Lundi 20 août 2018
Last update on 2/11/2016
Last update on 2/11/2016
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux has just reopened its doors and its director, José de Los LLanos, left recently but the city has not lost any time, announcing the name of his successor today, Sophie Barthélémy, currently in charge of 19th and (...)
During the Christie's auction this afternoon, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux pre-empted a large sheet by William Bouguereau for 9,000€ (before charges). This is a preparatory work for the figure of Hercules for the ceiling of the foyer at (...)
After the departure of Guillaume Ambroise, replaced by José de Los Llanos at the head of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux, the director of the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Bernadette de Boysson, is retiring and will be replaced in January by (...)
Since Guillaume Ambroise has now been appointed to the Musée in Quimper, José de Los Llanos will succeed him starting in January as head of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux. Born in 1963, the new director started out at the Petit Palais where (...)
If the auction of the furnishings in the château de Varvasse has been widely covered in the media these past few days it is mainly due to the name of the owner, that is the former president of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Art lovers did not (...)
A Spanish painter influenced by late Italian Baroque art, Antonio González Velázquez spent part of his career in Rome alongside Corrado Giaquinto and produced a certain number of frescoes like the one on the vaulted ceiling of the Santissima (...)
With the current director, André Cariou, now leaving for retirement, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper has appointed Guillaume Ambroise to head the institution as of September 1st. Guillaume Ambroise, formerly director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts (...)
