"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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Claude Lorrain. Drawings and etchings Subscriber content
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Marie and Félix Bracquemond on sale at Artcurial Subscriber content
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Two new busts by Charles Cordier for Orsay Subscriber content
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An unpublished drawing by Goltzius enters the Fondation Custodia Subscriber content
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A work by Rebecca Solomon for two English museums Subscriber content
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 12 - 24/4/24 : Olivia Voisin Subscriber content
News Items
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A Mars by Giambologna crosses the Atlantic
Très admiré à Londres en juillet 2023 puis à Maastricht en mars 2024, le très beau Mars de Giambologna que proposait Stuart Lochhead ne pouvait qu’intéresser les grands musées nord-américains et c’est…
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Sylvain Amic appointed head of the Musée d’Orsay
Since the announcement of Christophe Leribault’s departure for Versailles last February, this was one of the most eagerly awaited appointments. Although a short list of candidates had been…
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Restorations at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes
The DJ (or disc-jockeys) of electro music - the Shindi collective - asked the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes to shoot a video clip in the heart of the permanent exhibition. There was no danger to…
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A Self-portrait by Émile Bernard preempted by Pont-Aven
Émile Bernard’s Self-portrait was preempted by the Musée de Pont-Aven and fetched €50 400 at Christie’s sale in Paris on 10 April. It adds a first self-portrait to the group of around fifteen…
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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…
Heritage
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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…
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From Copenhagen to Paris
There is no end to the litany of historic monuments in France and elsewhere in Europe that have gone up in flames while work was underway to restore them. This time it’s Denmark’s turn to be hit by…
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Notre-Dame: a very intrusive choir organ
Notre-Dame should not be a playground for the French President of the Republic or the Archbishop of Paris. No doubt they think they have some legitimacy in the decisions they take, but they have…
Exhibitions
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Noël Coypel, painter to the King
Following on from Versailles, the Noël Coypel retrospective is now on show at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes. But they are not the same exhibition, even though the two share a common catalogue.…
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Jean Mayodon. Precious earth
Only enthusiasts of 20th-century decorative arts are likely to be familiar with the exceptional pieces by Raymond Subes and Jean Mayodon housed in Sens: the two friends, who probably met at the…
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A world of light. Stained glass windows by Francis Chigot and his workshop
She is an ideal ambassador to welcome the many visitors to this fascinating exhibition, which is the result of an intelligent and fruitful collaboration between two regional institutions: the…
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Horace Vernet
At the 1855 Universal Exhibition, which took the place of the Salon and where foreign schools came to confront the French school, the latter put four painters in the limelight, who benefited from…
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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° 11 - 17/4/24 : Nicolas Schwed
This week we talk to Nicolas Schwed, a drawing dealer in Paris. He regularly organises exhibitions in his Paris gallery, which we often report on here, and talks to us about drawing collectors,…
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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…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 9 - 3/4/24 : Alexandre d’Andoque
It’s been over a year since we last produced a podcast, mainly due to time constraints. We’re going to try to be more regular in future, but we prefer not to commit ourselves unless we’re sure we…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 8 - 28/2/23 : Pierre Ouzoulias
For the first time, in our program "L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art" we receive a politician, Pierre Ouzoulias, communist senator of the Hauts-de-Seine, vice-president of the Commission of culture,…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 7 - 17/2/23 : Jérôme Tomaselli
Jérôme Tomaselli is a passionate and fascinating collector, an art bulimic who has assembled an impressive collection of paintings and drawings from Lyon (but not only) from all periods and who has…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 6 - 19/1/23 : Jane MacAvock
Nous recevons cette semaine comme invitée de La Tribune de l’Art l’historienne de l’art indépendante Jane MacAvock, qui vient nous parler notamment de Jean Daret, le peintre provençal dont elle est la…
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