Didier Rykner
Articles
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New York auctions in early 2024The sales in New York at the end of January/beginning of February are very rich this year. The number of works for sale at Sotheby’s and Christie’s is colossal, and while not all are of optimum…
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New threats to the Place de la ConcordeThe Anne Hidalgo-style transformation of the Place de la Concorde is underway! In other words, the continuation of the regular massacre to which this fully listed square is subjected by Paris…
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Madam Minister for Culture, don’t let yourself be fooled by Vianney d’AlançonIn 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 deadlinesHas 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…
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Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet. A rediscovered talentAlexandre Dubois-Drahonet has already been the subject of several articles in La Tribune de l’Art, notably on the occasion of gallery exhibitions and museum acquisitions. We hoped that one day he…
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Rachida Dati appointed Minister of CultureAs with all appointments of a new Minister of Culture (we’ve had twelve since La Tribune de l’Art was created, in April 2003, less than twenty-one years ago), we will welcome - albeit with much…
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The deputy mayor of Paris confuses the Alexandre III bridge with the Concorde, and the Concorde with a fairgroundThe Place de la Concorde, considered by architectural historians to be one of the most beautiful squares in the world, has been mistreated for years, as we have regularly denounced here since…
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Successful reopening of the Draguignan museumSome 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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Forms of ruinThe exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon devoted to the theme of ruins goes far beyond the chronological and geographical limits of La Tribune de l’Art, showing many works from Antiquity,…
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At Versailles, the irregularity is getting worseWe won’t go back over Catherine Pégard’s illegitimacy as president of the Versailles public establishment. She has long since exceeded all the age and term limits laid down by law. The Ministry of…