Admired on the stand of the Oscar Graf gallery at Tefaf 2023, Giuseppe Viner’s exceptional folding screen has joined the European collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, adding a new artist, a…
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The Gandur collection will finally move to the city of Caen Subscriber content
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Seeking patrons for Puvis de Chavannes works Subscriber content
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A drawing by Toussaint Dubreuil for the BnF
Assis au premier plan et doté de tenailles, Vulcain joue le rôle de figure repoussoir, tandis qu’au fond, les Cyclopes s’affairent devant la forge (
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A Brancusi exhibition thanks to future renovations at the Centre Pompidou
Secondary school students should be revising for their philosophy exams at the Centre Pompidou, where the exhibition devoted to Constantin Brancusi will give them the opportunity to tackle a…
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National Gallery of Art acquires a painting by Elizabeth Okie Paxton
Rather than depicting a female nude languidly reclining on a bed, Elizabeth Okie Paxton chose not to show it, but to evoke its presence in a cleverly organised bedroom. So she paints a genre…
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The new directors of the museums of Lille and Strasbourg
New curators have arrived at the helm of the museums of Lille and Strasbourg in recent months. The Palais des Beaux-Arts and the Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse in Lille have been headed by Juliette…
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Policy
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Budget cancellations: a new blow to France’s heritage
The Ministry of the Budget (obviously in collusion with the Élysée Palace) has just wiped €10 billion off France’s budget with the stroke of a pen, despite the fact that the budget was debated in…
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Rachida Dati’s hot heritage issues in Paris
France’s new Minister of Culture didn’t get off to a great start when she approved the ’relocation-reconstruction’ of the Institut Curie’s Pavillon des Sources... But while the future of this Parisian…
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Madam Minister for Culture, don’t let yourself be fooled by Vianney d’Alançon
In an article posted online yesterday on the Figaro website, the director of the Rocher Mistral theme park (whose co-shareholders are the Dassault, Michelin and Montagne families) made a…
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Notre-Dame: archaeological digs sacrificed to meet deadlines
Has the Établissement public in charge of Notre-Dame, under pressure to meet the deadlines imposed by the French President, who wants the monument to reopen on 8 December 2024, vandalised precious…
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La Barben: the Prefect supports Rocher Mistral and is overruled by the Council of State
How far will the public authorities go to defend the indefensible in the never-ending case of the Château de La Barben transformed into an amusement park under the name of Rocher Mistral? After…
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Impossible to escape the Olympic Games
"There may be some who would like to do something else..." suggested Raymond Devos, a French comedian, in a falsely ingenuous tone in a sketch entitled "Faites l’amour, pas la guerre" ("Make love,…
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The French Ministry of Culture requests the removal of a non-compliant installation
If the request made by Culture Minister Rachida Dati to Société Foncière Lyonnaise (SFL) the day before yesterday, Thursday 18 April, is acted upon, it is a welcome one. This developer is in charge…
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Fragments of the rood screen at Notre-Dame finally revealed
Last July, we wrote an article about "the obstruction of INRAP", which did not want to give access to the fragments of sculptures from the rood screen of the cathedral discovered during the…
Exhibitions
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Arts in France during the times of Charles VII (1422-1461)
Twenty years after the rich exhibition "Paris 1400. Arts under the times of Charles VI" organised at the Louvre in 2004, the Musée de Cluny has been able to take up the torch by offering as broad…
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Henry Cros (1840-1907). Sculptor and draughtsman
‘Henry Cros, sculptor and draughtsman’, as the exhibition is titled, but also a painter, glassmaker and ceramist, of whom Rodin wrote in the preface to the catalogue of his sale after his death in…
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The ‘Géricault’ horses
An exhibition presented in a museum must be exemplary, and even more so when it shows many works from private collections. A ‘gallery’ is not a ‘private collection’, and while it is perfectly…
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Frans Hals in Amsterdam
Those accustomed to the Dutch museum’s exhibitions will not be disappointed: this is first and foremost the absolute joy of painting, the dazzling freedom of the brushstrokes, the admirable…
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Museums
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Géricaults rediscovered in museums? Really?
The discovery or rediscovery of paintings attributed to great masters is a regular occurrence in art history. Attribution is not an exact science, and the identity of the authors of certain works…
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The Beauvoisine Museum in Rouen: a ruinous and destructive project
When we met the new director of Rouen’s museums at a press briefing, he told us about the "vast architectural and museographic renovation project" for the two museums in the rue Beauvoisine, the…
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An ugly painting? Yes, but by a woman! So it’s fine...
Le Rijksmuseum a acquis d’autres œuvres à la TEFAF dont nous parlerons ultérieurement, mais la seule pour laquelle elle s’est fendue d’un communiqué triomphal est le Portrait de Moses Ter Borch à l’âge…
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Successful reopening of the Draguignan museum
Some museums are no longer fulfilling their mission (see several recent articles). It is fortunate, however, that others are doing exactly the opposite, and that some towns are realising the…
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Art Market
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The third Paris Print Fair Subscriber content
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The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (5) Subscriber content
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The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (3) Subscriber content
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The Salon du Dessin 2024 is now open Subscriber content
Itineraries
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A French artist’s decor at Sant’Andrea al Quirinale Subscriber content
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A visit to the church of Saint-Rémy in Troyes Subscriber content
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Découverte d’une peinture murale d’Amaury-Duval et de son esquisse Subscriber content
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Le Musée de Semur-en-Auxois, un voyage dans le temps Subscriber content
Publications
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Ouvrages reçus du 17 novembre 2023 au 18 avril 2024 Subscriber content
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Pierre Subleyras 1699-1749 Subscriber content
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Just published: books received from 27 July to 16 November 2023 Subscriber content
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Just published: books received from 1st April to 26 July 2023 Subscriber content
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 15 - 16/5/24 : Maurizio Canesso
Cette semaine, à l’occasion des trente ans de l’ouverture de sa galerie et de l’exposition qu’il présente pour fêter cet anniversaire, nous recevons Maurizio Canesso, marchand de tableaux italien à…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 14 - 8/5/24 : Héléna et Guy Motais de Narbonne
Cette semaine, nous recevons, ou plutôt nous avons été reçu, car l’émission a été enregistrée chez eux, Héléna et Guy Motais de Narbonne dont la collection a déjà été présentée au Louvre et à Orléans et…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 13 - 1/5/24 : Pierre Stepanoff
Cette semaine, nous recevons Pierre Stepanoff, directeur des Musées d’Amiens, et notamment du Musée de Picardie. Il nous parle de sa jeune carrière de conservateur, de son poste de conservateur au…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 12 - 24/4/24 : Olivia Voisin
Cette semaine, nous recevons Olivia Voisin, directrice des musées d’Orléans, et notamment du Musée des Beaux-Arts. Elle nous parle de ce musée (et des autres), de sa politique d’acquisition très…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 11 - 17/4/24 : Nicolas Schwed
Cette semaine, nous recevons Nicolas Schwed, marchand de dessins à Paris. Celui-ci, qui organise notamment régulièrement des expositions dans sa galerie parisienne dont nous rendons compte souvent…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 10 - 10/4/24 : Rodolphe Rapetti
Cette semaine, nous recevons Rodolphe Rapetti, le directeur du château de Compiègne. Nous avons récemment consacré plusieurs articles à ce château-musée à propos de la réouverture du Musée de…