Exhibitions
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Noël Coypel, painter to the KingFollowing on from Versailles, the Noël Coypel retrospective is now on show at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes. But they are not the same exhibition, even though the two share a common catalogue.…
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Jean Mayodon. Precious earthOnly enthusiasts of 20th-century decorative arts are likely to be familiar with the exceptional pieces by Raymond Subes and Jean Mayodon housed in Sens: the two friends, who probably met at the…
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A Chana Orloff exhibition at the Musée ZadkineShe tends towards caricature without ever making fun of her model, for whom she has an obvious tenderness. Chana Orloff sculpts portraits with a benevolent humour, translating the haughty bearing…
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A world of light. Stained glass windows by Francis Chigot and his workshopShe is an ideal ambassador to welcome the many visitors to this fascinating exhibition, which is the result of an intelligent and fruitful collaboration between two regional institutions: the…
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Horace VernetAt the 1855 Universal Exhibition, which took the place of the Salon and where foreign schools came to confront the French school, the latter put four painters in the limelight, who benefited from…
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Drawings from Bruegel to Rubens in Flemish CollectionsThe opportunity to admire such a fine collection of Flemish drawings is so rare that we can only regret having missed the opening in autumn 2023 of this exciting Antwerp exhibition, which has…
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Prosper MériméeA writer, of course, and one of the best of the French nineteenth century, of which there were many, but also a historian, art critic and many other things besides, Prosper Mérimée is a fascinating…
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Léon Monet, brother of the artist and collectorLéon Monet, brother of the artist and collector. The subject is new, the personality just exhumed. After more than a century of posthumous oblivion, omitted by the teeming bibliography attached to…
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A Caravaggesque spring at VersaillesSent to board in Amiens for the duration of the "Louis XV, passions d’un roi" exhibition, the "masterpieces from the King’s bedroom" naturally returned to Versailles in the spring, although they…
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Antoine Caron, an exhibition at the Château d’ÉcouenThe excellent retrospective exhibition devoted by the Château d’Écouen to the painter Antoine Caron, in addition to its many qualities, boasts an extraordinary feat that should encourage any art…
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Aristide Maillol: la quête de l’harmonieLa Piscine in Roubaix is certainly the ideal place to host the last stage of the excellent Maillol retrospective discovered at the Musée d’Orsay last year and then proposed at the Kunsthaus in…
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Cecco del CaravaggioThe Batistello Caracciolo exhibition in Naples last year, which we were lucky enough to see but did not write about, Theodoor Rombouts in Ghent, soon Finson in Marseilles, which we are…
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Two rich exhibitions tell the story of the Wars of ReligionBecause the clash of arms was never far from the splendour of the Renaissance, the Wars of Religion have retained a prominent place in our collective memory: thanks to Alexandre Dumas and then…
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Naples for passion. Masterworks from the De Vito collectionWe were probably among the first in France to talk about the De Vito Foundation, housed in the Villa di Olmo in the Tuscan countryside a few kilometres from Florence, which preserves a remarkable…
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Process: Design Drawings from the Rijksmuseum 1500-1900Drawings for forks, chandeliers, stoves and mirrors? If the former Hôtel Turgot has always been home to furniture and objects, it is nonetheless a paradoxical exhibition that is stopping by the…
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De BentvueghelsConnaissez-vous Orlando, Bockbaert, Vrijman, Heremyt, Inamorato, Ratel ou Orizzonte ? Pour le dernier, vous pensez peut-être à Jan Frans van Bloemen et vous vous rapprochez. Car ce peintre fut…
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Pastels. From Millet to RedonNo, blurring is not the essence of pastel. It would be absurd to consider that this coloured stick is only good for reproducing "anything pink, silk or gauze". And the landscape painter Camille…
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Giovanni Bellini. Cross-influencesHow can you recognise the genius of a painter without seeing the diversity of his work? It is true that the Madonnas and the Child were Bellini’s stock in trade, and he not only multiplied his…
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Swedish EcstasyFive years ago, we discovered the art of Hilma af Klint, a Swedish painter from the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, whose works were linked to spiritualism. This…
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VermeerHurry to the website of the Rijksmuseum, click frantically to obtain the famous sesame. New visiting slots are offered: it is still possible to see Vermeer on certain evenings at 9:30 pm. By the…
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Theodoor Rombouts, Virtuoso of Flemish CaravaggismWhen one thinks of Caravagesques, Italian, Spanish, French or Dutch painters come to mind. Flemish painters are often overlooked, sometimes forgotten. This is probably a consequence of the…
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Le Beau SiècleIt is with a cannon shot that this fascinating exhibition begins, undoubtedly the richest of the year in the field of ancient art since it is an almost exhaustive panorama of a century of…
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Exhibition, restoration, lay out, acquisition... News from the Girodet MuseumAfter the dramatic floods of 2016, the Musée Girodet had reopened, but the collections were still being restored, so not everything could be displayed yet. The situation continues to improve and…
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The art of Eugène CarrièreSince mid-January, the Jocelyn Wolff Gallery has been presenting a group of works by Eugène Carrière, some of which are offered for sale, an event that will include a round table on Sunday 26…
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AlbâtreC’est une manifestation en tous points parfaite qui s’achève malheureusement à la fin du mois et que nous avons seulement découverte tardivement, en marge d’une visite de la BRAFA bruxelloise : nous ne…
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Poussin et l’AmourNous avons déjà publié une vidéo de l’exposition Poussin et l’Amour qui se tient actuellement au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. Il est temps de lui consacrer l’article qu’il mérite. Il s’agit en effet…
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Le chic ! Arts décoratifs et mobilier de 1930 à 1960Il n’est jamais très bon de se retrouver du mauvais côté de la modernité, cette situation assurant, au mieux, quelques décennies d’oubli en réserves, voire pire. Plus personne - hormis quelques…
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