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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An unpublished drawing by Goltzius enters the Fondation CustodiaAlors que va ouvrir dans deux jours une exposition consacrée aux douze années d’acquisitions faites par le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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A Divisionist painting acquired by OrléansAcquired from the Terrades gallery in Paris, the painting by Orléans-born Louis Bouglé has taken its place on level -1 of the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans. Linked to the city by its creator but also…
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Two Pietro Lorenzetti make their debut at the LouvreAlthough announced at the end of November, the rediscovery of two previously unseen panels by Pietro Lorenzetti by the Tajan auction house and the experts at Turquin immediately raised the hopes…
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Armand Point, from Oise to Los AngelesThe bloody head of Saint John the Baptist remains invisible, though it is suggested by the look, smile and gesture of the cruel Salomé, who holds out a silver basin to receive it. Armand Point…
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An amber Madonna returns to PortugalMost often worked on the cold shores of the Baltic Sea, the amber that enchanted connoisseurs in the autumn was bound to excite the interest of museum curators too. There were all kinds of…
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A Chana Orloff exhibition at the Musée ZadkineShe tends towards caricature without ever making fun of her model, for whom she has an obvious tenderness. Chana Orloff sculpts portraits with a benevolent humour, translating the haughty bearing…
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A double portrait by Serangeli for the Musée FabreThe charming effigy looks familiar, while Gioacchino Serangeli’s Portrait of the Twin Sons of Pierre Seriziat by Gioacchino Serangeli has just joined a public collection after spending just over…
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A presumed portrait of Gustave Flaubert for the Musée de la Vie romantiqueThanks to a donation, a presumed portrait of Gustave Flaubert has joined the Musée de la Vie romantique. An emblematic figure of realism, Flaubert also maintained close links with the Romantic…
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A Giaquinto for Spain’s National HeritageIn 2023, through Christie’s Iberica, Spain’s National Heritage acquired a painting by Corrado Giaquinto, which is now in the Royal Collections. It is probably a sketch for the ceiling or vault of a…
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The fontaine des Innocents restored, Goujon’s nymphs to join "a museum"The restoration of the Fontaine of the Innocents is finally coming to an end. This is good news, especially as the restoration work appears to have been carried out with great care and respect…
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An early Goya for the Museo del RomanticismoThe work has not been allowed to leave Spanish territory since 2014, having been declared an Work of Cultural Interest (BIC). Originally attributed to Francisco Bayeu, this Pietà was attributed…
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Two paintings by Lurçat acquired by QuimperIn addition to the mask by René Iché and the gouache by Max Jacob, two paintings by Jean Lurçat have recently been added to the 20th-century collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper.…
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A Soldani Benzi masterpiece for DetroitIt was one of the most talked-about works at last year’s TEFAF in Maastricht, where this magnificent raw earth modello by the great Florentine sculptor Massimiliano Soldani Benzi took pride of…
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Fontainebleau gets an Isabey drawingC’est à la fois un très beau dessin et un formidable document historique ainsi qu’une aquarelle célèbre chez les amateurs d’arts décoratifs puisqu’elle témoigne d’un ameublement perdu : les équipes…
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A painting by Charles Valfort acquired by the Musée de la Vie romantiqueUne fascinante représentation d’atelier d’artiste rejoint les collections du Musée de la Vie romantique. Acquise auprès de la galerie Michel Descours à Paris, elle est due à Charles Valfort, peintre et…
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Rennes seeks sponsors to restore a tapestry cartonAs Fate would have it, some of the tapestries from the Parlement de Bretagne that were not destroyed in the fire of 1994 disappeared in 1997 in a fire in the restoration workshop where they had…
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An unpublished sanguine by Bandinelli acquired by the GettyIt was one of the most important sheets on offer at last year’s Salon du Dessin (see article), where it took pride of place on the stand of Jean-Luc Baroni & Marty de Cambiaire, who will…
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A Zoffany for EnglandL’acteur Robert Baddeley incarna le rôle stéréotypé du Juif usurier dans la pièce de Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal ou L’Ecole de la médisance. Présentée en 1777 au théâtre royal de…
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A first Félix Del Marle for RoubaixIt will be presented as part of the thematic exhibition "Les enfants de la Piscine" (Children of La Piscine) that the Roubaix museum is preparing to unveil in parallel with the exhibition…
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The Groninger Museum buys a painting by Herman ColleniusIt’s the second shot that catches the eye: behind the allegory of Time, embodied by a magnificent old man with his scythe and hourglass, appears one of the oldest representations of the city of…
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Two acquisitions for the Musée BonnardIt’s not really a portrait. When he painted little Isabelle Lecomte du Noüy in Le Cannet in 1929, Pierre Bonnard captured all the charm of childhood under his brush (ill. 1). The little girl is…
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