Lundi 20 mai 2013
Last update on 17/05/2013
Last update on 17/05/2013
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the 1930's
We announced it in our news item of 19/7/12 : the team at the Institut Néerlandais, now facing the total elimination of its funding as of 1st January 2015 (thus meaning purely and simply that it will disappear), has decided to actively oppose the (...)
Times call for cutbacks as we all know, and the Netherlands is no exception : in order to lower expenses, the Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry has decided to eliminate its funding for the Institut Néerlandais in Paris, as of 2015, meaning it will (...)
The Galerie Jean-François Heim is presenting an exhibition of painters from the Danish Golden Age, often featured over the last few years there and which runs until 11 May. This offering is in perfect symmetry with the exhibition currently on (...)
Famous for the quantity and quality of its old master drawings, the Frits Lugt collection also holds an ensemble of paintings which are currently being highlighted in an exhibition at the Institut néerlandais, following a campaign of restoration (...)
These two companion portraits, of a young man and a young woman, by Jan de Bray hung on the Bob Haboldt stand at the Maastricht Fair a few weeks ago. They have now entered the collection of the Fondation Custodia in Paris, and are being (...)
The only fault of the exhibitions generally held at the Fondation Custodia is that they are too short. This one, although based on its own collections, follows the rule as it will have lasted only two months whereas New Yorkers were able to (...)
Every year the Fondation Custodia is among the most active purchasers at the Salon du Dessin. It did not break with tradition in 2010 making even more acquisitions than usual. At the Galerie Talabardon & Gaultier, the Foundation purchased (...)
The Fondation Custodia holds an important collection of autographed letters by artists (over 40,000) and consistently pursues its policy of acquisitions in this area. It has just acquired at Sotheby’s New (...)
