Didier Rykner
Articles
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Around Place VendômeThe exhibition is now over (it lasted only nine days) and we did not write about it in time. This is most regrettable, as not only were the works of very high quality, but it also showed that…
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Reopening of Nantes CathedralLe 18 juillet 2020, un incendie frappait, à nouveau - rappelons que son toit était parti en fumée en 1972 - la cathédrale de Nantes. Bien que criminel, celui-ci révélait néanmoins quelques…
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A Navez for Orléans, and another one for the Metropolitan MuseumLes lecteurs de La Tribune de l’Art sont désormais familiers avec la figure d’Antoine Béal, collectionneur parisien et mécène infatigable des musées français, qui leur offre régulièrement des œuvres,…
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Bayeux Tapestry: the Élysée writes to La Tribune de l’ArtC’est une lettre très aimable que l’Élysée nous a adressée, en date du 24 septembre 2025. Nous avions en effet saisi la Commission d’accès aux documents administratifs (CADA), afin d’obtenir le…
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A second Crucifixion by ter Brugghen for American museumsDuring the 2020 edition of TEFAF, one of the most beautiful paintings — which we had in fact reproduced in our article — was unquestionably the Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John by Hendrick…
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The Louvre displays a large mirrorThe Louvre is apparently content to keep artworks in storage, out of public view. On LinkedIn, the Director of the Department of Paintings at the Louvre, Sébastien Allard, expressed his satisfaction,…
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King David joins two SibylsA year ago, a dossier exhibition of five paintings by Guercino was presented at Waddesdon Manor (see the news item of 19/10/24). Among them were three works with a complex history, linked by the…
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The study confirming the risks faced by the Bayeux TapestryLes deux études étaient « confidentielles ». Nous avons saisi la CADA, et l’association Sites & Monuments a lancé une procédure de « référé mesures utiles » pour les obtenir. Mais, alors que la…
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A Pichon given to OrléansAmong the many pupils of Ingres, Pierre-Auguste Pichon, originally from Toulouse, was one of the most faithful and one of his close collaborators. In addition to his own work, which was very…
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FAB Paris warms upThe relief is real. There had indeed been some concern ahead of this new edition of Fine Arts la Biennale — now referred to as FAB — following last year’s frigid and lacklustre edition. Was the more…
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