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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An unpublished drawing by Goltzius enters the Fondation CustodiaAlors que va ouvrir dans deux jours une exposition consacrée aux douze années d’acquisitions faites par le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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Quimper adds to its 20th-century collectionThey are part of the section devoted to Max Jacob in the exhibition Fragments surréalistes, René Iché et les poètes currently on show at the Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper, a variant of the…
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Christophe Leribault leaves Orsay for VersaillesAlthough we knew a few days ago that Catherine Pégard’s succession had - at last - been settled, with the as yet unannounced appointment of Christophe Leribault as President of the Etablissement…
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17th-century embroidered masterpiece being acquired by AmiensThere are sometimes - often - acquisition projects that La Tribune de l’Art can only endorse, and invite its esteemed readers to do likewise: the exceptional antependium embroidered at the end of…
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Fundraising launched to restore Saint-Louis de VincennesOf course, you have to push open the door. From the street, its silhouette is austere, clad in millstone and red brick, but inside, the Saint-Louis de Vincennes church reveals admirable…
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Four sketches by Joseph Blanc donated to Rennes by his society of friendsYesterday, the Société des amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (Friends of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes) made a particularly relevant acquisition at Rennes Enchères, for the reasonable sum of…
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A sculpture by Gustave Doré for Orsay"It was not the least of the Salon’s astonishments to find G. Doré authoritatively marking his place among the sculptors with a large and highly poetic group: La Parque et l’Amour The public is…
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Bronze for the Musée de VizilleSince June 30, 2023, the Musée de la Révolution Française has been presenting a highly interesting exhibition entitled French Revolution Style. Furniture, works of art and wallpaper. Among the most…
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An absolute masterpiece of French decorative art enters the Musée d’OrsayWe admired it at Sotheby’s New York and hoped that the Musée d’Orsay would be able to acquire it, without really believing it because of its estimate. However, the Musée Orsay won the wonderful cup…
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A Bonzanigo and a Cartellier for the Château de MalmaisonThe effigy is recognisable at first glance, despite the overloaded decor of military trophies paying homage to the new master of Italy, even though Napoleon has not yet emerged from Bonaparte:…
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Two exceptional pedestals by André-Charles Boulle return to VersaillesThey were placed in the Salon de l’Abondance in the heart of the Grands Appartements du Roi at Versailles. The two exceptional pedestals by André-Charles Boulle had joined the Versailles…
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The Met exhibits its English drawingsLe Metropolitan Museum, à gauche en haut de son escalier principal, dispose d’un large espace, qui conduit notamment vers la peinture française du XIXe siècle, où il expose des œuvres d’art…
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Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen. The centenary exhibitionThere’s still time to go and see the exhibition that the Musée de Montmartre is devoting to Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen to mark the centenary of his death. Born in Lausanne in 1859, the painter…
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A piece of furniture signed by Rodin preempted by RoubaixIts reappearance on the Paris art market last autumn caused quite a stir. Although known and documented, the large neo-Renaissance piece of furniture by Mathias Ginsbach and Auguste Rodin…
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A work by James Ensor acquired by FlandersIn 2023, the twentieth anniversary of the Flemish Masterpieces Decree was celebrated: promulgated on January 24, 2003, the Topstukkendecreet’s mission is to protect Flemish movable cultural…
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Versailles completes the refurbishment of Marie-Antoinette’s bedroomWhile some rooms in the former residences of French sovereigns are doomed to remain empty due to the certain disappearance of the objects that originally furnished them, or the impossibility of…
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Musée Cognacq-Jay: hanging of pastels and recent acquisitionThe Musée Cognacq-Jay is currently presenting its collection of pastels, some fifteen in all. While there is no special reason for this display, it does allow us to see works that are too fragile…
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Two new Ransons join the Musée de Pont-AvenAt last year’s TEFAF in Maastricht, we had of course noticed the fascinating pastel by Paul Ranson offered by dealer Jean-François Heim, and it was therefore with great pleasure that we learned of…
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Two major Impressionist acquisitions for LiverpoolIn addition to a very fine drawing by Rembrandt (see the news item of 18/1/24), the publication of Arts Council England’s annual report on works acquired by British museums through the Acceptance…
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The Musée Jeanne d’Aboville restores its collectionsThe restored painting returned to the collections of the Musée Jeanne d’Aboville in La Fère last December, but not for long, as it will be loaned to the Musée de Besançon next spring. Its restoration…
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A new Rembrandt for the British MuseumEvery year, Arts Council England’s rich report on works acquired by British museums through the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) Scheme or the Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS) - the UK equivalent of our…
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