The artworks once discarded as dump by figurative British painter Francis Bacon are set to go on sale in April. According to Ewbank managers, the company arranging the auction, the 45-lot which include mutilated paintings, photographs, personal diaries and some letters, is a first of its type and could fetch more than an estimated $98,410. The collection was rescued by Mac Robertson, a former electrician and Bacon's friend. According to a Times Online report, Robertson claims that Bacon allowed him to keep the stuff after he became angry over some workmen who littered his studio's floor with debris.

Meatballs cooked in his own liposuctioned body fat is the latest creation by shock artist Marco Evaristti. The Chilean-Danish artist calls the self-styled artwork displayed at the Animal Gallery in Santiago as his criticism of the plastic surgery market. According to The Santiago Times, Evaristti purposely underwent the liposuction procedure last year to create the artwork.

A Virginia art teacher was suspended after administrators discovered his list of extracurricular activities included painting with his posterior. Once a video of his art circulated through the school his place as role model was compromised, administrators said.

The "butt-printing-artist" StanMurmer has reportedly been suspended by Chesterfield County school officials saying he may be setting a bad example for students through his outside artistic activities. The art teacher at Monacan High School, Murmer is known for creating floral and abstract art by plastering his posterior and genitals with paint and pressing them against canvas. His paintings reportedly sell for hundreds of dollars.

The "butt-printing-artist" Stephen Murmer has reportedly been suspended by Chesterfield County school officials saying he may be setting a bad example for students through his outside artistic activities. Murmer an art teacher at Monacan High School, is known for creating floral and abstract art by plastering his posterior and genitals with paint and pressing them against canvas.