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Last update on 2/11/2016
Last update on 2/11/2016
The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Age to the 1930's
The Brafa 2013 22/01/2013
The Brussels Antiques Fair, known as BRAFA, celebrated its tenth anniversary this year in the 14,000 m2 of the former industrial site at Tour et Taxis and is presided by Harold t’Kint de Roodenbeke, succeeding the dynamic Bernard de Leye. 128 (...)
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TEFAF, Maastricht 2013 22/03/2013
The TEFAF in Maastricht, year after year, continues to live up to its reputation as the most important art fair in the world. This is quite obvious for old masters, and even the 20th century (also contemporary art) is very well represented if (...)
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Two Recent Acquisitions for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Agen 22/10/2012
While many museums rarely publish their acquisitions, we would like to point out an exception, the site for Fonds Régional d’Acquisition des Musées (FRAM) in Aquitaine and its database. In it, we found works which joined public collections in the (...)
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Exhibition Poussin et Moïse at the Mobilier National : A Cartoon for La Manne Recovered 28/05/2012
After Rome and Bordeaux (see article in French), it is now Paris’ turn to welcome the tapestry series The Story of Moses after eight paintings by Poussin and two by Le Brun, now on display to the public at the Galerie des Gobelins. The visit (...)
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An Exhibition and a Book on the Goldsmith Johann Christian Neuber 01/10/2012
In 2010, the Kugel gallery celebrated the taste for the antique ; this year, it is highlighting an 18th century goldsmith and mineralogist : Johann Christian Neuber, who distinguished himself between 1762 and 1795 at the court in Dresden, (...)
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A Zurbarán and a Champaigne Donated to the Seattle Art Museum 24/12/2011
Two important paintings have joined the collections at the Seattle Art Museum, donated by the collector Barney A. Ebsworth. This is a fractional gift, an original form of donation : the collector cedes part ownership of the work to the museum (...)
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