Didier Rykner
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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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Deaths of François Souchal and Gabriel WeisbergWe have recently learned of the deaths of two figures in the world of art history, François Souchal and Gabriel Weisberg. François Souchal passed away on 28 December, at the age of 98. An…
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Catherine Pégard, French minister for cultureIIt usually takes at least three months for the minister for culture to fall out with La Tribune de l’Art. This time, it has already happened, so time is saved. Let us be fair, however. If Catherine…
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After Orsay and Versailles, Christophe Leribault takes the helm of the LouvreChristophe Leribault has just achieved an almost complete sweep, as he is expected to be appointed today as head of the Musée du Louvre, replacing Laurence des Cars. While the name circulating widely…
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Annick Lemoine appointed president of the Musée d’OrsayWhile we wait, probably later today, for the announcement of Laurence des Cars’ replacement at the Louvre, the Journal Officiel has just confirmed the name that had been circulating for several days…
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Laurence des Cars leaves the LouvreHer departure was inevitable, yet she held on for a little over four months after the theft of the Crown Jewels. Laurence des Cars is therefore leaving the Louvre by the back door, having submitted…
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A subscription launched by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de RennesCamille Boiry is a little-known name, but he was nevertheless one of the artists highlighted by the Rennes 1922 exhibition organised in 2022 by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes. We reproduced at…
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Louvre: an interim report from the inquiry commissionThe president and the rapporteur of the National Assembly’s inquiry commission on the safeguarding of heritage, and in particular of the Louvre, following the theft of 19 October, held a press…
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The Galerie Éric Coatalem exhibits the TiepolosÉric Coatalem has now accustomed us to staging in his gallery on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré monographic exhibitions devoted to great masters of the eighteenth century. After Hubert Robert, Fragonard,…
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New flooding : the Louvre keeps sinking furtherAt the Louvre, no one knows where to turn. Hardly had we learned of the arrest of several gallery attendants suspected of having embezzled at least 10 million euros from ticket sales, when today we…
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