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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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The Louvre buys a drawing by Jacques BellangeThis is certainly one of the most beautiful sheets by Jacques Bellange to reappear on the market in recent years, and we mentioned it in article on the Christie’s sale on 20 March 2024. The Musée…
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A drawing by Laurent Guyot for the Mobilier nationalThis sheet by Laurent Guyot, which took pride of place at the centre of the Madrid gallery owner José de la Mano’s stand at the opening of the last Salon du Dessin, could not fail to interest the…
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The Boejat legacy in Nantes (2): old master drawingsThe Boejat bequest to Nantes includes paintings and drawings. After writing about French paintings of the 17th and 18th centuries, we are publishing here the twelve old master drawings that are…
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The Louvre preempts three tapestriesThere is the charming detail of the squirting water in the centre of the composition: Diana splashes Actaeon to repel him. This reaction is well and truly specified by Ovid. The author of the…
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Two new 18th-century tapestries preempted by the Mobilier nationalWe announced a little less than a month ago that the Galerie Chevalier was exhibiting a series of sumptuous tapestries dating from the 17th to 18th centuries, which it was preparing to sell under…
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A first Artemisia Gentileschi for BostonArtemisia Gentileschi still does not feature in the Louvre or even in French public collections, major foreign museums are continuing to purchase her works from the French art market. After the…
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Langres acquires a painting by VolaireAs it celebrates its tenth anniversary, the Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot is stepping up its acquisitions, as demonstrated by our series of articles recently published on the subject. Acquired…
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An 18th-century clock acquired by the Musée Paul-DupuyUsually embodied by a moderately friendly bearded old man, beating the air with his wings and scythe, Time is evoked here by four much more cheerful young women; two of them are…
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A bust of "Baron" Schmiedel enters the Metropolitan MuseumThis is an effigy that was an ideal loss leader on the Kugel gallery stand at the Maastricht Tefaf and was even chosen to illustrate its latest greetings card. This Meissen hard-paste porcelain…
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Vaux-le-Vicomte launches a subscription to buy a tapestryHow to retain Spring? The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte is launching a crowfunding, in collaboration with the Sauvegarde de l’art français, to purchase a tapestry from the Gardener Children hanging.…
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A foundation stone and a new acquisition for the Musée du Grand SiècleThe Musée du Grand Siècle project, which we have been following since its inception, has just reached a new milestone: the laying of the foundation stone. Although this is a symbolic event (the…
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16th-century Italian sculpture acquired by the PradoA marble by Giovanni Bandini has finally been purchased by the Prado Museum, having been declared a "property of cultural interest" last April by the Comunidad de Madrid. This Venus accompanied…
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Two paintings by Rachel Ruysch for Dublin and BostonDominated by an elegant tulip, but also embellished with roses and forget-me-nots, the composition is seductive from the first glance, even if we are also drawn in by the almost incongruous…
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Two new Swedish paintings for OrsayAs we recently pointed out when Carl Forsberg’s superb watercolour entered the Musée d’Orsay’s collections, Scandinavian art is one of the main focuses of the Musée d’Orsay’s current acquisitions…
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The Conservatoire d’art dramatique soon to be "classé" as a historic monumentIt’s a fight we’ve been waging for several years now, and to which we’ve devoted many articles. Thanks to the Minister for Culture, Rima Abdul-Malak, who is at last keeping a promise made by…
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The Maharajah of Indore returns to Christie’sThirty-two lots, it’s not much, of course, but it’s enough to evoke one of design lovers’ favourite stories: that of the Maharajah of Indore and his palace at Manik Bagh. Four years after the rich…
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The Kimbell buys a masterpiece by GainsboroughA century or so ago, Thomas Gainsborough was among the most sought after Old Masters painters by American collectors. He became a household name after his Blue Boy was sold in 1921 by the Second…
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Clouets for the Louvre and ChantillyThe portraits of two brothers by François Clouet recently joined the public collections, acquired by the Musée du Louvre and the Musée Condé in Chantilly on the same day in June: one represents the…
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A first Hammershøi for ChicagoThe Art Institute of Chicago continues to make spectacular acquisitions, adding Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi to its collection for €8,397,322. Acquired from Sotheby’s New York on 16 May after…
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An exhibition of wallpapers at the Galerie LéageWallpaper (in French "papier peint") is not painted. Of course, it was in its early days, when it was created by the Chinese and adorned the walls of the sumptuous interiors described by Marco…
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A sculpture by Charlotte Besnard for the Philadelphia Museum of ArtA true glory of French painting during the Belle Époque, Albert Besnard had to wait until 2016 to be truly rescued from the oblivion to which he had unfortunately ended up falling, thanks to a…
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Marseille buys a portrait by Dominique PapetyBorn in Marseilles, Dominique Papety suffered a tragic fate: he died at the age of just 34 from cholera, which he contracted during a trip to Greece. His short career was nonetheless fruitful,…
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