Lundi 20 mai 2019
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
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 (...)
A masterpiece is above all an object which undergoes the wear and tear of time, the changes in taste and scholarly findings. The Musée Cognac-Jay is inviting visitors to rediscover their collections by taking a close look at the patina of time. (...)
Last Saturday, 22 September 2012, the Hôtel de Ventes in Troyes (Boisseau, Pomez, Boisseau) auctioned off the furniture from the château de Plancy-l'Abbaye, a sad event as always in this type of sale which leaves a residence bare, particularly so (...)
The Musée Cognac-Jay is currently offering a very pleasant exhibition, accompanied by a charming catalogue. The subject is an invitation to travel as the show attempts to illustrate how the small temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli influenced painters (...)
Exhibiting, publishing, restoring and acquiring are a museum’s basic missions. Cognac-Jay accomplishes them all. In another article, we discuss the exhibition on Tivoli and the accompanying publication. Here, we will just mention a very recent (...)
Her name always linked to her master Fragonard – and the current exhibition is no exception to the rule – Marguerite Gérard always had a difficult time existing in her own right in the eyes of later generations. In the last few years, thanks to (...)
