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A painting by Charles Valfort acquired by the Musée de la Vie romantiqueUne fascinante représentation d’atelier d’artiste rejoint les collections du Musée de la Vie romantique. Acquise auprès de la galerie Michel Descours à Paris, elle est due à Charles Valfort, peintre et…
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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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Rennes seeks sponsors to restore a tapestry cartonAs Fate would have it, some of the tapestries from the Parlement de Bretagne that were not destroyed in the fire of 1994 disappeared in 1997 in a fire in the restoration workshop where they had…
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An unpublished sanguine by Bandinelli acquired by the GettyIt was one of the most important sheets on offer at last year’s Salon du Dessin (see article), where it took pride of place on the stand of Jean-Luc Baroni & Marty de Cambiaire, who will…
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A Zoffany for EnglandL’acteur Robert Baddeley incarna le rôle stéréotypé du Juif usurier dans la pièce de Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal ou L’Ecole de la médisance. Présentée en 1777 au théâtre royal de…
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Many judicial and financial problems for Rocher MistralRocher Mistral and Vianney d’Alançon have just been condemned, at first instance, by the Aix-en-Provence court for unauthorised work carried out at the Château de La Barben. It is interesting to…
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Research announcement: the portrait of Jean-Pierre Dobelle by Félix Del MarleThe Musée d’art et d’industrie André Diligent-La Piscine in Roubaix recently acquired a painting by Félix del Marle, the first to join its collections, the effigy of a Jeune garçon au ballon, portrait…
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A first Félix Del Marle for Roubaix
It will be presented as part of the thematic exhibition "Les enfants de la Piscine" (Children of La Piscine) that the Roubaix museum is preparing to unveil in parallel with the exhibition…
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The Groninger Museum buys a painting by Herman ColleniusIt’s the second shot that catches the eye: behind the allegory of Time, embodied by a magnificent old man with his scythe and hourglass, appears one of the oldest representations of the city of…
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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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Two acquisitions for the Musée BonnardIt’s not really a portrait. When he painted little Isabelle Lecomte du Noüy in Le Cannet in 1929, Pierre Bonnard captured all the charm of childhood under his brush (ill. 1). The little girl is…
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Quimper adds to its 20th-century collectionThey are part of the section devoted to Max Jacob in the exhibition Fragments surréalistes, René Iché et les poètes currently on show at the Musée des beaux-arts de Quimper, a variant of the…
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Péristyles - Cahier des Amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, n°62, décembre 2023Éditorial - Paul Vert, Renommées et petits trésors Entretien avec Sophie Laroche et Pierre-Hippolyte Pénet, D’or, d’art et de science. La place Stanislas, coeur de la vie intellectuelle à Nancy au…
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Comfort at the museumVisiter un musée ne doit pas devenir un parcours du combattant. Ils sont beaucoup trop nombreux à oublier cette composante essentielle pour la délectation artistique : le confort. Visiting a museum…
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Christophe Leribault leaves Orsay for VersaillesAlthough we knew a few days ago that Catherine Pégard’s succession had - at last - been settled, with the as yet unannounced appointment of Christophe Leribault as President of the Etablissement…
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17th-century embroidered masterpiece being acquired by AmiensThere are sometimes - often - acquisition projects that La Tribune de l’Art can only endorse, and invite its esteemed readers to do likewise: the exceptional antependium embroidered at the end of…
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Research announcement : Majid Boustany Research Grant and Prix DenonThe Majid Boustany Fund, created in 2020 as part of the Endowment Fund of the Musée du Louvre, will now permanently finance a scholarship for the benefit of the Musée du Louvre, as well as a new…
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Fundraising launched to restore Saint-Louis de VincennesOf course, you have to push open the door. From the street, its silhouette is austere, clad in millstone and red brick, but inside, the Saint-Louis de Vincennes church reveals admirable…
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Four sketches by Joseph Blanc donated to Rennes by his society of friendsYesterday, the Société des amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (Friends of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes) made a particularly relevant acquisition at Rennes Enchères, for the reasonable sum of…
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A sculpture by Gustave Doré for Orsay"It was not the least of the Salon’s astonishments to find G. Doré authoritatively marking his place among the sculptors with a large and highly poetic group: La Parque et l’Amour The public is…
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Bronze for the Musée de VizilleSince June 30, 2023, the Musée de la Révolution Française has been presenting a highly interesting exhibition entitled French Revolution Style. Furniture, works of art and wallpaper. Among the most…
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An absolute masterpiece of French decorative art enters the Musée d’OrsayWe admired it at Sotheby’s New York and hoped that the Musée d’Orsay would be able to acquire it, without really believing it because of its estimate. However, the Musée Orsay won the wonderful cup…
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Rachida Dati’s hot heritage issues in ParisFrance’s new Minister of Culture didn’t get off to a great start when she approved the ’relocation-reconstruction’ of the Institut Curie’s Pavillon des Sources... But while the future of this Parisian…
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A Bonzanigo and a Cartellier for the Château de MalmaisonThe effigy is recognisable at first glance, despite the overloaded decor of military trophies paying homage to the new master of Italy, even though Napoleon has not yet emerged from Bonaparte:…
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The Burlington Magazine - n° 1451 vol CLXVI - February 2024Sweden in London: the 1924 Royal Academy exhibition Editorial The end of reproduction fees? Articles Eric Bianchi, Sheila Barker, ‘Upon his visit to see my paintings’: sonnets by Artemisia…
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Two exceptional pedestals by André-Charles Boulle return to VersaillesThey were placed in the Salon de l’Abondance in the heart of the Grands Appartements du Roi at Versailles. The two exceptional pedestals by André-Charles Boulle had joined the Versailles…
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The Met exhibits its English drawingsLe Metropolitan Museum, à gauche en haut de son escalier principal, dispose d’un large espace, qui conduit notamment vers la peinture française du XIXe siècle, où il expose des œuvres d’art…
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Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen. The centenary exhibitionThere’s still time to go and see the exhibition that the Musée de Montmartre is devoting to Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen to mark the centenary of his death. Born in Lausanne in 1859, the painter…
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Pavillon des Sources: the reassembly trick!As we like to give newcomers a chance, we’ll give Rachida Dati credit this time. She must sincerely believe that she has found the right solution to save Marie Curie’s Pavillon des Sources: move it…
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New York auctions in early 2024The sales in New York at the end of January/beginning of February are very rich this year. The number of works for sale at Sotheby’s and Christie’s is colossal, and while not all are of optimum…
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BRAFA 2024 opens its doorsThe 69th edition of the Brussels art fair has just opened its doors to the public in a joyous atmosphere of surrealist celebration, with a highly successful décor inspired by the paintings of Paul…
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Millefleurs. Le Journal de la Société des Amis du musée de Cluny. N°32. Décembre 2023Édito Interviews Paroles d’Amis Aux origines du musée Isabelle Bardiès-Fronty, Du Sommerard, père et fils Dossier : Les dessous des musées François de Coustin, Musée de Cluny, 24 heures…
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Research announcement : Louyse Moillon (1609? - 1696)After presenting the first ever exhibition devoted to Louyse Moillon (1609? - 1696) at the gallery in 2009, Galerie Eric Coatalem is currently preparing a catalogue raisonné of his works. We are…
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A piece of furniture signed by Rodin preempted by RoubaixIts reappearance on the Paris art market last autumn caused quite a stir. Although known and documented, the large neo-Renaissance piece of furniture by Mathias Ginsbach and Auguste Rodin…
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A work by James Ensor acquired by FlandersIn 2023, the twentieth anniversary of the Flemish Masterpieces Decree was celebrated: promulgated on January 24, 2003, the Topstukkendecreet’s mission is to protect Flemish movable cultural…
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Research announcement: Jean-Baptiste Auguste Vinchon (1786-1855)As part of my doctoral studies at Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne under the supervision of Pierre Wat, I am writing a thesis on the painter Jean-Baptiste Auguste Vinchon (1786-1855), winner of…
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Call for contribution : Revista de História da Arte e da CulturaThe Revista de História da Arte e da Cultura (Journal of Art and Culture History), published by the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, aims to publish articles on international research.…
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Versailles completes the refurbishment of Marie-Antoinette’s bedroomWhile some rooms in the former residences of French sovereigns are doomed to remain empty due to the certain disappearance of the objects that originally furnished them, or the impossibility of…
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Musée Cognacq-Jay: hanging of pastels and recent acquisitionThe Musée Cognacq-Jay is currently presenting its collection of pastels, some fifteen in all. While there is no special reason for this display, it does allow us to see works that are too fragile…
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Research announcement: Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (1783-1855)As a second-year student on the Creation, Diffusion and Heritage master’s programme at Sorbonne University, under the supervision of Barthélémy Jobert, I am writing a monographic dissertation on the…
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Research announcement: In the backstages of France’s latest coronationIn spring 2025, the Mobilier national will present an exhibition at the Galerie des Gobelins (Paris), dedicated to the coronation of Charles X, to mark the bicentenary of this last French…
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Research announcement: "Peau d’Art" projectDear Sir/Madam, On behalf of the International Society of Iconodiagnostics (ISIS), I ask for the help of curators from all museums. ISIS is a learned society dedicated to advancing the field of…
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Two new Ransons join the Musée de Pont-AvenAt last year’s TEFAF in Maastricht, we had of course noticed the fascinating pastel by Paul Ranson offered by dealer Jean-François Heim, and it was therefore with great pleasure that we learned of…
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New threats to the Place de la ConcordeThe Anne Hidalgo-style transformation of the Place de la Concorde is underway! In other words, the continuation of the regular massacre to which this fully listed square is subjected by Paris…
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Two major Impressionist acquisitions for LiverpoolIn addition to a very fine drawing by Rembrandt (see the news item of 18/1/24), the publication of Arts Council England’s annual report on works acquired by British museums through the Acceptance…
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Madam Minister for Culture, don’t let yourself be fooled by Vianney d’AlançonIn an article posted online yesterday on the Figaro website, the director of the Rocher Mistral theme park (whose co-shareholders are the Dassault, Michelin and Montagne families) made a…
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The Musée Jeanne d’Aboville restores its collectionsThe restored painting returned to the collections of the Musée Jeanne d’Aboville in La Fère last December, but not for long, as it will be loaned to the Musée de Besançon next spring. Its restoration…
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A new Rembrandt for the British MuseumEvery year, Arts Council England’s rich report on works acquired by British museums through the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) Scheme or the Cultural Gifts Scheme (CGS) - the UK equivalent of our…
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Notre-Dame: archaeological digs sacrificed to meet deadlinesHas the Établissement public in charge of Notre-Dame, under pressure to meet the deadlines imposed by the French President, who wants the monument to reopen on 8 December 2024, vandalised precious…
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Versalia. Revue de la Société des Amis de Versailles - Sommaire du n°27 - 2024Sommaire Laurent Salomé et la conservation, Enrichissement des collections de l’année 2022 Vincent Bastien, Mesdames de France et les marchands Darnault à Paris pendant la Révolution : la…