Official Statement — Belgian Art Institute
The Belgian Art Institute announces that all five NFT collections based on Francis Bacon’s self-portrait have been successfully launched and distributed.
With the completion of the primary releases, the project has entered an open market phase. From this point forward, pricing, liquidity, and further circulation of the NFTs will be determined solely by market dynamics and the decisions of individual holders.
In this regard, the Institute considers its mission within this project to be completed and will not conduct any additional primary sales, airdrops, or promotional campaigns related to these collections.
The Belgian Art Institute thanks all participants and collectors for their interest and engagement.
Some artworks are too important to remain locked away.
The Belgian Art Institute brings them into the digital age — authenticated, scientifically analyzed, and preserved forever on the blockchain.
By owning one, you become part of the story: protecting cultural history, ensuring it is never lost, and passing it on to future generations.
Created in the late 1940s, Head I is one of Bacon’s early masterpieces, marking his exploration of raw human emotion, distorted forms, and psychological intensity. These same themes would continue to evolve in his later works, including the self-portrait from 1956–1957 featured in the BACON NFT Collection. Both paintings reveal Bacon’s relentless pursuit of the human condition — confronting mortality, vulnerability, and identity with uncompromising force.
Francis Bacon Head I, 1947–48
The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York ©
