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Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet. A rediscovered talentAlexandre Dubois-Drahonet has already been the subject of several articles in La Tribune de l’Art, notably on the occasion of gallery exhibitions and museum acquisitions. We hoped that one day he…
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A watercolour by Gustave Doré for the Musée Paul-DupuyGoing against the grain, Gustave Doré painted grandiose landscapes inherited from Romanticism at a time when Realism and Impressionism had established themselves on the artistic scene. The…
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Annonce de chercheur : Cartes postales représentant des faits divers entre 1883 et 1914Étudiante en seconde année de master de recherche à la Sorbonne, je réalise des recherches sur la carte postale, et plus particulièrement sur les représentations de faits divers (accidents,…
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Gustave Moreau. The Middle Ages rediscoveredC’est un Moyen Âge syncrétique, souvent fantasmé mais avant tout ornemental que de dévoile la passionnante exposition du Musée Gustave Moreau, qui organise avec une régularité de métronome…
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A painting by Giulia Lama acquired for VeniceFrom June to October, it was one of ten recent acquisitions exhibited in one of the recently restored and reopened Palladian rooms of the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, where the major…
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A new Boucher for BesançonAll eyes were on the Franche-Comté region at the auction organised by Audap & Associés at Hôtel Drouot on 13 December: its star lot, a seductive Chinese painting by François Boucher sold for…
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Rachida Dati appointed Minister of CultureAs with all appointments of a new Minister of Culture (we’ve had twelve since La Tribune de l’Art was created, in April 2003, less than twenty-one years ago), we will welcome - albeit with much…
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The deputy mayor of Paris confuses the Alexandre III bridge with the Concorde, and the Concorde with a fairgroundThe Place de la Concorde, considered by architectural historians to be one of the most beautiful squares in the world, has been mistreated for years, as we have regularly denounced here since…
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The Burlington Magazine - n° 1450 vol CLXVI - January 2024The Golden Age of Avignon Editorial The Walpole Society Articles Alexandra Gajewski, Introduction Claudia Bolgia, Avignon as ’nova Roma’ Francesca Manzari et Jason Stoessel, Two music…
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Dijon acquires a marble by Jean DamptAs it prepares an exhibition of the work of Jean Dampt, to be curated by Naïs Lefrançois and held in autumn 2025, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon has been able to purchase one of his sculptures…
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A first work by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale for OrsayAs we have pointed out on several occasions, the Musée d’Orsay’s collection of British art, which is still limited, is a major focus of its acquisitions policy. It was joined only recently by a new…
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Successful reopening of the Draguignan museumSome museums are no longer fulfilling their mission (see several recent articles). It is fortunate, however, that others are doing exactly the opposite, and that some towns are realising the…
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A Peruzzi for BelfastThere are Christmas tales that last a whole year: in December 2022, we thus learned that a superb painting by Baldassare Peruzzi had been assigned to the Ulster Museum in Belfast after being…
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Forms of ruinThe exhibition at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon devoted to the theme of ruins goes far beyond the chronological and geographical limits of La Tribune de l’Art, showing many works from Antiquity,…
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Holbein and the Renaissance in the NorthHe has a receding chin, a trumpet nose and a glassy eye, yet this young man has everything to please because "he does not suffer from want" is what it says on his medallion, and that’s what you…
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A painting by Bloemaert for the National GalleryIn 2023, the National Gallery in London acquired its very first painting by Abraham Bloemaert. The work had been on long-term loan to the museum for several years, and was finally purchased…
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Prints from the Petit Palais, from Dürer to Toulouse-LautrecFive years after The Art of the Pastel from Degas to Redon, the Petit Palais is unveiling a new section of its exceptional graphic arts collection, with two hundred carefully selected from its…
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Collectors and dealers of Asian art in France (1750-1930)As its many visitors discovered over the autumn and winter, this exhibition in Dijon is a complete success, hailed as it should be by the public and critics alike, and one that we can only…
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At Versailles, the irregularity is getting worseWe won’t go back over Catherine Pégard’s illegitimacy as president of the Versailles public establishment. She has long since exceeded all the age and term limits laid down by law. The Ministry of…
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Fire at Château du Grand-Serquigny: another preventable tragedyThe fire that partly destroyed the Château du Grand-Serquigny in the Eure region (France) on Saturday was a tragedy. But once again, it is a tragedy that could have been avoided: all the…
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A Donatello for the BargelloIt is very rare to find works by Donatello in private hands. In Italy, a Madonna and Child declared to be of "national cultural importance" in 2011 could not leave the country. Put up for sale by…
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Musée Gadagne: a summary...In four articles, we have covered the entire Musée Gadagne. And the results are distressing. On the day of our visit, we were able to meet Xavier de la Selle, the museum’s curatorial director. In…
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Gadagne: a visit to a Lyon museum with no collections on display (4)The fourth part of the permanent tour of the Musée Gadagne has just opened, and for us and many others it was an opportunity to discover the entire new layout. And right from the first room, a…
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The Getty buys a portrait by Anton Raphaël MengsThe Getty Museum recently acquired a portrait painted by Anton Raphaël Mengs, the first painting by this artist to enter the museum, which until now had only held a drawing and a pastel. It was a…
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Gadagne: a visit to a Lyon museum with no collections on display (3)One might have thought we’d hit rock bottom with the first two sections of the permanent tour of the Musée Gadagne, which no longer feels like a museum at all. But paradoxically, the higher you go,…
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Gadagne: a visit to a Lyon museum with no collections on display (2)After the first level, here is the second part of the Musée Gadagne tour, one floor higher. This one is entitled: "Dipping its feet in the water". Remember that this is a museum, not an amusement…
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News from the Château de Compiègne (2): the reopening of the Musée de l’ImpératriceThe Musée de l’Impératrice in Compiègne, which has been closed for many years, reopened its doors in 2022 and its museography has been redesigned. We didn’t know about it before it closed, but the…
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Gadagne: a visit to a Lyon museum with no collections on display (1)The Hôtel Gadagne, Lyon’s history museum, has been the talk of the town since it was completely redeveloped. The controversy centres on the way in which part of the exhibition revisits the city’s…
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Musée de la Marine in Paris: fluctuat et mergiturTwo accessories seem to be essential for visiting the Musée de la Marine in Paris, as the new scenography aims to "encourage total immersion in the sea": flippers and snorkels. But that’s not all.…
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Imminent destruction of Marie Curie’s Pavillon des SourcesAt a recent meeting of the Paris City Council, Emmanuel Grégoire dared to make the following statement about the Pavillon des Sources threatened with imminent destruction: "Marie Curie never…
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A Neapolitan Baroque sketch for Beauvaishe Musée départemental de l’Oise has recently revived a policy it largely followed a few decades ago. Under the impetus of Louvre curators such as Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée and Jacques Foucart, the…
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Dieric Bouts, Creator of ImagesTranshistorical: this is the only word the organisers of this rich exhibition have on their lips to describe the event, promising a host of radical confrontations designed to "broaden horizons",…
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The Académie des Beaux-Arts opposes the replacement of Notre-Dame’s stained glass windowsYesterday, Wednesday 20 December, the Académie des Beaux-Arts published a press release without ambiguity on the project to replace Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows in Notre-Dame. While it…
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A Gerard David for the GettyIn 2023, the Getty Museum acquired a Holy Family by Gerard David, purchased directly from a private collector. The painting had previously been sold twice at Christie’s, first in 2003 - its…
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A new Tiffany stained glass window for the Metropolitan MuseumA new monumental stained glass window has been added to the Metropolitan Museum’s reference collection of pieces produced by Tiffany Studios. From the collection of Alan Gerry, it was purchased…
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100,000 !100,000. 100,000 people have already signed, in exactly ten days, the petition we launched on 10 December at 2.30pm against the replacement of Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows in Notre-Dame.…
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A painting by Nicolas Loir and Jean I Cotelle for Vaux-le-VicomteWith the support of its Friends association, the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte wanted to acquire a Gobelins tapestry for which it had launched a fundraising campaign. The tapestry was eventually…
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Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Art français - Sommaire année 2016Sommaire Muriel Barbier, Quand Diane et Hercule côtoyaient la Vierge. L’exceptionnel décor d’une maison canoniale Renaissance provenant de Rouen Oriane Lavit, Horace Le Blanc (vers 1575-1637), de…
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Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Art français - Sommaire année 2015Sommaire Nicolas Sainte Fare Garnot, Philippe de Champaigne peintre et décorateur de Marie de Médicis Bertrand Jestaz, Commandes et achats d’oeuvres d’art du marquis de Louvois(vers 1670-1691)…
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The President of the Friends of the Louvre at the heart of several controversiesLa Tribune de l’Art talks about museums and historic monuments from the point of view of art history. We are deliberately distancing ourselves from the other controversies that can arise in this…
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News from the Château de Compiègne (1): the catalogue of paintings on lineWe haven’t written much about the Château de Compiègne since Rodolphe Rapetti took over the helm. We had a distorted view of his work because of the two exhibitions devoted to cars. Not that the…
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The Burlington Magazine - n° 1449 vol CLXV - December 2023Spanish art Editorial The Picasso anniversary Articles Anna Mcsweeney, Mariam Rosser-Owen, Four wooden ceilings from the Torrijos Palace, Toledo Benito Prieto Navarrete, Alonso Cano’s…
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Musée de l’Œuvre de Notre-Dame: an opportunity for the Hôtel-DieuThe regrettable affair of the Viollet-le-Duc stained glass windows (sign the petition) should not detract from a remarkable decision by the French President of the Republic, which cannot be…
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A new drawing by Degas donated to OrsayA new drawing by Edgar Degas has joined the Musée d’Orsay’s reference collection of the artist’s graphic work. A gift from Françoise Heilbrun, the museum’s emblematic curator of the photographic…
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Research announcement: Michel Roux-Spitz, architectWith a view to publishing a Carnet d’architecte (Architect’s Notebook) dedicated to the architect Michel Roux-Spitz, I am looking for the architect’s private archives. I assure you of my discretion,…
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Research announcement: Jean Dampt (1854-1945), tailleur d’imagesAt the end of 2025 (November 2025-February 2026), the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon will devote an exhibition to the sculptor, cabinetmaker and goldsmith Jean Dampt (1854-1945). A patron of the…
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The Bilbao museum acquires a painting by BouguereauA history painter first and foremost, William Bouguereau knew how to "complete a great mythological ceiling and make a whole Olympus stand up in the air - which is not as easy as it seems". But…
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Contemporary stained glass windows at Notre-Dame: it’s possible, in the north towerFrench President Emmanuel Macron and Mgr Ulrich, Archbishop of Paris, want to leave their mark on Notre-Dame cathedral by commissioning contemporary stained glass windows. While the idea of…
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Two Parisian sales: Tajan and Sotheby’sIt is a great pity that the two Pietro Lorenzetti paintings to be auctioned by Tajan on December 13 are being sold separately (ill. 1 and 2). They come from the famous collection of Alfred Ramé,…
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Van Gogh along the SeineWho would have thought of travelling to Amsterdam to discover the suburbs of Paris? French and English visitors are in luck, however, since the Van Gogh Museum is within easy reach, unlike the…
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