Jeudi 25 avril 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 Age to the 1930's
Subscribe to The Art Tribune 14/04/2006
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 (...)
The destruction of France’s churches 24/05/2007
In November 2006, we spoke out against the demolition of the church in Saint-Georges-des Gardes, in Maine-et-Loire. An article in Le Figaro May 18, 2007 informs us that two other religious buildings are to be destroyed just a few kilometres away (...)
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. (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Boston Purchases a Masterpiece by Frans Francken II 20/03/2012
On 28 April 2010, a painting by Frans Francken had caused quite a sensation when sold for 7,022,000€ at the Dorotheum in Vienna. Exceptional in every way within the artist’s production, for its size, ambition and quality, it had gone to the (...)
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 (...)
Site Map 14/06/2006
What is The Art Tribune ? 14/04/2006
ADMICAL Launches a Petition for Patronage 14/06/2012
We had passed on the information revealed by Vince Noce in Libération here on our site, concerning the French Budget Ministry’s wish to cut fiscal deductions for patronage by half. The news was confirmed today in the same newspaper by Aurélie (...)
Paolo Domenico Finoglio. La Jérusalem délivrée 23/06/2010
At the same time that Toulouse is highlighting Verrio (see article), the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille is currently offering another unfamiliar 18th century Italian painter. This coincidence deserves our attention as museum initiatives which (...)
The Resurrection of Lazarus by Jean Le Clerc Acquired by the Louvre 29/10/2011
Following its appearance at an auction on 10 July 1987 at Christie’s London, then entering a private collection in New York, The Resurrection of Lazarus by Jean Le Clerc, acquired by the Louvre this year from the art dealer Richard Feigen, 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 (...)
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 (...)
The Dusseldorf School 22/11/2011
When German museums set up an exhibition, they usually do not do things halfway. After the sweeping retrospective on the Master of Naumburg which we discussed here, the current one on the Dusseldorf school, organized by the Kunstpalast which (...)
Mexico City honors Erik Larsen, historian of Flemish art 03/10/2007
Born in Austria, Emeritus Professor at Lawrence University in Kansas, the art historian Erik Larsen (1911-2006) was a renowned specialist of Flemish art and of the Dutch Golden Age, author
Contact 02/11/2008
The Art Tribune / La Tribune de l’Art Tél : 00 33 (0)1 53 40 82 93 Email : contact[at]latribunedelart.com To contact directly : Didier Rykner : didier.rykner[at]latribunedelart.com Tél : 00 33 (0)1 53 40 89 82 Cell phone : 00 33 (0)6 18 90 72 (...)
A Work by Jacques Blanchard Identified in Austin 20/03/2013
The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, which we will soon talk about in our series Itinéraires on Texas, is currently staging a small scholarly exhibition on recently restored paintings. Among these, a Danaë attributed to the "Circle of Simon (...)
An early 16th century Virgin with Child Acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours 29/05/2012
On 6 April 2011, about a year before acquiring the Suvée painting mentioned in the preceding news item, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours had purchased an alabaster Virgin with Child , at a Sotheby’s Paris auction for 84,750€ (including charges) (...)
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 (...)
Legal Announcement 14/05/2006
Several drawing exhibitions in Paris 14/04/2011
Thanks to the Salon du Dessin, the number of events taking place elsewhere in the city at the same time continues to grow every year, extending the list of must-sees for visitors. 2011 was no different with even more exhibitions, from the (...)
A Louis II de Boullogne discovered in Canada 18/10/2008
It is well known that many17th and 18th century French paintings crossed the Atlantic and can be found today in Canadian churches.
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 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 (...)
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 (...)
An excellent vintage at the Maastricht Fair 15/03/2009
The Maastricht Fair opened its doors last Thursday. Half a day is unfortunately not enough to take it all in thoroughly even within the limits of
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 (...)
Symposia 14/04/2006
Two Appointments for Heads of Department at the Louvre Submitted to the French Minister of Culture 18/06/2013
The directors of the departments at the Louvre are appointed by the French Minister of Culture based on proposals made by the President of the Museum. He has now submitted two names to Aurélie Filippetti to head the Département des Arts (...)
Presentation of a painting by Martin Freminet acquired by the Louvre through donation 01/04/2008
Saint Martin’s Charity, a rare painting by Martin Freminet acquired in 2007 through a tax donation, has just been put on display at the Louvre where visitors can enjoy it in room 16 on the second floor of the Richelieu (...)
The Mauritshuis, under Refurbishment, Exhibits at the Gemeentemuseum 14/05/2012
The Mauritshuis had already been renovated about twenty-five years ago and we still remember how, in 1986, the Grand Palais had welcomed an exhibition of 57 of its masterpieces (De Rembrandt à Vermeer). Having become too cramped in its historic (...)
The Troglodyte Church of Haute-Isle and its 17th century Furnishings 01/10/2012
We often find fault with mayors who disregard their heritage but do not wish to overlook the many who fortunately assume their responsibilities and fight to protect and restore the historical monuments in their towns. We will attempt to present (...)
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 (...)
A Portrait of Rousseau by Quentin de La Tour acquired by the Musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau 10/07/2007
The Musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau, located in the house (enlarged in the XIXth C.) where he lived between 1757 and 1762, acquired at public auction in London, at Sotheby’s last July 5th, a pastel portrait of the writer by Maurice Quentin de la Tour (...)
Saint Rufina by Velázquez returns to Sevilla 06/07/2007
Saint Rufina by Velázquez up for auction July 4 in London (see News of June 9, 2007) was acquired by a Foundation in Seville, created by Abengoa, a company specialized in waste management and renewable energy (...)
Exhibition on the 19th century at the Galerie Talabardon & Gautier 01/12/2008
The Talabardon & Gautier Gallery in Paris is presenting its annual exhibition on the 19th century until December 31st. As usual, there is an accompanying catalogue which is particularly rich with a detailed study of each (...)
Ribera and Hubert Robert : Two Successful Fundraisers 13/01/2014
Two French museums recently succeeded in reaching their fundraising goals to acquire important works for their collections. The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes which wanted to purchase an early work by Ribera thus raised the needed 300,000€ for (...)
Architecture by David d’Angers acquired by the Musee du Louvre 26/07/2010
Last December, in its annual 19th century exhibition, the Talabardon & Gautier Gallery presented a large terracotta medallion by Jean-Pierre David d’Angers, representing Architecture which we had reproduced at the (...)
Christophe Leribault Appointed Head of the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris 29/08/2012
Deputy director of the Département des Arts Graphiques du Musée du Louvre which he joined in 2006 and Director of the Musée Delacroix since 2007. Christophe Leribault, 48, will take over on 1st November as head of the Petit Palais in Paris. The new (...)
The Louvre Pre-Empts a Painting by Hubert Robert 18/11/2012
On 29 November 1789, Baron de Besenval, the military commander of the Ile-de-France region and of the Paris garrison when the first Revolutionary riots broke out (but also a great collector of Northern European paintings), was imprisoned at the (...)
Bruno Girveau Appointed Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille 04/02/2013
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille has been without a director for several months since the departure of Alain Tapié. His successor was appointed a few days ago as we mentioned in our last editorial, though without revealing his name which we knew (...)
Félicie de Fauveau (1801-1886), the Amazon of Sculpture 08/05/2013
We have already spoken on two occasions about the exhibition at the Historial de Vendée on Félicie de Fauveau, one of the best French sculptors of the 19th century. Everyone knows how cinema has helped to make Camille Claudel, another great woman (...)
François de Troy and the Musée de l’Ile-de-France : call for fundraising and acquisition 25/02/2008
The Journal Officiel of 23 February has published a fundraising appeal for the purchase of a painting by François de Troy representing
Budget : François Hollande’s Big Lie 19/09/2012
Who said last 19 January : "I promise that the cultural budget will be entirely protected during the next presidential term." ? The President of the French Republic, elected a few weeks later, François Hollande. Why did the media - and we were (...)
The "Inexpensive" Beaubourg Circus Is finally... too Expensive 21/05/2013
The Beaubourg Circus is finally over. Alain Seban had once stated that "the structure of the ’Centre Pompidou mobile’ which he [had] set up [was] ’not expensive’". Today he explains that the experiment is ending "for lack of funding needed to (...)
Neo-Classicism and the 19th century Highlighted in Parisian Galleries 28/03/2012
Since 2011, the exhibition which Talabardon & Gautier offer annually takes place in March, instead of in the autumn. Except for this modification in dates, the tradition has not changed otherwise : the publication of a beautiful and well (...)
Another 19th c. exhibition at the Talabardon & Gautier Gallery 16/03/2011
When entering the new exhibition at the Talabardon & Gautier Gallery, visitors will notice a pile of pebbles at the back along the wall and possibly wonder if the dealers have not turned now to land art, presenting Richard Long along with (...)
Another Poussin Risks Export from the UK 28/01/2014
Another painting by Nicolas Poussin belonging to the Duke of Bedford and exhibited at Woburn Abbey, will be exported from the United Kingdom if a museum - or a private individual since British law allows this option - does not find the 14 (...)
