Didier Rykner
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Notre-Dame: Musée de l’Œuvre on track, Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows under threatThe 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 DecemberSculpture 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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This Pichon was none other than an Ingres...Pierre-Auguste Pichon was a close pupil and collaborator of Ingres. An interesting religious painter, he painted decorations for the churches of Saint-Eustache, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Sulpice and…
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Statue unbolted and Art Deco destroyed - yesterday’s sad newsIf only there were a French Ministry of Culture responsible for heritage, that would be a good idea. Unfortunately, the joke is back in the news. Two events have just occurred, two events that we…
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Pierre Subleyras 1699-1749"Which French painter, apart perhaps Nicolas Poussin, was like him the greatest painter of Rome?" Thus ends the long essay that precedes Nicolas Lesur’s catalogue raisonné of Pierre Subleyras, just…
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Stijn Alsteens appointed director of the Fondation CustodiaThe information was to remain confidential until midday so that the news could first be announced to the employees of the Fondation Custodia. But we learned of it yesterday through indiscretions,…
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Preemption of the Musée du Grand Siècle at the Artcurial saleMusée de beaux-arts, le futur Musée du Grand Siècle a également pour objectif de faire comprendre aux visiteurs tous les aspects de la vie au XVIIe siècle. Le tableau qu’il vient de préempter chez…
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Ruth and Booz by Charles Gleyre preempted by the Musée FabreLe Ruth et Booz de Charles Gleyre qu’a préempté le Musée Fabre à la vente Artcurial du 22 novembre est à la fois un chef-d’œuvre de cet artiste dont une rétrospective avait été présentée à Lausanne en…
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Exhibition in Paris galleries: Talabardon & GautierIn our article at the beginning of the year announcing the Talabardon & Gautier sale at Hôtel Drouot, we expressed the hope that these would bounce back. It did not take long for this wish to…
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Exhibitions in Paris galleries: Nouvelle Athènes and ChaptalTwice a year, the Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes presents works mainly from the 19th century, and publishes a catalogue to mark the occasion. This year, November 2023, is no exception to tradition,…
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