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A work by Rebecca Solomon for two English museumsIt is a painting that has everything to please today’s museums, presented as ‘a complex reflection on gender, race, religion and education in mid-nineteenth-century London’. Painted in 1861 by a…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 12 - 24/4/24 : Olivia VoisinThis week we talk to Olivia Voisin, Director of Orléans Museums, and in particular the Musée des Beaux-Arts. She talks to us about this museum (and others), its very active acquisitions policy, and…
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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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A Mars by Giambologna crosses the AtlanticTrès admiré à Londres en juillet 2023 puis à Maastricht en mars 2024, le très beau Mars de Giambologna que proposait Stuart Lochhead ne pouvait qu’intéresser les grands musées nord-américains et c’est…
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Géricaults rediscovered in museums? Really?The discovery or rediscovery of paintings attributed to great masters is a regular occurrence in art history. Attribution is not an exact science, and the identity of the authors of certain works…
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The French Ministry of Culture requests the removal of a non-compliant installationIf the request made by Culture Minister Rachida Dati to Société Foncière Lyonnaise (SFL) the day before yesterday, Thursday 18 April, is acted upon, it is a welcome one. This developer is in charge…
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Sylvain Amic appointed head of the Musée d’OrsaySince the announcement of Christophe Leribault’s departure for Versailles last February, this was one of the most eagerly awaited appointments. Although a short list of candidates had been…
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Fragments of the rood screen at Notre-Dame finally revealedLast July, we wrote an article about "the obstruction of INRAP", which did not want to give access to the fragments of sculptures from the rood screen of the cathedral discovered during the…
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Restorations at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in RennesThe DJ (or disc-jockeys) of electro music - the Shindi collective - asked the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes to shoot a video clip in the heart of the permanent exhibition. There was no danger to…
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A Self-portrait by Émile Bernard preempted by Pont-AvenÉmile Bernard’s Self-portrait was preempted by the Musée de Pont-Aven and fetched €50 400 at Christie’s sale in Paris on 10 April. It adds a first self-portrait to the group of around fifteen…
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Ouvrages reçus du 17 novembre 2023 au 18 avril 2024Nous mettons en ligne régulièrement les ouvrages reçus. Il s’agit ici de signaler leur parution en ajoutant éventuellement un bref descriptif expliquant rapidement de quoi il s’agit (ou en publiant…
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Carpets from the Galerie d’Apollon and the Grande Galerie of the LouvreAt the beginning of the reign of Louis XIV, when the Palais du Louvre was destined to become the official residence of the new king - before being supplanted by Versailles - thirteen carpets were…
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The Musée de Vizille hangs one of its recent acquisitionsA large canvas by the painter Hippolyte Pierre Delanoy, The Desk of Citizen Carnot or The Table of Citizen Carnot, has just been hung in the Musée de la Révolution Française in Vizille. Passed…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 11 - 17/4/24 : Nicolas SchwedThis week we talk to Nicolas Schwed, a drawing dealer in Paris. He regularly organises exhibitions in his Paris gallery, which we often report on here, and talks to us about drawing collectors,…
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From Copenhagen to ParisThere is no end to the litany of historic monuments in France and elsewhere in Europe that have gone up in flames while work was underway to restore them. This time it’s Denmark’s turn to be hit by…
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A new Antigna pour OrléansThese are blessed times for collectors and museums who are not afraid to think outside the box. While some exceptional works are selling for prices that are no less exceptional, and while a few…
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The Louvre buys a drawing by Jacques BellangeThis is certainly one of the most beautiful sheets by Jacques Bellange to reappear on the market in recent years, and we mentioned it in article on the Christie’s sale on 20 March 2024. The Musée…
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A drawing by Laurent Guyot for the Mobilier nationalThis sheet by Laurent Guyot, which took pride of place at the centre of the Madrid gallery owner José de la Mano’s stand at the opening of the last Salon du Dessin, could not fail to interest the…
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A terracotta by Pierino da Vinci for ClevelandIn February, a complex and fascinating sculpture joined the rich collections of the Ohio Museum, which was able to acquire it from Stuart Lochhead thanks to funding from the Leonard C. Hanna Jr.…
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A painting by Alonso Cano acquired for CórdobaBent over or standing, with his arms tied behind his back or on his stomach, surrounded by his executioners or alone, Christ at the column is a subject that allows artists to depict a naked body,…
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A new watercolour by Eugène Lami for the Musée CondéOn 22 March this year, the Château de Chantilly, which is now very active in terms of acquisitions because it knows how to find sponsors to replace the budgets it lacks, preempted a watercolour by…
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Death of Dominique PonnauDominique Ponnau, conservateur général du Patrimoine et directeur de l’École du Louvre de 1982 à 2002, s’est éteint le 7 avril 2024. Beaucoup, notamment parmi ses anciens élèves, se souviendront de son…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 10 - 10/4/24 : Rodolphe RapettiCette semaine, nous recevons Rodolphe Rapetti, le directeur du château de Compiègne. Nous avons récemment consacré plusieurs articles à ce château-musée à propos de la réouverture du Musée de…
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A first Boilly for the Musée de l’ArméeThis is an atypical drawing for Boilly, who rarely painted military subjects, but it is also a reminder that the artist was rather discreet from the start of the French Revolution, during which…
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A representation from the 1874 Salon donated to OrsaySeven artists collaborated on this painting of elegant visitors to the 1874 Salon. The author of the composition, Camille Cabaillot-Lassalle, asked several painters to reproduce on his canvas the…
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A painting by Sophie Fremier bought by the GettyThe painting is unsigned, and it is easy to trace it on the internet before it was bought by the Robilant+Voena gallery, from which the Getty Museum acquired it. Initially on the art market as…
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Research announcement : Albert Maignan exhibition, Musée de Picardie in AmiensFrom June 2025 to January 2026, the Musée de Picardie will be staging the first retrospective devoted to Albert Maignan, a prolific artist who lent his talents to easel painting, illustration and…
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The Louvre preempts a masterpiece by Claude BeissonatDiscovered in autumn 2023 in Paris during its first exhibition at Alexandre Lacroix and Élodie Jeannest de Gyvès, this Immaculate Conception immediately established itself as the most beautiful…
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A painting by Maurice Denis acquired by the RijksmuseumThe publication by the Rijksmuseum of its bulletin gives us the opportunity to look back at some of its acquisitions that we have not yet mentioned. Presented by Wildenstein & Co at the 2023…
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Notre-Dame: a very intrusive choir organNotre-Dame should not be a playground for the French President of the Republic or the Archbishop of Paris. No doubt they think they have some legitimacy in the decisions they take, but they have…
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Leighton House acquires the sketch of a major workAlthough Frederic Leighton’s masterpiece Flaming June is not in its possession, the museum dedicated to the artist, housed in his astonishing London home, does have several preparatory studies. In…
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A Christ after Velázquez for the Museo SorollaSorolla se considérait lui-même comme un «enfant de Velázquez». Il commença par regarder ses œuvres au Prado lors d’un premier séjour à Madrid en 1881 ; non seulement il conserva une trentaine de…
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L’invité de La Tribune de l’Art n° 9 - 3/4/24 : Alexandre d’AndoqueIt’s been over a year since we last produced a podcast, mainly due to time constraints. We’re going to try to be more regular in future, but we prefer not to commit ourselves unless we’re sure we…
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A self-portrait by Antonio D’Este for ChicagoAlors que l’Art Institute de Chicago consacrait en ce début d’année une exposition à Antonio Canova, une œuvre de son principal collaborateur et disciple Antonio D’Este rejoignait ses riches…
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Six paintings donated subject to usufruct in AmiensWe recently reported on the donation of an Antoine Vestier painting to the Musée de Picardie by a couple of collectors. These collectors are particaularly generous, having recently donated six new…
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The Musée Rodin buys an early work by the artistAn exhibition devoted to Carrier-Belleuse at Compiègne in 2014 recalled - even in its title, to attract visitors - that this great sculptor of the Second Empire was Auguste Rodin’s master. Their…
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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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Neo-Gothic furniture acquired by StrasbourgA fine collection of neo-Gothic furniture recently joined the collections of the Musée des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg. Commissioned in the mid-1860s for a Strasbourg doctor’s surgery, that of Dr…
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The Getty buys a self-portrait by Elena Luksch-MakowskyElena Makowsky-Luksch’s fear of abandoning her art to take on the role of wife and mother can be seen in her work throughout her career. After much hesitation, she finally married the Viennese…
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Two drawings for the Musée de la MarineFull of life, these two large sheets greeted visitors to the exhibition organised by Artcurial ahead of last week’s sales and seemed so destined for the Musée de la Marine that we were surprised…
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A new 18th-century biscuit for SèvresVisitors to the excellent exhibition "La Manufacture des Lumières" will no doubt not have forgotten the fine collection of terracotta models, many of which were little known because they were…
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The Beauvoisine Museum in Rouen: a ruinous and destructive projectWhen we met the new director of Rouen’s museums at a press briefing, he told us about the "vast architectural and museographic renovation project" for the two museums in the rue Beauvoisine, the…
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The third Paris Print FairWith twenty international exhibitors gathered in the intimate setting of the refectory of the Cordeliers convent at the time of the Salon du Dessin, and with old, modern and contemporary prints…
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The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (5)This is the fifth and final article in a long marathon that has taken us to all the galleries in Paris (or at least we hope we haven’t missed any) that are holding exhibitions to mark the Semaine…
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Three new databasesWe’ve been announcing it for a long time, but this time it’s done: our databases are being enriched, and no fewer than three new ones will be added to the existing Stella database, which lists…
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The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (4)Rarely has drawing week seen so many exhibitions in Parisian galleries. We need the time to see them and write the articles, which sometimes explains why publications are spread over several…
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The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (3)Elle fut représentée par les portraitistes les plus recherchés de la cour, mais parce qu’on n’est jamais aussi bien flatté que par soi-même, la duchesse de Montpensier ne ce contenta pas de ces…
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The Salon du Dessin 2024 is now openComme chaque année, et par chance sous un beau soleil qui avait fui Paris depuis plusieurs mois, le Salon du Dessin a rouvert ses portes dans le Palais de la Bourse, cadre intimiste qui lui…
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Research announcement: Édouard Riou (1833-1900)As part of a publication project, art historian Aline Lemonnier-Mercier and I, Lucile Haguet, curator of libraries at the Bibliothèque municipale classée du Havre, are looking for original…
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The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (2)The enigmatic but impressive self-portrait by Nicolaus Ritter Junior will take pride of place for a few more days in Jonathan den Otter’s fine exhibition at Benjamin Peronnet on rue de Louvois,…
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