Didier Rykner

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  • VAT on imported works of art: French suicide

    The import tax can be understood as soon as it regulates the imports of goods that a country (or a set of countries governed by a common market) uses, from other countries, and that weigh on its…

  • Bernini, Raphael and (very) artificial intelligence

    For the past few weeks, the phrase "artificial intelligence" has been on everyone’s lips. This is due in part to the release of ChatGPT, a "conversational robot" that is supposed to be able to…

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  • Two restorations for the Jean Bardin exhibition in Orléans

    The few reservations we had about Jean Bardin’s large church paintings seemed to make some people think that this called into question both the painter’s interest and that of the exhibition. This…

  • Sylvain Maillard stronger than Anne Hidalgo

    Since her election in 2014, Anne Hidalgo and her team have been ravaging Paris. We have devoted countless articles to the state of this city, its heritage, its urban planning and its roads. We…

  • A painting by Scheffer acquired by Montargis

    The Girodet Museum in Montargis has acquired from the Galerie Talabardon & Gautier a painting by Ary Scheffer representing The Farewells of Girodet to his workshop. There were many accounts…

  • Trésors nationaux : le raisonnement mesquin de l’État

    Le don par LVMH du canotier de Gustave Caillebotte au Musée d’Orsay est un très beau geste qui mérite d’être salué en dépit de la chasse aux riches que certains aimeraient mener. La France est…