Didier Rykner
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A painting attributed to Noël Quillerier preempted by the Musée CarnavaletThe Musée Carnavalet recently preempted from Osenat in Versailles, for €6,930 including costs, a very interesting painting depicting The Conference of Louis XI with Saint Francis of Paola, an episode…
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Beynac: despite the condemnations, Germinal Peiro persists and signs onYou’d think you were in an Audiard film. Germinal Peiro, President of the Dordogne Departmental Council, dares to do anything. Even representing a project that has been condemned by all the judicial…
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Stained glass windows at Notre-Dame: Emmanuel Macron’s obstinacyThe French President of the Republic was not happy when he learned of the CNPA’s decision to vote against the project to replace Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows with contemporary ones. He was…
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Notre-Dame: Rachida Dati ignores the opinion of the CNPAAs we always do with new arrivals at the Ministry of Culture, we welcomed the appointment of Rachida Dati, hoping that she would bring about a change in the practices of the Ministry, especially as…
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Rouen: another fire in a historic monument, and another restoration siteMore fear than harm at Rouen cathedral, which today suffered a blaze in its spire. The fire does not appear to have caused any major damage. The cathedral is an all-metal structure, made of cast iron…
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The National Commission for Heritage and Architecture says no to the plan to remove Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windowsLa situation politique française et l’affaiblissement politique, quel que soit le gouvernement à venir, d’Emmanuel Macron, a libéré le ministère de la Culture des diktats venus de l’Élysée. C’est…
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A painting by Francesco Renaldi acquired by the Metropolitan MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum’s acquisition policy is sometimes a little hard to follow. Capable of the best - the Overbeck we mentioned a few days ago - as well as the worst - the picture by Jacques…
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New surprises from the Louvre’s online ticketing serviceWe had never taken a detailed look at the Louvre’s ticketing system, since we have our Friends of the Louvre card and, as indicated when we signed up, we are normally allowed "free and unlimited"…
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Les coulisses de l’exposition n° 1 : Étoiles du nord, à OrléansCette nouvelle émission a pour objectif de décrypter ce qui se cache derrière la fabrication d’une exposition : choix du sujet, des dates, des commissaires, des œuvres, du catalogue, de la…
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A stolen painting returned to the Musée de DoleEarlier this year, the Kâ-Mondo auction house was asked to sell a French Renaissance portrait. It didn’t take long for the Turquin firm, in charge of its appraisal, to attribute this painting - it…
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