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Subscribe to The Art Tribune 14/04/2006
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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 (...)
Bruno Decaris Strikes Again : the Couvent des Pénitents in Louviers 10/04/2014
Among the chief architects for historical monuments whom we would like to see change professions, for the sake of the buildings they are entrusted with, there is one we have never mentioned, Bruno Decaris. He gained his notoriety for the way he (...)
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 (...)
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. (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Posting of the Repertory of Italian paintings held in France 29/06/2008
The INHA (Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art) has just posted the first part of one its most highly awaited databases, the Répertoire des tableaux italiens dans les collections publiques françaises XIIIe-XIXe (...)
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 (...)
The Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent reopened last May 05/10/2007
1. Charles van Rysselberghe (1850-1920) Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent Photo : D. Rykner Late May 2007, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Ghent reopened its doors after a four-year closing for renovation work. Little has changed in terms of (...)
Death of Mario di Giampaolo 17/08/2008
On Thursday 31 July Mario di Giampaolo, one of the foremost specialists of 16th century Italian drawing, notably the Lombard and Emilian schools, passed away at the age of 67.
A painting by François de Nomé acquired by the Musée de Metz 18/11/2007
Three years ago, the Musée de Metz had devoted an exhibition to the painters known under the generic name of « Monsu Desiderio », François de Nomé and Didier Barra.
Alexandre Cabanel 1823-1889. La tradition du beau 30/09/2010
The Musée Fabre continues to make essential contributions to art history through its exhibitions. Thanks to this establishment several important artists now boast a reference work, published in accompaniment to a thorough retrospective of their (...)
Charles Mellin 27/07/2007
This is decidedly a rich year for lovers of French XVIIth C. painting. After Jacques Stella and Philippe de Champaigne, it is Charles Mellin’s turn to enjoy the honor of a retrospective currently in Nancy and which will then travel to (...)
François-Xavier Fabre 18/01/2008
Some art historians of Neoclassicism use the expression “the three G’s” in designating David’s leading students : Girodet, Gros and Gérard to whom they at times add a fourth, Guérin, although he belonged to Regnault’s (...)
A painting by Benjamin West acquired by the Louvre 29/07/2007
Benjamin West (1738-1820) Phaeton Asking Apollo to Drive the Sun Chariot, 1804 (before restoration) Oil on canvas - 142 x 213 cm Paris, Musée du Louvre Photo : Musée du Louvre 29/07/2007 — Acquisition — Paris, Musée du Louvre — The (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Pauline Viardot as Saint Cecilia by Ary Scheffer Pre-empted by the Musée de la Vie Romantique 11/04/2014
Pauline Viardot was a well known figure during the Romantic period in Paris. Initially a pianist, she turned to singing after the death of her sister, Maria Malibran, also composing melodies and operas for private circles. In 1863, following (...)
Jean-Léon Gérôme 12/11/2010
With the Cabanel retrospective still on in Montpellier, the Musée d’Orsay is highlighting Jean-Léon Gérôme while also presenting an exhibition on Claude Monet at the Grand Palais. This is no coincidence, simply proof that French museums are finally (...)
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture 03/12/2008
Organizing sculpture exhibitions is a difficult task as the size and weight of the works make them difficult to transport, sometimes even impossible, at other times highly unadvisable. Baroque sculpture is even harder to present outside of its (...)
The church of San Clemente in Casauria restored thanks to the World Monument Fund 07/04/2011
Two years ago a violent earthquake shook the Italian city of L’Aquila. The ensuing destruction was not limited to only that area but also touched many of the surrounding villages and monuments in the Abruzzi region, including the Romanic church (...)
Recent acquisitions for the Dallas Museum of Art 17/03/2011
Oliver Meslay left the Louvre almost two years ago to take over as curator at the Dallas Museum of Art, in charge of European and American art. Several works have been acquired since he arrived. The following are the most important (...)
The Louis Daguerre Diorama is reborn in Bry-sur-Marne 26/05/2010
Not content with having invented the photographic process bearing his name, the painter Louis Daguerre also created the Diorama, a theatrical method by which an immense canvas painted on both sides was animated by lights (...)
The Lady With an Ermine by Leonardo photographed with multispectral camera 15/11/2007
We had presented the demonstration of the multispectral camera at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lille by Lumière Technology and explained its contributions to the work of art historians and (...)
The Musée Calvet, a rebirth ? 11/03/2008
1. Musée Calvet, Avignon Courtyard entrance Photo : Didier Rykner In 1988, the Musée Calvet in Avignon (ill. 1), housed in a beautiful XVIIIth century mansion built by the architect Franque, closed its doors for renovations that were supposed (...)
Trois expositions impressionnistes : Rouen, Caen, Honfleur 21/06/2010
True, the festival, “Normandie Impressioniste” is above all a marketing ploy, a communications operation promoted by Laurent Fabius under the sponsorship of Pierre Bergé and Jérôme Clément. The exhibitions organized for the occasion were cause for (...)
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 (...)
Real ? Fake ? The Italian Primitive Was almost Perfect 14/08/2012
"Raphael did not just suddenly fall down from the sky to honor the century of Julius II and Leo X.". With this assertion taken from his Considérations sur l’état de la peinture en Italie, dans les quatre siècles qui ont précédé celui de Raphaël (...)
Two Paintings by Alexandre Roslin for Versailles and Stockholm 06/12/2013
A Swedish artist who arrived in France around 1752 where he lived the rest of his life, Alexander Roslin (whose name is often written in French as Alexandre) was one of the major portraitists active in Paris in the second half of the 18th (...)
After the exhibition in Evreux devoted to Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne and Nicolas de Plattemontagne, after the retrospective on Philippe de Champaigne in Lille, the Musée de Port-Royal is now highlighting these three artists by presenting their (...)
The BnF Is Launching a Fundraising Drive for Jeanne de France’s Book of Hours 03/09/2012
Museums are now increasing their direct appeals to help in acquiring works. Even if only to provide the final push completing a budget put together by more conventional methods - the museum’s own funds, heritage funds, regional acquisition funds (...)
Donation of a {Christ on the Cross} of Michelangelo Influence to the Louvre 17/06/2013
A small Florentine Christ on the Cross, made of wood, most likely linden, which can probably be dated back to around 1500, has been generously donated to the Musée du Louvre by Peter Silvermann and Kathleen Onorato. The Département des Sculptures (...)
Poussin and Nature 23/04/2008
The Poussin exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, which arrived here from Bilbao, cannot be reduced to its title alone. First of all because it is a veritable retrospective given the continuous presence of nature and landscapes throughout the (...)
Marguerite Gérard. Artiste en 1789, dans l’atelier de Fragonard 22/10/2009
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 (...)
The Entombment of Christ by Giambattista Tiepolo joins the Lisbon Museum 01/01/2008
Last November 29, Giambattista Tiepolo’s Entombment of Christ, one of his last works, painted in 1769 or 1770 in Spain, was auctioned to the Portuguese government by the sales house Leiria & Nascimento for 1.5 million (...)
Several Sculpture Exhibitions in Parisian Galleries 19/09/2012
Sculpture has long been one of the weakest sectors of the Parisian art market. Except for notably Patrice Bellanger who every other year participates in the Biennale des Antiquaires and also Ratton-Ladrière , there are very few art dealers (...)
Exclusive Report : the Caravaggio Drawings Are in fact by Strozzi, Mignard and Elsheimer ! 09/07/2012
Articles repeated a hundred times over, thousands of tweets, the information concerning the discovery of Caravaggio’s pseudo drawings fell like a bomb in the art world, spreading its ripple effects particularly on internet. Fortunately, some (...)
A painting by Jean-François de Troy joins its pendant in Berlin 22/09/2008
The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin has acquired a small oil on canvas by Jean-François de Troy representing
Two Perino del Vaga works for the Metropolitan Museum 10/03/2011
In just two days, the 26 and 27 January 2011, the Metropolitan Museum acquired a drawing by Perino del Vaga, one of Raphael’s most important pupils, at Sotheby’s auction in New York, then also a painting by the same (...)
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 (...)
To Save the Church, Press 1 ; to Destroy It, Press 2 12/09/2013
Last Sunday, the village of Plouagat, in the Côtes d’Armor, held a vote asking residents whether or not they wanted their church destroyed or restored. The result is very clear since 80% of those who participated chose the restoration, despite a (...)
The Pont Colbert in Dieppe now threatened 28/02/2011
Three years ago, the Passerelle Eiffel in Bordeaux was saved at the last minute by a legal suit applying for listing (see news item of 29/6/08), which finally resulted in an official listing issued almost exactly one year ago on 22 February (...)
Saint Rufina by Diego Velázquez on sale at Sotheby’s London 12/06/2007
A Saint Rufina by Diego Velázquez will be auctioned in early July in London. The work is already known since it was sold at Christie’s New York on January 29, 1999, where the present owner acquired it for $8.1 (...)
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 (...)
Jean-Patrice Marandel has been a curator at the LACMA for almost 15 years now. He is especially active in his acquisitions policy which is particularly discerning, often favoring Old Masters, French and Italian from the XVIth to the XVIIIth (...)
Three Louvre miniatures recently attributed to Isaac Oliver 20/09/2008
The current events room of the Departément des Arts Graphiques at the Louvre is offering an exhibition devoted to 16th century and early 17th century miniature portraits.
Multispectral digitization is demonstrated at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille 22/09/2007
We met the director of Lumière Technology, Jean Pénicaut a few months ago. The photographic process marketed by this company struck us as being absolutely revolutionary. During the European Heritage Days last weekend, Alain Tapié, director of the (...)
Picasso and the Masters 10/10/2008
Pablo Picasso Yo, Picasso, 1901 Oil on canvas - 73.5 x 60.5 cm Private collection © Succession Picasso, 2008 Picasso et les maîtres has been calibrated to beat all attendance records and elicit the most extravagant claims (the biggest (...)
