Didier Rykner
Articles
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Notre-Dame: the untruths of Archbishop UlrichCan you be an archbishop and lie? Clearly, yes, as Archbishop Laurent Ulrich has just demonstrated in an interview given to the newspaper Paris Notre-Dame, which distributes the good word of... the…
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Axel Rüger appointed Director of the Frick CollectionIan Wardropper’s departure as head of the Frick Collection, at the age of 73, was to have been succeeded by Xavier Salomon, the museum’s number two and a curator highly respected by his peers. So it…
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Death of Giovanni SartiGiovanni Sarti seemed indestructible. The news of his death in Naples on 18 September came as a surprise to everyone, who had not been aware that he had been unwell since the summer. He was born in…
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A review of the eight months of Rachida Dati’s tenure as Minister of CultureRachida Dati has been reappointed Minister of Culture. Although, as usual, we welcomed her appointment (see article), we have subsequently been critical of many of her actions, foremost among them,…
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Bercy protects the sell-off of châteauxIt may be a politically uncertain time in France, but there is no denying the need to make savings. Antoine Armand, the new Minister for the Economy and Finance, and Laurent Saint-Martin, the new…
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The garden of the former La Rochefoucauld hospital open for Heritage DaysThe Heritage Days will be an opportunity for Parisians to visit the chapel of the Institut national des jeunes aveugles (recommended by us), but also to visit the site of the former La Rochefoucauld…
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The poet and the rood screenYesterday, Wednesday, The French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) organised a press conference to give an update on the discoveries at Notre-Dame. La Tribune de…
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A publication and an exhibition of Jean Daret’s drawingsIn our review of the Jean Daret retrospective, which closes on 29 September, we reported that the Musée Granet had been able to preempt nine drawings from a sale held in Béziers on 19 March 2024.…
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Don’t blame me, blame himIn view of the success of the petition for the conservation of Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows, which has risen sharply in recent days and will certainly reach 200,000 signatories before long,…
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A new Joseph Guichard acquired by LyonIn one of the news items that we devoted to this spring’s sales in Parisian galleries, we mentioned a large drawing by Joseph Guichard, The Deploration over the Dead Christ, which we wrote would come…
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