Alexandre Lafore
Articles
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A masterpiece by Evaristo Baschenis joins the Accademia CarraraIt is an unforgettable painting that has finally reached the Bergamo collections, while its author was triumphing in Paris, where the Canesso Gallery dedicated a wonderful retrospective to him:…
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A post-Palissean cot for the Louvre MuseumThe sale organized by Coutau-Bégarie & Associés at the Hôtel Drouot on February 23 was not only scrutinized by the Crozatier Museum, which took away an important Auvergne Mirgin and Child: a few…
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A Roman terracotta for the Getty MuseumIt was one of the most seductive sculptures presented in June at the last edition of the Maastricht Fair (see article): the superb terracotta Saint Jerome proposed on the stand of the Lullo…
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The Dallas Museum of Art buys a Luca GiordanoSitting in the center of Galerie Colnaghi’s beautiful stand at the last edition of the Maastricht fair, this grandiose Triumph of Galatea by Luca Giordano already seemed destined to be snapped up…
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A Virgin and Child for the Crozatier MuseumStrategically located in the heart of the Auvergne, the Crozatier Museum in Le Puy-en-Velay, however, remains poor in medieval sculpture, despite the region’s wealth in this area. As Marie-Blanche…
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The National Gallery of London buys its first PechsteinWhen a major museum buys a first painting by a great artist that has been missing from its collections until now, it can’t go wrong: the National Gallery has thus set its sights on the beautiful…
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Le Beau SiècleIt is with a cannon shot that this fascinating exhibition begins, undoubtedly the richest of the year in the field of ancient art since it is an almost exhaustive panorama of a century of…
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A bust by Camille Claudel for ChicagoThe effigy is fascinating, transfigured by the use of a very original polychrome patina: for the great American museum, which was eagerly seeking a sculpture by Camille Claudel, this is both an…
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Pierre Stépanoff appointed Director of the Musée de PicardieThe recent departure of Laure Dalon - who moved to Toulouse to head the Musée des Augustins in the autumn - left a vacancy at Amiens, where she worked between 2009 and 2012 before taking over as…
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Un portrait de la Renaissance offert au Metropolitan Museum of ArtFort curieusement, il s’agit de la première peinture sur marbre acquise par le grand musée américain, toujours plus riche en chefs-d’oeuvre : quelques semaines après l’entrée d’un superbe portrait de…
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