Mercredi 18 juillet 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
Last November, the Hubert Duchemin Gallery exhibited a small version of Ingres' Odalisque, recently rediscovered and whose attribution we found convincing.
We are always quick to point out the pseudo-discoveries announced by the media in sensational articles so this time have carefully measured our steps before speaking out on a previously unknown work, all the more so as it is attributed to a (...)
The museum in Lyon just announced that it has met its goal in the fundraiser to acquire the Ingres painting depicting Pietro Aretino Receiving an Envoy of Charles V. The 80,000 euros still needed for the purchase, a total of 750,000 euros from (...)
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon has just launched a fundraising drive to acquire a magnificent painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres representing Aretino and Charles V's Envoy At the 1855 Salon, corresponding to the Exposition Universelle, (...)
At the age of 93, Jayne Wrightsman, the widow of Charles Wrightsman, continues the patronage which she and her husband (who died in 1986) have always pursued towards the Metropolitan Museum. This American institution has thus received a donation (...)
The embargo on this information will be lifted tomorrow morning. However, since The Art Tribune has not received any information from the Louvre on the subject, this embargo does not concern us and we have chosen to discuss it (...)
Should private collections be exhibited at the Louvre ? The answer is certainly yes when they are of museum quality. This was the case for the Louis-Antoine Prat’s and also the Motais de Narbonne’s which will be shown in the spring. Can one say (...)
Carlos Slim was listed as the richest man in the world by Forbes magazine in 2007. Of both Lebanese and Mexican origins, he heads two telecommunications companies Carso and Telmex. Like many other North American magnates, this wealth has allowed (...)
