Didier Rykner
Articles
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The Académie des Beaux-Arts opposes the replacement of Notre-Dame’s stained glass windows
Yesterday, Wednesday 20 December, the Académie des Beaux-Arts published a press release without ambiguity on the project to replace Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows in Notre-Dame. While it…
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100,000 !
100,000. 100,000 people have already signed, in exactly ten days, the petition we launched on 10 December at 2.30pm against the replacement of Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows in Notre-Dame.…
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A painting by Nicolas Loir and Jean I Cotelle for Vaux-le-Vicomte
With the support of its Friends association, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte wanted to acquire a Gobelins tapestry for which it had launched a fundraising campaign. The tapestry was eventually…
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The President of the Friends of the Louvre at the heart of several controversies
La Tribune de l’Art talks about museums and historic monuments from the point of view of art history. We are deliberately distancing ourselves from the other controversies that can arise in this…
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News from the Château de Compiègne (1): the catalogue of paintings on line
We haven’t written much about the Château de Compiègne since Rodolphe Rapetti took over the helm. We had a distorted view of his work because of the two exhibitions devoted to cars. Not that the…
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Musée de l’Œuvre de Notre-Dame: an opportunity for the Hôtel-Dieu
The regrettable affair of the Viollet-le-Duc stained glass windows (sign the petition) should not detract from a remarkable decision by the French President of the Republic, which cannot be…
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Contemporary stained glass windows at Notre-Dame: it’s possible, in the north tower
French President Emmanuel Macron and Mgr Ulrich, Archbishop of Paris, want to leave their mark on Notre-Dame cathedral by commissioning contemporary stained glass windows. While the idea of…
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La Tribune de l’Art launches a petition to save Notre-Dame’s stained glass windows
La Tribune de l’Art generally prefers to support petitions rather than launch them itself. But the announcement by the President of the Republic that he was going to replace some of…
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Notre-Dame: Musée de l’Œuvre on track, Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows under threat
The President of the French Republic today visited the Notre-Dame construction site, one year to the day before it is due to reopen to the public on 8 December 2024. The framework is almost…
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Several sculpture sales at Paris in December
Sculpture lovers are in for a treat this November, with no fewer than three sales featuring sculptures, particularly 19th-century bronzes. The first will take place tomorrow, Friday 8 December at…
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