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Jean Goujon makes a stopover at the Petit PalaisThis is an imperfect solution, obviously, but above all it is a fine one, since one would decidedly have to be petty not to find it successful. A few weeks ago, the Petit Palais — which one readily…
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An important sixteenth-century drawing for the Petit PalaisThe Petit Palais has enriched its French sixteenth-century graphic holdings with an exceptional sheet, connected with the first School of Fontainebleau, attributed to the Master of Flora or more…
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Greuze. Childhood IlluminatedThis is the first Parisian monographic exhibition ever dedicated to Greuze by a museum, half a century, or almost, after the only French retrospective held in Dijon, following the initial…
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An Alaphilippe and Bigot medallion acquired by the Petit PalaisA flamed stoneware medallion, dedicated by the sculptor Camille Alaphilippe to the ceramist Alexandre Bigot, has recently joined the collections of the Petit Palais. Acquired from the Rouen-based…
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A Rembrandt for the Petit PalaisLooking down on visitors from its original glass case, the wax bust of Rembrandt by Stanislas Lami could hardly fail to catch the eye of the emissaries from this Paris museum when it was presented at…
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When museums flounce and follow fashionAre Museums Wearing Thin? In any case, they are seduced by the fake, the frills and the frippery. There is no doubt that fashion is in vogue, and to celebrate it, exhibitions are multiplying far…
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A drawing by Greuze for the Petit PalaisCould this be a sign of good neighbourly relations? In the end, it was the Petit Palais that got the ball rolling on preemptions at Artcurial last week on the first day of the sales of old masters.…
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Three glassworks by Félix Bracquemond preempted by the Petit PalaisAmong the recent acquisitions announced by the Petit Palais at the beginning of the year, three glassworks by Félix Bracquemond have joined its collections. Already on display on the ground floor of…
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A book on painting in Parisian churches in the 19th centuryAuthor: collective. The churches of Paris are incredibly rich, but often little known. With the exception of a few, mainly in the centre of Paris such as Saint-Sulpice or Saint-Germain-des-Prés,…
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Bruno Liljefors. Wild SwedenThe latest instalment in a series of exhibitions, widely discussed on our pages, that the Petit Palais has been devoting over the last decade to the Scandinavian art scene at the end of the 19th…
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