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A tapestry by Gerhard Munthe acquired by OrsayPurchased from the Oscar Graf gallery, a large tapestry by the Norwegian Gerhard Munthe joins the collections of the Musée d’Orsay, which is continuing its active policy of acquiring Scandinavian…
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Hélène Duret to succeed Bruno GaudichonOne of France’s most endearing and unique museums is about to undergo a change of leadership with the announced departure of Bruno Gaudichon for a well-deserved retirement: as revealed by La Voix…
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A Manfredi for the GettyIt’s a happy company, at least at first sight. A group of men are drinking wine around an improvised table that looks like an ancient Roman altar, while listening to one of them play the lute.…
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Marie and Félix Bracquemond on sale at ArtcurialFirst and foremost, this is an exhibition not to be missed under any circumstances, even if it is unfortunately only open this Friday, Saturday and then Monday before the sale of the entire…
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Two new busts by Charles Cordier for OrsayTwo new busts by Charles Cordier have been added to the fine collection of works by this pioneer of polychrome sculpture under the Second Empire already held by the Musée d’Orsay, which initiated…
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An unpublished drawing by Goltzius enters the Fondation CustodiaAlors que va ouvrir dans deux jours une exposition consacrée aux douze années d’acquisitions faites par le regretté Ger Luijten, disparu il y a maintenant plus d’un an, celle-ci vient d’acquérir, en…
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A work by Rebecca Solomon for two English museumsIt is a painting that has everything to please today’s museums, presented as ‘a complex reflection on gender, race, religion and education in mid-nineteenth-century London’. Painted in 1861 by a…
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The Cleveland Museum buys a painting by ZoffanyIt’s a happy coincidence: when the Cleveland Museum’s English galleries were refurbished in 2018, the curators’ intention was to give visitors the feeling of entering an 18th-century flat. To…
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A Dandré-Bardon for MontpellierIt was a highly attractive image that made a long-awaited reappearance at Delon/Hoebanx & Associés at Hôtel Drouot on Thursday 12 October: this painting by Michel-François Dandré-Bardon,…
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A new Domenico Piola for the Palazzo SpinolaA new painting by Domenico Piola has been added to the collections of the Palazzo Spinola in Genoa, acquired by the Italian Ministry of Culture from the Galerie Canesso in Paris. Kept in private…
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Two exhibitions in Parisian galleriesThe Parisian art market is so rich that even outside the now ritualised events - the Salon du Dessin in April and Fine Arts Paris, now combined with the Biennale in November - many galleries…
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Patrimonial, a new magazineIn this age of the Internet - the importance of which we are not unaware! - it’s always pleasing to see the birth of a new ’paper’ magazine, and even more so when it’s in the field of heritage. It is…
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Two paintings by Angelica Kauffmann for the Detroit Institute of ArtThis acquisition had escaped us: in 2022 the Detroit Institute of Art chose to purchase, from a private collector, a double family portrait painted by Angelica Kauffamnn, of which it had no work…
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The statue of La Bourdonnais on Réunion Island soon to be unboltedOn 6 May we reported on the threats to unbolt the bronze statue of La Bourdonnais, sculpted by Louis Rochet and listed as a historic monument. These threats are becoming increasingly pressing,…
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Douai gets a portrait by BrenetOn 25 September this year, art historian Marie Fournier gave a talk presenting her very recent monograph on Nicolas-Guy Brenet, and took the opportunity to unveil three paintings that had…
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The Boejat legacy in Nantes (2): old master drawingsThe Boejat bequest to Nantes includes paintings and drawings. After writing about French paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries, we are publishing here the twelve old master drawings that are…
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The Louvre preempts three tapestriesThere is the charming detail of the squirting water in the centre of the composition: Diana splashes Actaeon to repel him. This reaction is well and truly specified by Ovid. The author of the…
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Two new 18th-century tapestries preempted by the Mobilier nationalWe announced a little less than a month ago that the Galerie Chevalier was exhibiting a series of sumptuous tapestries dating from the 17th to 18th centuries, which it was preparing to sell under…
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A first Artemisia Gentileschi for BostonArtemisia Gentileschi still does not feature in the Louvre or even in French public collections, major foreign museums are continuing to purchase her works from the French art market. After the…
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Langres acquires a painting by VolaireAs it celebrates its tenth anniversary, the Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot is stepping up its acquisitions, as demonstrated by our series of articles recently published on the subject. Acquired…
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An 18th-century clock acquired by the Musée Paul-DupuyUsually embodied by a moderately friendly bearded old man, beating the air with his wings and scythe, Time is evoked here by four much more cheerful young women; two of them are…
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A bust of "Baron" Schmiedel enters the Metropolitan MuseumThis is an effigy that was an ideal loss leader on the Kugel gallery stand at the Maastricht Tefaf and was even chosen to illustrate its latest greetings card. This Meissen hard-paste porcelain…
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Vaux-le-Vicomte launches a subscription to buy a tapestryHow to retain Spring? The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is launching a crowfunding, in collaboration with the Sauvegarde de l’art français, to purchase a tapestry from the Gardener Children hanging.…
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A foundation stone and a new acquisition for the Musée du Grand SiècleThe Musée du Grand Siècle project, which we have been following since its inception, has just reached a new milestone: the laying of the foundation stone. Although this is a symbolic event (the…
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16th-century Italian sculpture acquired by the PradoA marble by Giovanni Bandini has finally been purchased by the Prado Museum, having been declared a "property of cultural interest" last April by the Comunidad de Madrid. This Venus accompanied…
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Two paintings by Rachel Ruysch for Dublin and BostonDominated by an elegant tulip, but also embellished with roses and forget-me-nots, the composition is seductive from the first glance, even if we are also drawn in by the almost incongruous…
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Two new Swedish paintings for OrsayAs we recently pointed out when Carl Forsberg’s superb watercolour entered the Musée d’Orsay’s collections, Scandinavian art is one of the main focuses of the Musée d’Orsay’s current acquisitions…
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