in Monaco that Bacon really began to concentrate on painting the human form, a crucial step that would lead him later in his life to become one of the greatest figurative British postwar artists.” [The Guardian]
— Rembrandt Thief Arrested: Patrick Vialaneix, who stole Rembrandt’s “Child with a Soap Bubble” from the Draguignan Museum in 1999, has been arrested and faces up to 10 years in jail after attempting to sell the work. Vialaneix claims to have been obsessed with the work since he first saw it as a child. “I was both its guardian and its hostage,” he said. [Telegraph]
— Abramovic to Hit Jersey City: Jersey City’s labyrinthine Mana Contemporary arts complex has announced a partnership with the Marina Abramovic Institute. The first collaborative event will be a 72-hour-straight Abramovic method workshop at Mana from October 17 to 19. Mana has also invited the performance artist to create a permanent workshop housed in their building. [Press Release]
— Tehran Auction Shows a Healthy Market: A very successful Tehran Art Auction proves that the Iranian art scene is flourishing, despite US sanctions on the country’s richest sectors. [Reuters]
— Art Trucks Roll Out: More and more mobile art galleries are taking to the road apparently. [NYT]
— Will Poroshenko Support the Arts: Ukraine’s new president Petro Poroshenko may end up being a supporter of contemporary art in the region. [TAN]
— 77-yr-old ceramics artist Stan Bitters is finally getting his due. [T Magazine]
— deviantART wants to become the administrator of the .art domain. [Tech Crunch]
— The Bristol Banksy was valued at £400,000 on Antiques Roadshow. [Telegraph]
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