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Newsletter 14/04/2009
The Newsletter in english is not yet available. You can subscribe to the Newsletter of La Tribune de l’Art, in French. Send us an e-mail to be informed when the English Newsletter will be (...)
A San Giovannino Attributed to Michaelangelo Reconstructed 10/09/2013
Rarely a year, even a month, goes by without the discovery of a so called Michelangelo, be it Buonarroti or Merisi ! The readers of The Art Tribune are well aware as we regularly denounce these media scoops, often concerning works where an (...)
Michelangelo : The Real Artist behind the Mona Lisa 01/04/2012
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) Oil on panel - 76.8 x 53 cm Paris, Musée du Louvre Photo : C2RMF Gianfranco Salvatori is well aware that he is about to set loose a veritable bomb which will go far beyond the confines of the museum world. (...)
The Oath of Our Ancestors by Guillon-Lethière will be restored by France 20/02/2010
Adrien Goetz on his Facebook page had been the first to show concern, after the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti last 12 January, for the fate of the large painting by Guillaume Guillon-Lethière The Oath of Our Ancestors, veritable “symbol of (...)
The Duke of Luynes’ {Surtout} by Froment-Meurice Acquired by the Louvre 14/06/2013
During the remarkable exhibition at the Musée de la Vie Romantique, in 2003, highlighting the Froment-Meurice family, the Surtout commissioned by the Duke of Luynes from François-Désiré Froment-Meurice was included in the catalogue but not (...)
What Lies in the Future for the Hotel-Dieu in Lyon ? 01/08/2012
The Hotel-Dieu in Lyon, built by Soufflot in the 18th century, though founded in the 12th, is one of the most beautiful and most important monuments in this city but also one of the least well known. The reason for this is that it was (...)
Links to art history websites 14/04/2005
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS (see also in assorted sites by art historians containing articles) Apollo : The current issue of the journal is free online (must sign up) The National Gallery of Canada’s Bulletin and Annual Bulletin (1963-1985) : All the (...)
Frans Hals. Eye to Eye with Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian 19/04/2013
Comparing is not enough. The Haarlem exhibition on Frans Hals, an "adoptive" native son, which attempts to associate the artist with 16th century Venetian painting and also with some of his contemporaries, is a perfect illustration of these (...)
Nicolas Régnier 03/12/2008
The Syndicat National des Antiquaires has just awarded its art book prize to Nicolas Régnier by Annick Lemoine. It rewards a remarkable monographic study, both erudite and pleasantly readable, which is the fruit of many long years of research and (...)
Henry de Triqueti (1803-1874) 01/11/2007
About twenty years ago, when visiting the Musée Girodet, we could see the building outside housing the pieces from the artist’s workshop. The collection was at the time in precarious shape. A rehabilitation of XIXth C. sculpture was just beginning (...)
A chronicle of planned acquisitions : Poussin for Montpellier and Ingres for the Louvre 10/11/2009
We have already mentioned several times the Musée Fabre’s project to buy a fragment of a Nicolas Poussin painting for which it already owns the right side, Venus and Adonis. The two pieces had been brought together for the exhibition Poussin and (...)
The Louis XIV sculpture returns to Versailles 30/04/2009
The return of the equestrian bronze statue of Louis XIV is excellent news.
A study for Christ in the Garden of Olives acquired by the Musée Delacroix 12/07/2007
The Musée Delacroix, which now depends on the Louvre, has just acquired from Hubert Duchemin (Cabinet Eric Turquin in Paris) a fine preliminary study for the famous
Gustave Doré, Born a Painter 14/08/2012
No man is a prophet in his own country. Despite his success as an illustrator, Gustave Doré must have often reflected on this age-old maxim. The artist thought of himself above all as a painter but he was never acknowledged as such in France (...)
Bodies and Shadows. Caravaggio and European Caravaggism 13/08/2012
With the sole exception, almost forty years ago now, of the exhibition organized by Jean-Pierre Cuzin and Arnauld Brejon de Lavergnée , which in fact included only French artists (or, some thought to be so at the time), there has not been a show (...)
Benjamin West painting now hangs in the Louvre 22/10/2008
Last year we had pointed out the acquisition of a Benjamin West painting by the Louvre. The canvas needed to be restored and we had only seen the work in photographs.
The purpose of this series of articles is to prove, illustrating specific cases, that for the most part, and despite recent Parliamentary threats, French law provides satisfactory protection of our heritage if only those in charge of applying (...)
Links to museum websites 14/04/2005
Armenia Erevan, National Gallery of Armenia Australia Adelaide, Art Gallery of South Australia Canberra, National Gallery of Australia Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria Perth, Art Gallery of Western Australia Queensland, Art (...)
Henri Lehmann 03/09/2007
Prominent decorator, subtle portrait artist and first rate draughtsman, Henri Lehmann is one of the most unappreciated painters of the XIXth C. A student of Ingres, he suffered the same ostracism as the other artists of this atelier, the only (...)
Gauguin. Maker of Myth 07/12/2010
While Monet is showing at the Grand Palais (see article) under the care of Richard Thomson, his wife Belinda Thomson is the curator of the Gauguin retrospective at the Tate Modern, the first one ever organized in the United Kingdom, which is (...)
The Acquisitions of the Louvre Abou-Dhabi 27/04/2013
We will soon be able to see the exhibition currently showing in Abou-Dhabi here in Paris but a glance at the accompanying catalogue already gives us a good idea of the acquisitions policy pursued by France-Museums. We said it before : whether (...)
The Tragi-comic Mishaps of the Louvre Abou-Dhabi 16/04/2013
Libération in a byline signed Vincent Noce was the first to break the news. We congratulate him for his investigation on the snags encountered in the Louvre Abou-Dhabi project and for having managed to put his hands on the letter sent by the (...)
Two Moillon, Isaac and Louise, for the LACMA 08/02/2012
As announced in our last article on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, we are going to try and make up for the delay in covering recent acquisitions, at least for the period since 2008, at this museum which adds to its collections each year (...)
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts acquires a William Bouguereau 04/06/2009
William Bouguereau is one of the best known and appreciated French “academic” painters in the United States. He also draws some of the sharpest criticism from partisans of a strictly modernist view of art (...)
The restoration of the Hôtel Lambert goes to court before the Tribunal Administratif 06/09/2009
Louis Le Vau Hôtel Lambert, courtyard Photo : SCI Hôtel Lambert / M. Lombard This summer the Hôtel Lambert case took a surprising legal turn. The authorization permit issued by the Ministry of Culture (see news item of 23/6/09) was appealed (...)
The Hôpital Richaud, soon in ruins in the heart of Versailles 30/04/2009
Visitors to the château de Versailles who arrive at the Rive-Droite train station walk by a superb 18th century monument, the Hôpital Richaud.
A Christ on the Cross by Bronzino discovered in Nice 18/07/2010
A major event was announced in the latest issue of the Revue de l’Art in an article signed by Philippe Costamagna and Carlo Falciani : the discovery of an important Italian Renaissance masterpiece, unknown until now, in a French provincial (...)
Rediscovery of a Drawing by Alessandro Allori 06/05/2014
Auction discoveries do not occur only at the Hôtel Drouot. Bendor Grosvenor, on his blog Art History News, points out the spectacular resurfacing of a drawing by Alessandro Allori in the United States. This is a preparatory work for the figure (...)
The Rijksmuseum Reopens after a Ten-year Renovation 25/04/2013
After closing for ten years, due to various delays in the renovation project, the Rijksmuseum finally reopened its doors to the public on 13 April. Fortunately, it was well worth the wait. When first learning that Wilmotte was in charge of the (...)
Nicolas Colombel 09/01/2013
Since 1984 and the memorable exhibition highlighting 17th century painting in Rouen, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in this city had strangely enough not staged any other retrospectives of old master painting. This has now been remedied with the (...)
Recent Sculpture Acquisitions for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal (1) 12/05/2014
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal recently added several important pieces to its collection of European sculptures, purchasing notably its first 18th century terracotta, Marie Antoinette as Kindness by Robert Guillaume Dardel. A student of (...)
Painting History. Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey 28/04/2010
Paul Delaroche loved England and English history. In turn, the British have known how to express their appreciation. Most of the literature on the artist has been written by English authors and the National Gallery is now highlighting his (...)
Acceptance in lieu : recent acquisitions of British museums (2) 25/01/2010
As announced (see news item of 21/11/09), we list below the works acquired through “acceptance in lieu“ for the period 2008/2009 (following that already published for 2007/2008). Many of these objects have not yet been assigned definitely to a (...)
Two exhibitions about Paul Baudry 30/01/2008
The musee de La Roche-sur-Yon, which had remained closed for several years, organized at the end of 2007 its first major exhibition since the one devoted to Paul Braudy in 1986. The decorator of the Paris Opera was once again represented but (...)
Fra Angelico, the French Wealth Tax and the Collector 03/11/2012
The Musée Thomas-Henry which was attempting to acquire the panel by Fra Angelico auctioned off last Saturday in Marseille by SVV Leclère failed to purchase the work. The painting fragment in fact sold for 445,000€ (552,000€ including charges) and (...)
Threat of demolition for the church of Saint Jacques in Abbeville 30/05/2010
The church of Saint Jacques in Abbeville is located in a neighborhood spared by the bombings which destroyed 80% of the city in 1940. It was built in a neo-Gothic style by the architect Victor Deleforterie, a follower of Viollet-le-Duc, on the (...)
Antonio Paolucci, the new Director of the Vatican Museums 07/12/2007
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Antonio Paolucci Director of the Vatican Museums, replacing the archeologist Francesco Buranelli who has completed his five-year term in the position and has now taken over as head of the secretariat for the (...)
Sébastien Allard Appointed Director of the Département des Peintures at the Louvre 14/04/2014
Sébastien Allard was appointed Director of the Département des peintures at the Musée du Louvre today. A graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieur and Conservateur en chef du patrimoine, Sébastien Allard was until now in charge of 19th century French (...)
The Louvre Invents the Gruyère Museum 03/10/2012
Many of you probably remember the words spoken above by the president of the Louvre during an interview in Le Figaro. We had already pointed out that there was no need to wait for the Louvre-Lens to observe the holes, the Louvre was full of (...)
Dantan exhibition at the Galerie Talabardon & Gautier 08/12/2009
The traditional exhibition Le XIXe siècle which the Talabardon & Gautier gallery organizes every year is of particularly high-quality this time as it celebrates its tenth anniversary. This special occasion is marked by a double catalogue, a (...)
What is The Art Tribune ? 14/04/2006
First acquisition committee for the Louvre-Abou Dhabi 25/05/2009
An acquisition committee for the Louvre-Abou Dhabi has been set up and met for the first time on 21 April.
Péristyles, the Journal of the Amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy 13/05/2013
An art history journal, especially one which has been around for some time, is so rare that we would like to point out a very discreet bulletin founded in 1992 which has appeared since then at regular intervals, twice a year. The title of the (...)
The Flight into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin on display at the Louvre 28/12/2007
The Flight into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin, recently acquired by the Musée de Lyon with significant financial assistance from the Louvre
Sylvie Beguin passes away 24/03/2010
Sylvie Beguin, a renowned specialist of French and Italian Renaissance painting, former chief curator for the paintings department at the Musee du Louvre passed away on 20 March 2010 at the age of (...)
Legal Announcement 14/05/2006
Acceptance in Lieu of Ary Scheffer for the Louvre 13/05/2013
Thanks to a donation of "acceptance in lieu", the Musée du Louvre has just added a superb tableau by Ary Scheffer, representing Ruth and Naomi to its collections. This panel still has its beautiful original frame showing quotes from the book of (...)
A New Feudal System 18/05/2013
Does an elected official have the right to do whatever he likes ? This is in any case the impression given by more and more mayors who deliberately ignore the law and court decisions. The State seems to have patently resigned itself to this (...)
Sale of a decorative set by Henri Martin from a public building in Béziers 09/06/2008
1. Henri Martin (1860-1943) Rural Idyll at the Etang de Thau, 1932 Oil on canvas - 198.1 x 339.6 cm Béziers, Chambre de Commerce To be sold in London at Christie’s 25 June 2008 On 25 June 2008, Christie’s London will auction off a cycle of (...)
