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Why all the secrecy surrounding Gustave Courbet’s The Desperate Man?On 15 October 2025, more than seven months ago, we asked the Musée d’Orsay to provide us with, or allow us to consult, the agreement it had concluded with the Qatar museums, regarding the loan by the…
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Renoir, Matisse, and the temptation of spectacleWill the museum be visited like the cinema? Sadly, yes, nowadays. In search of novelty, visitors and spectators ask the same question: what are the releases of the week, what are the exhibitions of…
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A large Dalpayrat planter acquired by the Musée d’OrsayWe had briefly mentioned it in the article devoted to the regrettable absence of preemptions that had arisen during the sale of an important group of glazed stoneware offered by the Thierry de…
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A new watercolour by Marie-Désiré Bourgoin acquired by the Musée d’OrsayIn a vast high-ceilinged room, whose every piece of furniture is laden with objects, plants, mail or studies, is depicted an elderly woman entirely dressed in black, seated, in profile, in an…
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Further details on works from French museums in Abu DhabiThe list of works belonging to French museums and currently at the Louvre Abu Dhabi is evidently classified as top secret. Four days ago, in fact, an AFP dispatch explained that “none of the French…
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Two Viennese panels for OrsayWhile the Musée d’Orsay is currently dedicating an exhibition to its collection of Vienna Secession drawings, two large decorative metal panels created by Emma Schlangenhausen and Hilde van Exner…
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A new painting by Gustave Caillebotte classified as a « national treasure »If the Journal officiel was so eagerly awaited yesterday morning, it was of course to receive news of the two appointments at the head of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée du Louvre now entrusted to…
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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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A large pastel and a sketchbook by Degas for OrsayThis is an unusual pastel by Degas that joins the some forty sheets already held by the Musée d’Orsay. Physiognomy of a Criminal depicts two young men accused of homicide, Émile Abadie, at left, and…
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Exhibition posters, a difficult exerciseObjective: to catch the eye, but not only that. An exhibition poster must be both attractive and relevant, capturing the glance of the hurried passer-by to give them, in the blink of an eye, an idea…
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