Didier Rykner
Articles
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German Baroque drawings by Nicolas SchwedFrom now until December 7, Nicolas Schwed is presenting a museum-level exhibition of German Baroque drawings in the premises he shares with Étienne Bréton at 346, rue Saint-Honoré. And it’s likely…
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A dream Fragonard at ArtcurialArtcurial is offering another fine sale of paintings and sculptures (including a number of drawings) next week. One of the most talked-about paintings is sure to set bids alight, especially as it…
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1000 historic weapons saved from destructionThe name of La Tribune de l’Art does not appear in the press release issued by the Musée de l’Armée announcing that a thousand historic weapons will enter the collections of French museums. However,…
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An exemplary indictment of Rocher MistralOn Tuesday 14 November, Rocher Mistral and Vianney d’Alençon appeared before the criminal court in Aix-en-Provence to answer for the countless breaches of the heritage, town planning and…
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Un discours prometteur du nouveau ministre de l’Education nationale, Gabriel AttalDans La Tribune de l’Art, nous avons trop peu l’occasion de dire du bien des ministres. Nous l’avions fait une fois au moins, récemment, à propos de la précédente ministre de la Culture, Roselyne…
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A report on Versailles by the French Court of AccountsThe Court of Accounts’ reports on public cultural institutions are always interesting reading and most of the time raise excellent questions. Their only limitation is, sometimes, a lack of…
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The Treasury of Notre-Dame cathedralContrary to what you might read here or there (and even in some of the texts of the remarkable catalogue accompanying the Louvre exhibition), the treasury of Notre-Dame cathedral was not saved…
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A painting by Bonnefond donated to AmiensA new painting that belonged to Bruno Foucart’s collection has just made its way into a museum, the Picardie Museum in Amiens, this time donated by Vincent Foucart, another of his brothers, who is…
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A Vallayer-Coster exhibition at the Galerie CoatalemSi Anne Vallayer-Coster a fait l’objet d’une rétrospective en France, c’était à Marseille, en 2003. Mais Paris n’avait jamais eu la chance de voir réunies en un même lieu un grand nombre de ses tableaux.…
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The Oberkampf Pool finally listed as a historic monumentFortunately, it’s not all bad news. We reported a year and a half ago on the threats hanging over the Molitor Pool, a fine example of Art Deco, a style that has been vandalised too often in recent…