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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 Mars by Giambologna crosses the AtlanticTrès admiré à Londres en juillet 2023 puis à Maastricht en mars 2024, le très beau Mars de Giambologna que proposait Stuart Lochhead ne pouvait qu’intéresser les grands musées nord-américains et c’est…
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Sylvain Amic appointed head of the Musée d’OrsaySince the announcement of Christophe Leribault’s departure for Versailles last February, this was one of the most eagerly awaited appointments. Although a short list of candidates had been…
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Restorations at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in RennesThe DJ (or disc-jockeys) of electro music - the Shindi collective - asked the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes to shoot a video clip in the heart of the permanent exhibition. There was no danger to…
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A Self-portrait by Émile Bernard preempted by Pont-AvenÉmile Bernard’s Self-portrait was preempted by the Musée de Pont-Aven and fetched €50 400 at Christie’s sale in Paris on 10 April. It adds a first self-portrait to the group of around fifteen…
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The Musée de Vizille hangs one of its recent acquisitionsA large canvas by the painter Hippolyte Pierre Delanoy, The Desk of Citizen Carnot or The Table of Citizen Carnot, has just been hung in the Musée de la Révolution Française in Vizille. Passed…
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A new Antigna pour OrléansThese are blessed times for collectors and museums who are not afraid to think outside the box. While some exceptional works are selling for prices that are no less exceptional, and while a few…
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A work by the Master of the Corsi Crucifix for FlorenceThis Christ on the Cross took pride of place on dealer Fabrizio Moretti’s stand at the 2022 Florence International Biennial of Antiquities. The Florentine gallery owner, based in London, Monaco…
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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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A Cassatt for the Fondation BembergThis young girl portrayed by Mary Cassatt in 1879 is inevitably reminiscent of the famous portrait of Berthe Morisot with a bouquet of violets, Édouard Manet’s masterpiece of 1872. Finally, the…
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A new Muse by Philippe Quantin preempted by DijonSet in a spare architectural décor, surrounded by a variety of musical instruments and draped in an ample red drapery, the muse Euterpe plays a long flute, as indicated by the inscription on the…
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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: Bordes, Poncelin de Raucourt, Néouze"A woman with a fan is stronger than a man with a sword", as Anne-Françoise-Hippolyte Boutet, known as Mademoiselle Mars, liked to say. The famous actress was portrayed by the greatest artists,…
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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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What will become of Louis XV’s commode?Curious onlookers, connoisseurs, experts and dealers flocked to the Saint-Germain-en-Laye auction house this morning, where - for less than three days - an exceptional piece of furniture finally…
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Exhibitions in Paris galleries: Moretti and Galerie CanessoThe plague, with its buboes and corpses, inspired miracles in saints and masterpieces in artists, as witnessed by Antonio Gherardi’s Saint Charles Borromeo Giving the Eucharist to the Pestiferous.…
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First Millet painting acquired by the Van Gogh MuseumWhile the Van Gogh Museum already featured a painting by Jean-François Millet in its permanent collection, this Girl Carrying Water was on loan from the neighboring Rijksmuseum, and only one…
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Helene Schjerfbeck enters the Metropolitan Museum and OrsayHitherto absent from American and French museum collections, the Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck has entered the Metropolitan Museum and the Musée d’Orsay at almost the same time. The New York…
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German Baroque drawings by Nicolas SchwedFrom now until December 7, Nicolas Schwed is presenting a museum-level exhibition of German Baroque drawings in the premises he shares with Étienne Bréton at 346, rue Saint-Honoré. And it’s likely…
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A dream Fragonard at ArtcurialArtcurial is offering another fine sale of paintings and sculptures (including a number of drawings) next week. One of the most talked-about paintings is sure to set bids alight, especially as it…
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Marie-Madeleine classified as a National TreasureHere is a work of immediate appeal, whose rarity and historical importance for medieval sculpture have often been hailed by specialists: proposed at Azur Enchères in Cannes on June 14th,…
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Orsay acquires a work by Georges de FeureSiegfried Bing played a leading role in the revival of the decorative arts. In 1895, he opened his shop "L’Art nouveau" in Paris, which gave its name to the famous artistic movement that…
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A sumptuous "classic week" at Christie’s in ParisShould this be seen as a tribute to the famous Rothschild taste, to which the auction house strives to pay homage? Christie’s seems to have opted for accumulation, compiling up to seven (!) sales…
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Sculptures for sale at Sotheby’sNeptune and Juno emerge from the marble. These reliefs, attributed to the entourage of Jean Goujon and dated between 1550 and 1570, were part of a set depicting the four elements. Juno on her…
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Two paintings by Jacques Dumont le Romain for VersaillesIf there will probably never be an exhibition devoted to Marie-Josèphe de Saxe (1731-1767), it’s not just because she never ascended the throne : the mother of the last three kings of France was…
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A first 15th-century drawing for LeuvenThis is the very first drawing to join the fifteenth-century collection held by the Museum Leuven. Done by an artist in Rogier van der Weyden’s circle, this Swoon of the Virgin, executed in brown…
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