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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Age to the 1930's
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 (...)
Some new websites on Internet 08/03/2010
More and more museums are posting their collections online. Our links page is therefore not always up to date but we will continue to add new databases as they become available. However, we must say that it is unfortunate that some of them do (...)
Restorations, an acquisition and exhibitions : an update of events at the Musée Condé 06/03/2010
Since the Foundation for the Château de Chantilly applies most of its funds towards the extensive restorations needed throughout the domain, the Musée Condé pursues its activities thanks to various (...)
Furniture Exchange between Versailles and the Institut 20/03/2012
The Institut de France and Versailles have exchanged two pieces of furniture each on deposit but which will now join the château for which they had been originally commissioned. The first is a bureau plat commissioned in 1715 from André-Charles (...)
The painting, Christ Carrying the Cross, now claimed by the French government from the London art dealer, Mark Weiss, is currently being held on the premises of the Service des musées de France. Talks are underway with the gallery, whose good (...)
Drawings and sculptures recently acquired by the Petit Palais 29/10/2009
Although the acquisition budget for Parisian museums has suffered drastic cuts, the Petit Palais has recently enriched its collections with several works through donations, bequests or purchases
Palais de la Porte Dorée : « a cheerful alternative to the imposing and intimidating staircase » 18/02/2010
The Canard Enchaîné, in its column « The sound barrier » (Le mur du çon), selects an award winner every week. It would no doubt do well to honour in one of its upcoming issues the architect Loïc Julienne, in charge of installing the work of Tadashi (...)
The Battle for the Theater in Poitiers 29/11/2013
A little over a year ago, we started a series on the historical heritage of the city of Poitiers. We published only two articles though there were many issues to be discussed there, as in other cities as well. Today, the problem concerns the (...)
The Magic of Things. Still-life painging 1500-1800 11/11/2008
The exhibition in Basel presents several interesting problems which do not necessarily have anything to do with art history. First of all, the title, a simple marketing ploy, is misleading. This is in no way a retrospective of the genre as a (...)
A publication by the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Belgium on Theodoor van Loon 28/11/2011
The supremacy of Rubens and his students, among them the great Van Dyck and Jordaens, has overshadowed a host of Flemish artists who worked at that same time but were not part of the master’s workshop nor totally indebted to his art. These (...)
Death Comes to the Table by Giovanni Martinelli Acquired by Raleigh 03/03/2014
We had already pointed out the acquisition of two paintings presented at the Sarti art gallery in a Caravaggesque exhibition last year : a Daniele Crespi purchased by LACMA and an Andrea Vaccaro by the Musée Fabre in Montpellier. A third canvas (...)
"Orphée et Eurydice" by Nicolas de Bar Acquired by the Musée Barrois 24/02/2014
Last July, Bar-le-Duc launched a fundraiser for the acquisition of a painting by Nicolas de Bar, signed and dated 1654, representing Orpheus and Eurydice to be purchased from the F. Baulme Fine Art gallery in Paris. We refer our readers to the (...)
A painting by de La Hyre acquired by the Musée de l’Armée 13/07/2009
An important painting by Laurent de La Hyre reappeared in an auction at Sotheby’s Paris last 24 June.
Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum Adds a Nicolas Regnier Painting to its Collections 23/11/2011
The Nicolas Regnier painting recently acquired by the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm represents a woman holding what looks like a lit tobacco wad under a young man’s nose ; she invites us to take in the scene while warning us to remain silent. This (...)
An exhibition of engravings and drawings after a donation to Lyon 18/08/2009
To accompany the exhibition Madame Recamier, which we reviewed on this site, the Musee de Lyon had decided to show graphic works produced between 1790 and 1850.
The Acquisition of Jean Malouel’s Pietà by the Louvre 16/01/2012
About a month ago we had announced that the Louvre was set to purchase a national treasure, a painting attributed to Jean Malouel, Pietà with Saint John and Two Angels. This is now official, with the price tag amounting to 7.8 million euros, (...)
Architectural Elements Discovered but Threatened in the Marais 05/05/2013
While carrying out construction work on a cosmetics store at the corner of rue du Temple and rue Sainte Croix de la Bretonnerie in the historic Marais district in Paris, well preserved architectural elements came to light. These consist of (...)
Two Fragments of a Danloux Painting Reunited at the Louvre 25/06/2012
During his exile in London due to the French Revolution, between 1791 and 1801, Henri-Pierre Danloux painted a large composition entitled Pity, inspired by a poem written by abbot Delille Malheur et Pitié, which describes a scene where a father (...)
The Hôtel de la Marine will indeed be rented on a long-term basis 31/03/2009
During a press conference held on 26 March, to which we were not invited, the Minister of Defense Hervé Morin confirmed the news published on this site although it had been denied by his
The Allumettes factory : a 20th century heritage site in grave danger 05/02/2010
On the 1st of February, Hall J of the Allumettes factory in Trélazé, the Maine-et-Loire region, near Angers was razed. We learned the fact only the day before and proceeded to write this article without having time to contact those behind this (...)
The Albani and the Cavaliere d’Arpino from the Senate back at the Louvre 01/03/2010
peaking ironically, we had raised the possibility (see news item of 28/5/09) that the return of a painting by Jean-Baptiste Oudry on deposit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was a result of our article on “France’s Hidden Museums”. It was in (...)
A Portrait of an Artist by Vincent Acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg 29/11/2011
The Alsatian museum, extremely active in the last few months when it comes to acquisitions policies, recently purchased a portrait by François-André Vincent from the Coatalem Gallery in Paris. The model is a painter, as seen from the palette which (...)
Five landscapes attributed to Mauperché acquired by the Musée de Sainte-Ménehould 26/02/2010
Closed since 2004 due to security problems, the Musée de Sainte-Ménehould, a small town which has gone down in history as the place where Louis XVI was recognized during his flight from France before being arrested in Varenne, is undergoing a (...)
Recent acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum : German and Danish 28/03/2010
Information on museum acquisitions, provided on a regular basis only by The Art Tribune, is complicated to find. Strangely enough, establishments, be they in France or abroad, rarely communicate much about what is in fact one of their major (...)
Annonce chercheur test 14/08/2006
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) (...)
The Wedgwood Museum Can Now Be Sold... 20/12/2011
We have already spoken here of the unacceptable threat hanging over the Wedgwood Museum, considered jointly liable for the deficit of 134 million pounds in a pension fund because five of its employees were affiliated with it. The court handed (...)
Recent acquisitions of the Musée des Avelines in Saint Cloud 03/02/2010
While many small museums today face serious financial difficulties, others, on the contrary and fortunately for the pleasure of all, can afford to develop and encourage the activities they offer, even to increase their (...)
Some new websites 30/01/2010
French museums are progressively improving their websites, offering virtual visitors more and more information concerning their collections and activities. In the last few months, two of them have inaugurated new (...)
A Listing Application for Saint Gemmes d’Andigné 11/06/2013
We are often critical of the French Ministry of Culture when we find there is reason to do so but we also wish to commend its initiatives when warranted. Hence, we have just learned that a listing application was pronounced last 1st March for (...)
The Rijksmuseum Purchases a Triqueti Ewer 30/03/2012
In our review of the Maastricht fair, we pointed out a superbe bronze ewer by Henri de Triqueti on the Yates-Trebosc-van Lelyveld stand. It has now been purchased by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. A wealthy artist, Henri de Triqueti, unlike many (...)
Discovery of a Lost Painting by Léon Bénouville 26/01/2012
Churches, but also city halls and other public places, hold some welcome surprises for us. In this case, thanks to the sharp eye of a young municipal councilman, an important painting by Léon Bénouville, which had disappeared practically since it (...)
Two other Eakins paintings sold in Philadelphia to private collectors 22/06/2007
Thomas Jefferson University which recently sold two Thomas Eakins paintings has just sold the third, and last one, it owned, Portrait of Professor William S. Forbes. This work had been commissioned directly to the artist in 1905 by former (...)
Aurélie Filippetti Shows Support for Business Patronage 15/06/2012
A few days ago, we wondered about the new French Cultural Minister’s position concerning the unprecedented attack by the Ministry of the Budget against business patronage, which would cut fiscal deductions by half. Aurélie Filippetti has since (...)
The Halle Freyssinet Saved 05/03/2012
After much hemming and hawing, the Paris Prefect finally made the decision awaited by all Parisian heritage supporters : the halle Freyssinet has been entirely listed as a historical monument just a few weeks after the SNCF (French national (...)
The Allegory of the Seas by Albani acquired by Fontainebleau 27/03/2009
The château of Fontainebleau has finally succeeded in acquiring the Albani painting after several months
The Threat to the Halle Freyssinet More Pressing Than Ever 28/11/2011
Paris City Hall is once again responsible for a major threat to Parisian heritage. This only serves to confirm that Bertrand Delanoë’s mandate as mayor of Paris continues to spell disaster for the city’s cultural heritage.We had not yet discussed (...)
Vandalism of a Neo-gothic chapel in Alsace 06/09/2009
The Herzog chapel in the Logelbach district of Zintzenheim, near Colmar, bears the name of its commissioners, an industrialist family headed by Antoine Herzog (1786-1861) and his sons Antoine (1816-1892) and Eugène (...)
Launching of the expansion project at the Musée d’Unterlinden 14/03/2010
Famous worldwide for the Issenheim altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald, the Musée d’Unterlinden besides holding an important collection of 15th and 16th century Germanic paintings and sculptures also includes an archeological section and an extensive (...)
Restitution and Acquisitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal 03/05/2013
Thanks to a surprising coincidence, the Canadian museum has acquired a magnificent painting by Gerrit van Honthorst at the same time as it returned a work by the same artist to its owners after realizing it had been looted from a Jewish family, (...)
Philippe Bélaval Leaving the Direction des Patrimoines for the Centre des Monuments Nationaux 15/06/2012
Philippe Bélaval, the Directeur général des patrimoines at the French Ministry of Culture, handed in his resignation and, according to our sources, will become the president of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux as of next 1st July, succeeding (...)
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 (...)
Béatrix Saule likely replacement for Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel as director of Versailles 26/07/2009
As Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel, directeur général de l’Etablissement public du musée et du domaine national de Versailles, is retiring the Minister of Culture and Communication has appointed Béatrix Saule, conservateur général du patrimoine, the (...)
Various Exhibitions in Paris around the Salon du Dessin 16/04/2013
There are many exhibitions this year during the Salon du Dessin in private galleries around Paris. Besides the ones we mentioned earlier, here are a few more presenting some very beautiful offerings. Certainly the most outstanding is at Boquet (...)
The Getty Museum Purchases a 16th century German Sculpture 09/12/2011
A few days after announcing it had purchased a portrait by Manet, the Getty Museum has acquired a remarkable German sculpture from the early 16th century, in limewood, representing Saint John the Baptist at a Sotheby’s auction in London, for (...)
Site Map 14/06/2006
New acquisitions for the Musée Hébert 11/05/2009
Ernest Hébert, a painter who is relatively unknown to the public, enjoys the rare privilege of having two museums devoted to his works, one in La Tronche, near Grenoble, and the other in Paris.
The Cour de Bar in the Palais Ducal, Dijon Victimized by Yves Lion 15/05/2013
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon which has been under renovation work since 2008 (but which had the excellent idea of not closing and proceeding in stages), will open a new itinerary for its Medieval and Renaissance collections on 7 September. (...)
Saint Peter’s Denial by the Le Nain brothers officially joins the Louvre 20/01/2010
As we had announced already last 29 May 2009 (see news item), Saint Peter’s Denial by the Le Nain brothers (ill.) officially entered the Louvre (the Ministry of Culture issued a press release on the 14th confirming the name of the patron, (...)
Two works by Carolus-Duran for Roubaix and Lille 23/06/2007
Until last March and thanks to the artist’s heirs, the works of the sculptor Henri Bouchard (1875-1960) were displayed in the museum bearing his name located in his former workshop in Paris. After its closing, the works have fortunately found a (...)
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