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Convictions in the case of Grignon’s historic pieces of furnitureIn 2022, the French State sold a number of pieces of furniture that were part of the public domain and that once adorned the Château de Grignon. It was La Tribune de l’Art, at the same time as Le…
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Liège: hide these sculptures from sightA petition - which is beginning to be widely quoted in the Belgian media (see for example this report on RTL Info) - has just been launched to protest against the presence on a building in the…
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A legal action by associations against the denaturing of the Pavillon des SourcesNous avons abondamment parlé, sur La Tribune de l’Art, du scandale de l’Institut Curie, qui a démoli un bâtiment Art déco, et qui s’apprêtait à faire la même chose pour le pavillon des Sources de Marie…
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Maturity crisis in BrusselsFrom adulthood, we have fallen back into childhood. This regression can be seen in a multitude of details, with certain injunctions giving us the feeling, perhaps pleasurable for some, of being…
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Notre-Dame: Claire Tabouret chosen to challenge the heritage codeThe artistic committee set up to replace Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows has reached a decision. And as we explained in a recent article, the decision was not an enthusiastic one, because…
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The Ministry of Culture needs continuityAt a time when everyone is anxiously awaiting the appointment of a new Franch Prime Minister and therefore a new government, La Tribune de l’Art is obviously primarily interested in the Ministry…
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A first visit to the restored Notre-DameIn recent months, the restoration of Notre-Dame has restored the building’s familiar silhouette to the Paris skyline. The spire is rising again, exactly like the one that disappeared in the fire,…
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"Stay Together... Or Else!"For weeks, a number of journalists who had followed the Notre-Dame construction site closely, like the author of these lines, had been asking to be allowed to visit the restored cathedral before…
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Let’s keep the stained glass and recreate the decor!Nous publierons demain ce que nous avons pensé de la restauration intérieure de Notre-Dame de Paris (spoiler : c’est superbe), mais nous voudrions revenir ici sur l’affaire des vitraux du bas-côté…
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The Conservatoire national d’art dramatique finally classified as a historic monumentorique !Roselyne Bachelot told us she had a favourable view of it. Rima Abdul-Malak promised us. But it was Rachida Dati who actually kept that commitment: the Conservatoire national d’art dramatique…
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Update on the Notre-Dame stained-glass windows affairOn 21 November, the ‘artistic commission’ set up by the Ministry of Culture met to choose the artist who would - if all goes wrong - create new stained glass windows for Notre-Dame cathedral. They…
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A reprieve for the cour du Bel-Air staircaseThe case of the Cour du Bel-Air, where several architectural features are under threat, including in the short term a very fine 19th-century staircase, was off to a bad start, with the DRAC…
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Ephemeral Grand Palais: "GL Events is making a mockery of everyone".GL Events, a company that certainly has a lot of nerve, has just announced that the dismantling of the "Grand Palais éphémère", initially scheduled for 30 November, will not begin until the first…
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Heritage funding: answers to our opponents’ argumentsThe idea floated by Rachida Dati of charging admission to Notre-Dame, which if implemented would lead to its extension to many religious buildings in France, is arousing passions. It even pits…
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Remarkable announcements from the Minister for CultureThe interview that Rachida Dati has just given to our colleagues at Figaro marks, in our view, an unexpected and remarkable turning point in the heritage policy of the Ministry of Culture. While…
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The project for the surroundings of Notre-Dame gets clearer and betterThe plan to redevelop the area around Notre-Dame was presented at a press conference yesterday, Tuesday 15 October. It should be remembered that the version presented to the Commission nationale…
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Place Daumesnil-Félix Éboué: lack of protection and threatsWe are constantly denouncing the under-protection of French heritage, particularly in Paris, an observation recently echoed by the Minister of Culture herself. This under-protection can be…
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Restoration: training for excellence at the INPTwelve billion matches. That’s what the Aubervilliers factory produced every year, thanks to the white phosphorus made from bones from the region’s abattoirs. Founded in 1867, rebuilt in 1902 and…
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From the Eiffel Tower to the Cour du Bel Air: the under-protection of ParisDans une interview parue aujourd’hui dans Le Parisien, la ministre de la Culture Rachida Dati annonce son intention de classer d’office la tour Eiffel, si la maire de Paris refusait le classement…
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Notre-Dame stained glass windows: a budget of €3 to 4 millionWill the replacement of Viollet-le-Duc’s stained glass windows at Notre-Dame cost 3 million euros, as Michel Guerrin revealed in an article in Le Monde published last Friday? Or is the total…
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Fontaine Saint-Michel: highly lucrative advertisingThe system is perverse, and we have denounced it on many occasions: advertising on historic monuments in France, which is usually prohibited, was authorised in 2007 on condition that it was…
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« Rocher Mistral », heritage and parasolIn an opinion piece recently published in Figarovox, Vianney-Marie Audemard d’Alançon, chairman of SAS Rocher Mistral and unsuccessful creator of an amusement park at the classified Château de La…
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Notre-Dame: the untruths of Archbishop UlrichCan you be an archbishop and lie? Clearly, yes, as Archbishop Laurent Ulrich has just demonstrated in an interview given to the newspaper Paris Notre-Dame, which distributes the good word of...…
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A review of the eight months of Rachida Dati’s tenure as Minister of CultureRachida Dati has been reappointed Minister of Culture. Although, as usual, we welcomed her appointment (see article), we have subsequently been critical of many of her actions, foremost among…
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Bercy protects the sell-off of châteauxIt may be a politically uncertain time in France, but there is no denying the need to make savings. Antoine Armand, the new Minister for the Economy and Finance, and Laurent Saint-Martin, the new…
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The garden of the former La Rochefoucauld hospital open for Heritage DaysThe Heritage Days will be an opportunity for Parisians to visit the chapel of the Institut national des jeunes aveugles (recommended by us), but also to visit the site of the former La…
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The poet and the rood screenYesterday, Wednesday, The French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) organised a press conference to give an update on the discoveries at Notre-Dame. La Tribune de…