Didier Rykner
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The non-renewal of Sébastien Allard confirms the metamorphosis of the LouvreLa nomination de Christophe Leribault est manifestement en train de changer la donne au Louvre. Une syndicaliste, avec qui nous avons pu parler, nous a confirmé ce que nous présumions déjà : le…
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A drawing by Hans Baldung Grien classified as a national treasureIt is not every day that a drawing classified as a national treasure is offered for sale at Hôtel Drouot. Whatever the quality of the sheet, one must also question the interest of a museum - the…
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Further details on works from French museums in Abu DhabiThe list of works belonging to French museums and currently at the Louvre Abu Dhabi is evidently classified as top secret. Four days ago, in fact, an AFP dispatch explained that “none of the French…
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TEFAF 2026, an excellent editionEach edition of TEFAF is remarkable, but some years seem even better than others, and this is the case for 2026 (until March 19). We saw a large number of major works, and it is often difficult to…
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An ecstatic Mary Magdalene for WashingtonThis is becoming almost a joke, and one can only hope that the arrival of Christophe Leribault, whose acquisition policies have always been both active and pertinent, will put an end to it: a new…
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Verdun acquires a work by a local artistIt is a painting by a rare artist that the Verdun museum has been able to acquire from the galerie Barnabé, in Versailles, which specialises in Old Master painting. It is in fact a work by Joseph…
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A Caravaggio for RomeLe ministère de la Culture italien a annoncé fièrement hier, dans un communiqué de presse, l’acquisition par l’État, pour dépôt au Palazzo Barberini où il était déjà prêté par son propriétaire, du…
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Seicento In Carta. 17th-century Italy, in the Musée Condé’s graphic collectionsThe Musée Condé had already widely published its rich collection of old drawings. Notably remaining were the sheets of the Seicento, which until now had never been shown in their entirety, even if…
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Façade collapse and vandalism at Église Saint-RochThe façade of the Église Saint‑Roch had been restored in 2001, twenty-five years ago. That did not prevent a large section of cornice, on the return section to the right, from collapsing. The images…
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The works of the Louvre in Abu Dhabi must be secured!Articles 12 and 13 of the agreement between France and Abu Dhabi on the Louvre Abu Dhabi are extremely clear. Article 12: “When compliance with the security and conservation standards for the loaned…
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