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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 (...)
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. (...)
Our Impressions of the New Installations at the Musée d’Orsay 03/01/2012
The Musée d’Orsay, now renovated and enlarged, opened its new galleries two months ago. Since then, many readers have been surprised at not seeing an article on this site about an event which has received extensive coverage (...)
The Louvre Increasingly More (Radio) Active in Japan 16/01/2012
The Louvre will be sending about twenty works from all its departments (except Arts Graphiques) to three Japanese cities from 20 April to 17 September 2012 staying a little over a month at each stop[[The dates were provided by the Louvre. The (...)
Reopening of the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence 20/08/2007
The latest trend in inaugurations is doing it twice. The former French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, did not hesitate in officially celebrating the opening of empty museums, weeks or even months before the public could gain (...)
Janmot’s The Torture of Mezentius Acquired by the Musée d’Orsay 25/04/2014
The Etruscan king Mezentius : "went so far even as to mix dead bodies with humans, hand to hand, face to face, as a kind of torture, thus inflicting a slow death to these beings who liquefied themselves into pus and rot, in a miserable (...)
The myth of the Far West in American art 1830-1940 07/12/2007
With American culture ever more present in Europe, for better or worse, it is strange that XIXth C. painting and sculpture in the United States have been so overlooked. Still, it is often the case in their own country as well where Western (...)
An Allegory of the Exile of the Duke of Choiseul for Waddesdon Manor 06/07/2012
Built by Ferdinand de Rothschild between 1877 and 1883, Waddesdon Manor and its collections were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1957 by James de Rothschild and still benefit from the family’s generosity thanks to a charitable trust. The (...)
No Funeral Wreaths 11/09/2012
The abandonment of the project for the Maison de l’Histoire de France, announced on France-Inter Radio by Aurélie Filippetti, French Minister of Culture, and confirmed by her on 10 October in Le Monde obviously comes as no surprise. The lack of (...)
A portrait by Duplessis acquired by Ottawa 27/10/2009
The Canadian museum has acquired the Portrait of Monsieur de Bussy by Joseph-Siffred Duplessis from the Colnaghi Gallery in London. The model, a nobleman from Picardy, was a lieutenant in the Gardes Françaises and served as hunting master for (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787) 06/04/2008
Englishmen passing through Rome on their Grand Tour, the trip through Europe that any true aristocrat had to take, wanted their portrait done by him. This is probably why Pompeo Batoni, one of the great Italian painters of the second half of the (...)
120 Drawings Acquired by Berlin and Augsborg 12/01/2012
The engravings room in Berlin and the Augsborg Museum have jointly acquired, thanks to funding from the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preubischer Kulturbesitz), with the services of the Arnoldi-Livie Gallery in Munich, an (...)
A Painting by Pajou the Younger Acquired by the Louvre 27/03/2014
A mother is playing with her child showing it his reflection in the mirror held by a young woman while her father-in-law smiles down at the them and the husband looks affectionately at his father with yet another woman bending over the child. (...)
The Houdon Portrait by Marie-Gabrielle Capet Is Indeed from the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen 26/01/2012
The miniature painting representing Houdon sculpting Voltaire’s bust by Marie-Gabrielle Capet, and which the Service des musées de France had demanded be withdrawn from the auction, was finally removed for conservation (...)
A Relief by Louis Le Conte Acquired by the Louvre 18/05/2014
The Département des sculptures at the Louvre made this beautiful acquisition at Sotheby’s Paris, purchasing this marble relief last 14 May which had remained unsold after the auction. The work represents Hope, identified by the anchor, and is by (...)
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm Purchases a Pastel by Vigée-Lebrun 21/11/2012
During the SVV Daguerre auction at the Hôtel Drouot on 16 November, where the Louvre pre-empted a canvas by Hubert Robert , the Swedish museum acquired a small pastel by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, for 15,000€, representing in all likelihood a portrait (...)
Two Houses on the Rue des Carmes in Orleans Definitely Protected 21/03/2013
It’s true ! The prefect today signed the orders listing two of the houses on the rue des Carmes, which the mayor of the city, Serge Grouard, wished to destroy in order to redesign the area, a project which consisted in demolishing an entire (...)
Appointment of Sophie Barthélémy as Head of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux 13/01/2014
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux has just reopened its doors and its director, José de Los LLanos, left recently but the city has not lost any time, announcing the name of his successor today, Sophie Barthélémy, currently in charge of 19th and (...)
An exhibition at the Terradès Gallery 12/12/2010
As per tradition, the Terradès Gallery is again offering an exhibition of 19th century paintings this year. The Art Tribune readers will instantly recognize the painting facing them as they walk in. This is the Saint Jerome by Pierre Subleyras (...)
An El Greco acquired by the Onassis Foundation 04/11/2008
The Alexander Onassis Foundation has acquired a Crowning of the Virgin by El Greco from an American art dealer for an undisclosed amount.
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 (...)
Business Patronage Imperiled 12/06/2012
In an article published Monday, 11 June on liberation.fr (but not, or not yet, in its paper edition), Vincent Noce reveals that the French Ministry of the Budget is planning "to reduce by half the deduction offered to companies for their (...)
The Mayor of Paris willing to sacrifice the Serres d’Auteuil 29/10/2010
Those of you who have never visited the Serres d’Auteuil, should waste no time in discovering this magnificent landmark, significant for its historical heritage with its greenhouses built in 1897 by Camille Formigé as well as its extraordinary (...)
Roman Emperors versus Haute Couture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris 01/08/2012
We cannot help but regret the criticism leveled by Aurélie Filippeti - and recently repeated in fact - at the Wendel firm, a patron of the Centre Pompidou Metz. We say this because, to our knowledge, their funding is carried out in a perfectly (...)
In 2003, the chateau of Luneville was partly destroyed by fire causing many people to express their dismay, including politicians who had until then never showed any interest in this 18th century masterpiece and which is now undergoing (...)
The Tribulations of the Jacques Thuillier Donation to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy 05/04/2012
Jacques Thuillier’s generosity towards the museums in Lorraine is well known. The anonymous character of the donations to the Musée départemental in Vic-sur-Seille and the Beaux-Arts in Nancy was very relative, as almost everyone was perfectly (...)
Frédéric Mitterand’s Museum plan 14/09/2010
After having recently expressed our doubts about the Culture Minister’s inactivity, he seems to have decided to prove us wrong by presenting a “Plan Musées en regions” (in fact, the word “regions” is unnecessary as this includes Parisian museums). (...)
Re-opening of the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner 12/11/2009
An understated establishment devoted to a somewhat misunderstood painter, the Musée Henner had closed its doors in 2005 for a complete renovation. It reopened to the public last Saturday, 7 November. The refurbishment did not consist only in (...)
The Musée de l’Histoire de France will be housed at the Archives Nationales 16/09/2010
The questions concerning the location of the Musée de l’Histoire de France will cease definitely next Sunday. The President of the Republic, during a trip to Lascaux, is supposed to announce that it will be installed in the buildings belonging to (...)
The ambiguous exhibitions at the city’s museums in Paris 26/10/2010
At the time of the Bréguet exhibition at the Louvre, we had denounced it as more of a business operation than a cultural event, a tribute to the company but with little artistic foundation. At least the (unofficial) reason for this bending of (...)
An interview with Guy Cogeval, president of the Musée d’Orsay 14/10/2009
A little over a year and a half after his appointment at the head of the Musée d’Orsay, Guy Cogeval organized a press conference a few days ago to present the project for reorganizing the collections. He granted us an interview at this time (...)
Interview with Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski, founder of The Princes Czartoryski Foundation 15/11/2007
Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski granted us an interview at the time of the presentation in Cracow of the multispectral photography and its results for the Lady with Mink by Leonardo da Vinci, a masterpiece in the collection at the Czartoryski (...)
Room A at the National Gallery in London : a Hidden Treasure 01/03/2011
Wednesday afternoons, from 2 to 5:30 only, room A at the National Gallery in London is open to the public. There are not many visitors and, yet this gallery in fact represents a major portion of the museum’s works in storage holding about 700 (...)
The Roman Baroque Museum in Ariccia 03/12/2008
Visitors to Rome have so much to see in the Eternal City that they don’t necessarily think of going to Ariccia, a small town located less than an hour by train from the StazioneTermini
A Self-Portrait with Lute by Artemisia Gentilischi Acquired by Hartford 03/04/2014
The Atheneum Museum recently purchased, with the intervention of Christie’s New York, a Self-Portrait with Lute by Artemisia Gentileschi. While the paintings attributed to this artist often come under debate among specialists, this one, (...)
Alain Seban’s Beaubourg Circus not Expensive 12/03/2012
Among other controversial statements made by Alain Seban, recently reappointed as president of the Centre Pompidou, one of his latest, Le Monde of 2/3/12, was delivered without the slightest trace of humor, saying that the structure of the (...)
A Bust of Canova by Adamo Tadolini Acquired by the Rijksmuseum 16/03/2014
The Rijksmuseum added yet another work to its collections at the Maastricht Fair by acquiring a bust of Canova sculpted by Adamo Tadolini from the Perrin Gallery. The manner in which the transaction took place will no doubt set many French (...)
Catalogue of paintings at the Musée du Château de Blois. 16th-17th centuries 12/11/2009
The Musée de Blois organized a long-term exhibition at the same time it published its catalogue of 16th to 18th century paintings, starting in late 2008 and continuing until 20 October of this year. This is the perfect chance to discover a (...)
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 (...)
Rinaldo’s Farewell to Armida by Lanfranco Acquired by Zurich 22/03/2014
Rinaldo’s Farewell to Armida at the Canesso Gallery was one of the most beautiful paintings presented at TEFAF in Maastricht and has now been acquired by the Kunsthaus in Zurich. Armida unconscious, presented in the same position as the Ariadne (...)
A Crucifixon by Adrien Sacquespée Pre-empted by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen 01/04/2014
This is the sort of pre-emption we like to hear about. The auction was a sale of old masters and 19th century works which took place today at Christie’s Paris and the acquirer was the Musée de Beaux-Arts of Rouen. We were indeed hoping it would (...)
Nicolas de Leyde and Charles Milcendeau, Two Exhibitions and Two Catalogues 20/06/2012
The many exhibitions we cover sometimes entails a certain delay in treating them here on our site because we take care when reading the catalogues so as to offer well argumented and complete reviews. However, we cannot always do this as quickly (...)
Two Pastels by Vigée Le Brun Pre-empted by the Louvre 23/03/2014
The Département des Arts Graphiques at the Musée du Louvre this afternoon pre-empted two pastel portraits by Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun representing respectively Louis-Philippe d’Orléans and Madame de Montesson for 52,000€ (before charges) at (...)
For the Love of Art. French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th century Rome 10/04/2012
Over the course of the 18th century, despite several exceptions, notably that of Venice, Italy’s artistic stardom began to fade and its dominance to recede in favor of French painting. For this reason, the history of French artists who traveled (...)
Saint Anne, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Masterpiece 04/06/2012
We generally think that the world’s greatest masterpieces have all been thoroughly studied, leaving nothing more for us to discover. In fact, this is not true as is masterfully demonstrated by the current exhibition now showing at the Louvre on (...)
The Met Acquires another Ewer from the Kugel Gallery at TEFAF 15/03/2014
The evening of the inauguration for TEFAF (the Maastricht Fair), the Metropolitan, which had recently acquired a ewer from the Kugel gallery, again made a purchase from the same dealers, a second ewer with its (...)
Drawings from the Christian and Isabelle Adrien Collection 02/05/2012
The drawing exhibition currently on show at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes presents a fascinating aspect due not only to the high quality of the sheets but also in the way this ensemble was put together, a fact which is sure to set more than (...)
