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- Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883
- 2007: A Bernini year in Rome
- A collector’s itinerary. History, fables and portraits
- A few exhibitions in Belgium
- A return to the Mellin exhibition in Caen
- A Victorian Master: Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton
- Alexandre Charpentier (1856-1909)
- Alexandre et Louis XIV. Tissages de Gloire
- Alfred Kubin (1877-1959)
- Alfred Stevens
- An American’s Passion for British Art: Paul Mellon’s Legacy
- Antonio Verrio. Chroniques d’un peintre italien voyageur (1636-1707)
- Arcimboldo
- Art Nouveau Revival 1900. 1933. 1966. 1974
- At the court of Louis-Napoléon
- Baccio Bandinelli. Paintings and drawings from the Louvre
- Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937
- Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des Lumières
- Camille Claudel
- Charles Mellin
- Charles Meynier
- Christen Kobke : Danish Master of Light
- Close Examination : Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries
- Courbet / Proudhon, l’art et le peuple
- De chair et d’esprit. Dessins italiens du musée de Grenoble
- De la scène au tableau
- De Van Dyck à Bellotto. Splendeurs de la Cour de Savoie
- Dess|e|ins italiens (Italian Drawings)
- Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
- Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
- Eugene Buland 1852-1926
- Fernand Pelez. La parade des humbles
- Filippo Napoletano alla corte di Cosimo II de’ Medici (1617-1621),
- François-Xavier Fabre
- From Botticelli to Titian. Masterpieces of Two Centuries of Italian Art
- Futurisme à Paris. Une avant-garde explosive
- Georges Seurat : The Drawings
- Giovanni Bellini
- Henry de Triqueti (1803-1874)
- Huysmans-Moreau. Féeriques visions
- I grandi bronzi del Battistero. L’arte di Vincenzo Danti, discepolo di Michelangelo
- Interview with Professor Roland Recht, member of the Institut de France, commissioner of the exhibition Le grand atelier. Chemin de l’art en Europe Ve-XVIIIe siècle.
- J. W. Waterhouse 1849-1917. The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
- Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
- James Ensor
- Jean Barbault (1718-1762). Le théâtre de la vie italienne.
- Jean Carriès
- Jean-Antoine Houdon. La sculpture sensible
- Jean-Jacques Henner
- Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)
- L’étrange Monsieur Merson
- L’Œil gourmand. A Journey through Neapolitan Still Life of the 17th century.
- La collection Motais de Narbonne. Peintures françaises et italiennes du XVIIe et du XVIIIe siècle
- Le plaisir au dessin
- Louis Comfort Tiffany. Color and light
- Maastricht Fair (TEFAF) 2008
- Maîtres du dessin européen du XVIe au XXe siècle. La collection Georges Pébereau
- Mantegna 1431-1506
- Marguerite Gérard. Artiste en 1789, dans l’atelier de Fragonard
- Marie d’Orléans. Princess and Romantic artist. 1813-1839
- Millais
- Miniatures of the XVIth to the XIXth C. at the Musée Condé
- Modern Painters : The Camden Town Group
- Napoléon III et la reine Victoria. Une visite à l’Exposition Universelle de 1855.
- Nicolaes Berchem. Im Licht Italiens
- Nicolas Poussin. The Flight into Egypt
- No colour, just nuance! Trompe l’œil and grisailles from Rubens to Toulouse-Lautrec
- Painting History. Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey
- Paolo Domenico Finoglio. La Jérusalem délivrée
- Paths of Fame: Turner watercolours from the Courtauld Gallery
- Picasso and the Masters
- Picasso cubiste
- Pittura napoletana del Seicento dalle collezioni medicee
- Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787)
- Poussin and Nature
- Poussin and research : Serisier The Flight into Egypt under discussion
- Poussin and Research. A scholar day at the Met
- Réalités d’un monde. Peintures flamandes et hollandaises du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
- Renaissance faces. Van Eyck to Titian
- Seventeenth-century Italian painting between Caravaggio and Reni
- Simon Vouet (Les années italiennes 1613/1617)
- Sur les quais
- Symbolisme en Belgique
- The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection : Renaissance & Baroque
- The Galli Bibiena family in Parma
- The Golden Age of German Romanticism. Watercolours and drawings in Goethe’s time
- The La Caze Collection
- The Lure of the East. British Orientalist Painting
- The Magic of Things. Still-life painging 1500-1800
- The myth of the Far West in American art 1830-1940
- The sacred made real. Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600-1700
- The School of Philippe de Champaigne
- Thomas Hope. Regency Designer
- Three exhibitions currently showing: Moreau, Dessins français, Impressionnisme
- Treasures old and new from Wallonia. A curious land
- Trois expositions impressionnistes : Rouen, Caen, Honfleur
- Trois maîtres du dessin. Philippe de Champaigne, Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, Nicolas de Plattemontagne
- Turner and the Masters
- Two exhibitions about Paul Baudry
- Two exhibitions in Helsinki: Pekka Halonen (1865-1933) and Isaac Wacklin (1721-1758)
- Villa Aperta
- Visit to Folkwang Museum
- Vouet et la recherche : débats autour des tableaux romains
- Walter Sickert : The Camden Town Nudes
- Wyndham Lewis Portraits
Heritage
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- A visit to Blérancourt
- After the two Poussin affairs, it’s now Friedrich’s turn
- An interview with Alexandre Gady, art historian and vice-president of Momus
- An update on Versailles
- Baltard to be destroyed (bis repetita)
- Concrete question: how to mortgage the Hôtel de la Marine?
- Disappeared in 1763, now claimed by the Ministry of Culture !
- Fontainebleau is not Schönbrunn
- French government to sell off Notre Dame in Paris !
- Hôtel de la Marine : will France go to the highest bidder ?
- Hôtel Lambert : the benefits of the controversy
- In Alexandria, the Villa Aghion by the Perret brothers gutted !
- Interview with Jean-Jacques Aillagon, president of the Etablissement public du Domaine national de Versailles
- Is France going to get rid of the Hôtel de la Marine?
- Prison Saint-Joseph by Louis-Pierre Baltard
- Restorations and casts : from the Phlegmatic Man to the Bath of Apollo
- Sale of a decorative set by Henri Martin from a public building in Béziers
- The chief architect at Fontainebleau dismissed
- The destruction of France’s churches
- The furnishings at the château de Sassenage on the auction block by the Fondation de France
- The Hôpital Richaud, soon in ruins in the heart of Versailles
- The Louis Daguerre Diorama is reborn in Bry-sur-Marne
- The restoration of the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris
- The restoration of the Hôtel Lambert goes to court before the Tribunal Administratif
- Threat of demolition for the church of Saint Jacques in Abbeville
- Vandalism of a Neo-gothic chapel in Alsace
- Vestiges of Salomon de Brosse’s castle discovered at Blérancourt
- What use are the laws protecting historical monuments? (1): the château d’Ancenis
- What use are the laws protecting historical monuments? (2): the amphitheatre in Fréjus
- Wintzenheim, more vandalism in the offing?
Letters
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Museums
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- An interview with Guy Cogeval, president of the Musée d’Orsay
- An interview with Jean-Patrice Marandel, curator of paintings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- An Interview with Jennifer Montagu
- France’s hidden museum
- Georges de La Tour, scattered like pieces of a puzzle
- Imperiled museums (1) : Auxerre
- Interview of Fabrizio Lemme
- Interview of Francesco Petrucci, director of the Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia
- Interview with Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski, founder of The Princes Czartoryski Foundation
- Major projects for the future at the Musée d’Orsay
- Multispectral digitization is demonstrated at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
- Projected statutes for Versailles : another loss for art history
- Re-opening of the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner
- Reopening of the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence
- The ghosts of Versailles
- The Louvre without Vermeer
- The Musée Calvet continues its refurbishment
- The Musée Calvet, a rebirth ?
- The Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève in danger
- The museum in Montmartre in danger
- The Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent reopened last May
- The Roman Baroque Museum in Ariccia
News Items
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- 17th and 18th century French paintings in June sales
- 17th century works acquired by the Musées Royaux de Bruxelles
- Acceptance in lieu: Recent acquisitions of the British Museums (1)
- Adam and Eve and Paradise Lost by Claude-Marie Dubufe acquired by Nantes
- Arria and Poetus by Vincent acquired by the Saint Louis Art Museum
- Corinth, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, preempted by the Musée d’Orsay
- Delacroix by Fielding, Fielding by Delacroix
- Diana and Actaeon by Titian acquired finally by London and Edinburgh
- Diana and Actaeon by Titian still not acquired by London and Edinburgh
- Etudes photographiques website once again avalaible online
- Ines de Castro by Franciso Vieira should be acquired by the Museu d’Arte Antiga in Lisbon
- Judith and Holophernes by Virginia da Vezzo
- La Belle Ferroniere and La Belle Jardiniere expected to arrive shortly in Milan
- Louis XIII by Rude, in bronze, enters the Musée de Dijon thanks to a patron
- Madonna with the Yarnwinder recovered
- Perseus and the Gorgon by Camille Claudel acquired by the museum in Nogent-sur-Seine
- Portrait of Sixtus the Fifth by Filippo Bellini acquired by the château de Pau
- Saint Martina by Pietro da Cortona acquired by the LACMA
- Saint Rufina by Diego Velázquez on sale at Sotheby’s London
- Saint Rufina by Velázquez returns to Sevilla
- Saint Sebastian by Cornelis van Haarlem and Saint John by Domenichino: two challenges for English museums
- The Annunciation by Jacques Blanchard acquired by the Musée de Vic-sur-Seille
- The Arrest of Christ after Caravaggio recovered in Ukraine
- The Birth of the Virgin by Gaudenzio Ferrari exhibited at the Brera museum
- The Entombment of Christ by Giambattista Tiepolo joins the Lisbon Museum
- The Flight into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin acquired thanks to patronage
- The Flight into Egypt by Nicolas Poussin on display at the Louvre
- The Holy Family with Palm Tree by Pierre Puget preempted by Marseille
- The Lady With an Ermine by Leonardo photographed with multispectral camera
- The Last Judgement, a painting by Aert Claesz for the Stedelijk Museum in Leiden
- The Martyrdom of Saint Agnes by Joseph-Désiré Court restored
- The Portrait of the Dedreux children by Géricault was not preempted by the Louvre
- The Taking of Christ after Caravaggio stolen in Odessa
- The Temptation of Saint Francis by Simon Vouet Restored
- View of Amsterdam by Jacob van Ruisdael for the Historisch Museum in Amsterdam
- Il Ritornante, a virtual national treasure
- Noah’s Anger from the Abbey Church at Essomes-sur-Marne is restored
- Phryne Stepping out of her Bath by Chinard acquired by the Louvre in New York
- Saint Peter’s Denial by the Le Nain brothers officially joins the Louvre
- The Lugt, a dictionary of collection marks, posts its new edition online
- The Oath of Our Ancestors by Guillon-Lethière will be restored by France
- The Portrait of Madame Reiset by Girodet acquired by Montargis
- The Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle by Maurice Denis joins the Musée d’Orsay
- The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci restored in London
- A 19th century religious masterpiece finally restored
- A Capriccio by Servandoni enters the Musée de Valence
- A Head of Christ by Charles Daverdoing at the Musée d’Arras
- A Head of Christ by Paul Delaroche for the National Gallery of Scotland
- A Last Judgement by Nicolas Pickenoy acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau
- A Marriage of the Virgin by Paris Bordone preempted by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
- A Portrait of Benedict XIV by Subleyras joins the Met
- A Portrait of Rousseau by Quentin de La Tour acquired by the Musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- A Christ on the Cross by Bronzino discovered in Nice
- A Boilly and a Sablet for the Louvre; a Sablet (maybe) for the Musée Fesch
- A Burne-Jones tapestry donated to the Musée d’Orsay
- A bust by Messerschmidt and an illuminated manuscript for the Getty Museum
- A call against the appointment of the former McDonald’s chief as head of Italian museums
- A canvas by Francesco Trevisani acquired by the Rijksmuseum
- A canvas by Jean-Baptiste Oudry acquired by Compiègne
- A chronicle of planned acquisitions : Poussin for Montpellier and Ingres for the Louvre
- A Claude Lorrain acquired by the Getty Museum
- A Claude Vignon painting acquired by the Louvre
- A copper by a « follower of Rembrandt » auctioned at £2.2 million
- A Corot acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne
- A Crucifix attributed to Michelangelo acquired for the Bargello
- A Daniele da Volterra redisplayed at the Louvre
- A Degas pastel from the Musee d’Orsay stolen in Marseille
- A directory of french painting in Germany put online
- A double portrait by John Francis Rigaud acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra
- A drawing by Richard Parkes Bonington acquired by the Fitzwilliam Museum
- A drawing by Toussaint Dubreuil resurfaces
- A few sites on Victorian England
- A few useful links
- A fragment of Charles V’s tomb acquired by the Louvre
- A Frans Hals portrait banned for export from France
- A Gallé vase creates a controversy with the Hermitage
- A Guercino for the Kimbell Art Museum
- A Hogarth joins the Louvre
- A landscape by Mauperché acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
- A landscape by Philippe de Champaigne acquired by Lille
- A large format by Gaston Bussière acquired by Cherbourg
- A large plaster cast by Robert Coin acquired by Lille
- A late landscape by John Everett Millais acquired by the Tate Britain
- A Leonardesco Portrait of a Woman published as an authentic Leonardo
- A listed historical Art Deco building in Athens threatened by demolition
- A Louis Anquetin painting joins the Van Gogh Museum
- A Louis II de Boullogne discovered in Canada
- A Louyse Moyllon exhibition at the Galerie Coatalem
- A masterpiece by Giovanni Antonio Sogliani on deposit at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen
- A miniature by Hilliard purchased by the Amis du Louvre in London
- A monumental vase by Ringel d’Illzach joins the Getty Museum
- A new electronic journal on Dutch art
- A Nicolas Colombel work identified in Auxerre
- A painted study by Vien and a drawing by Etienne Parrocel for Ottawa
- A painting after Primatice acquired by the Centre des monuments nationaux for Azay-le-Rideau
- A painting and a “dessin-empreinte? by Gauguin acquired by the Getty Museum
- A painting at the Louvre with a new attribution to Mazo
- A painting at the Musée de Montargis ascribed to Géricault
- A painting by Ary Scheffer discovered in Minnesota and donated to the Minneapolis museum
- A painting by Baburen purchased by Frankfurt
- A painting by Benigne Gagneraux purchased by the Musee de la Revolution Francaise
- A painting by Benjamin West acquired by the Louvre
- A painting by Biard acquired by the Musée du Quai Branly
- A painting by Cesar van Everdingen acquired by the Rijksmuseum
- A painting by de La Hyre acquired by the Musée de l’Armée
- A painting by Félix Thomas representing the site of Khorsabad acquired by the Département of Antiquités Orientales at the Louvre
- A painting by François de Nomé acquired by the Musée de Metz
- A painting by Frere Andre for the church of Saint Thomas d’Aquin
- A painting by Jacopo Bassano and a bronze by Riccio acquired by the Metropolitan Museum
- A painting by Jean Jouvenet acquired by the Musée eucharistique du Hiéron in Paray-le-Monial
- A painting by Jean-François de Troy joins its pendant in Berlin
- A painting by Léonard Defrance acquired by the Musée de Grenoble
- A painting by Mignard and a drawing by Gros preempted by Versailles and the Louvre
- A painting by Sanchez Coello fought over by the National Gallery in London and the Lichtenstein Museum
- A painting by Thomas Lawrence acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London
- A painting by William Etty acquired by the York Art Gallery
- A painting is preempted in Bayeux for the Musee Delacroix
- A pastel by Carriera and two drawings by Klimt for the Getty
- A Patron for Chambord
- A petition for the Hôtel de la Marine
- A Pietro Faccini painting acquired by Caen
- A plaster cast by Thomas Woolner for the National Museum Wales
- A portrait by Duplessis acquired by Ottawa
- A portrait by Nicolas de Largillierre joins the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
- A predella panel by Sano di Pietro for the Uffizi
- A recently found drawing by Lucas de Leyde acquired by the Met
- A relief by André Brenet donated by Les Amis du Louvre
- A relief by Pierre-Joseph Michel acquired by the Musée Cognacq-Jay
- A Renaissance bronze collection donated to the National Gallery in Washington
- A Renaissance silver treasure acquired by the Musée Lorrain
- A Rubens painting resurfaces at auction in London
- A Savonnerie rug acquired by Versailles
- A small painting by Bazille preempted by the Musée Fabre
- A strange exhibition on Henri Gaudier-Brzeska at the Musée national d’Art moderne
- A study ascribed to Rubens stolen in Poitiers
- A study by Carlo Carlone acquired by Tokyo
- A study by Henri de Favanne for the château de Chanteloup
- A study for Christ in the Garden of Olives acquired by the Musée Delacroix
- A Titian for the Ashmolean Museum
- A triptych by Jan Boeckhorst purchased by the LACMA (and other acquisitions)
- A true exhibition at the Louvre-Atlanta
- A van de Venne painting donated to the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers
- A Velázquez discovered at the Met and a Murillo in a Belgian museum
- A view of Amsterdam by Gerrit Berckheyde acquired by the Rijksmuseum
- A watercolour by John Martin acquired by the Chepstow Museum
- Acceptance in lieu : recent acquisitions of British museums (2)
- Acceptance in Lieu for British museums 2006-2007
- Acceptance in lieu of a drawing collection for the Rijksmuseum
- Acceptance « in lieu » adds five major Bouguereau paintings to Musée d’ Orsay
- Acquisition by the Louvre of a Portrait of a Young Man by Charles Mellin
- Acquisition of a copper by Jacques Stella for the Musée du Louvre
- Acquisition of a Francesco Trevisani and a Paul Huet by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau
- Acquisition of a male portrait by Adèle Romany for Boston
- Acquisition of a seascape by Jan van de Cappelle for the Mauritshuis
- Acquisition of a Valentin de Boulogne by the Met
- Acquisition of a Veronese by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
- Acquisition of a work by Michel Dorigny by Strasbourg
- Acquisition of minor works banned for export from the United Kingdom
- Acquisition of the Banquet of Dido and Aeneas by François de Troy for Sceaux
- Acquisitions by the Bowes Museum
- Acquisitions by the Crystal Bridges Museum
- Acquisitions for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes
- Alfonso Pérez Sanchez Passes Away
- Alfred Janniot’s monumental works acclaimed in Nice but disregarded in Paris
- Amaury Lefébure appointed Director of Malmaison
- An El Greco acquired by the Onassis Foundation
- An Equestrian Portrait of Henry IV by Marin Le Bourgeoys acquired by the Musee de l’Armee
- An excellent Maastricht fair with confidence restored
- An excellent vintage at the Maastricht Fair
- An exhibition of engravings and drawings after a donation to Lyon
- An important bequest of paintings to the National Gallery and the Tate
- An important donation on exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
- An important restitution claim filed with Dutch museums
- An Islamic bowl broken at the Louvre exhibition in Quebec
- An unknown Titian sold at auction in Leicestirshire ?
- An update on inventory checks of art works on deposit in France
- Another donation for the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
- Another fire at the Hôpital Richaud
- Another Goya painting for Zaragoza
- Another Turner for the Getty
- Another Vouet resurfaces at auction in Stockholm
- Antoine Rivalz painting purchased by the Musée des Augustins de Toulouse
- Antonio Paolucci, the new Director of the Vatican Museums
- Appointment of Ger Luijten as head of the Fondation Custodia
- Architecture by David d’Angers acquired by the Musee du Louvre
- Axel Hémery appointed director of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse
- Barye and Baudry at the Louvre and at the ENSBA
- Béatrix Saule likely replacement for Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel as director of Versailles
- Before mortgaging the Hôtel de la Marine, restore it to mint condition!
- Benjamin West painting now hangs in the Louvre
- Bernard Notari dismissed at Fontainebleau to make room for Jean-François Hébert
- Brazilian Art History Journal now online
- Call for patrons for a drawing collection from the Manufacture Odiot
- Call for patrons for the Portrait of Count Molé by Ingres
- Callet’s Jupiter and Ceres acquired by Boston
- Cancellation of the Louvre exhibition in Verona!
- Carpeaux, Dalou, Susse : an exhibition organized by Orsay and the Ecole du Louvre
- Chain of thefts from Zurich museums
- Charles de Wailly’s panels restored
- Collioure recovers its Romanesque capitals
- Corot painting acquired by the Musée départemental de l’école de Barbizon
- Dallas purchases David’s Niobé
- Dantan exhibition at the Galerie Talabardon & Gautier
- Death of Anne Harnoncourt
- Death of Didier Aaron
- Death of Mario di Giampaolo
- Death of Philip Conisbee
- Death of Sir Michael Levey
- Delacroix acquired by the Met in tribute to Philippe de Montebello
- Demolition of the Hôtel Reichenbach
- Did the Kimbell Museum acquire a Michelangelo ?
- Discovery of a double portrait by Jacob Adriaensz Backer in Reims
- Discovery of one of the paintings by Jordaens for Philip’s Arch
- Domenichino’s Saint John Evangelist on loan to the National Gallery in London
- Dominique Brême appointed director of the Musée de l’Ile-de-France in Sceaux
- Donation of a Napoleonic collection to Montreal
- Don’t throw away your books! Take the advice of Paris City Hall
- Drawings and sculptures recently acquired by the Petit Palais
- Drawings discovered on back of Leonardo’s Saint Anne
- Drawings from the Ratjen collection acquired by the National Gallery in Washington
- Dresden recovers its « Jan Brueghel » lost in 1945
- Dutch paintings recently added to the National Gallery in Washington
- Early works by Gustave Moreau join Orsay and Dijon
- Eric de Chassey, an art historian appointed to the Villa Medicis
- Exchange in deposits between Versailles and Montpellier : a Cabanel for an Albani
- Exhibition of 16th to 19th century French works at the Terradès Gallery
- Exhibition of 18th and 19th century works at the Galerie Terrades
- Exhibition of drawings by Gustav Klimt at the Coatalem Gallery
- Exhibition of the Charles-Louis Müller drawings acquired by the Louvre
- Exhibition on the 19th century at the Galerie Talabardon & Gautier
- First acquisition committee for the Louvre-Abou Dhabi
- First acquisitions by the Louvre-Abu Dhabi
- First signs of conflict of interest for the Louvre Abou Dhabi
- Five landscapes attributed to Mauperché acquired by the Musée de Sainte-Ménehould
- Five paintings stolen from the Frans Hals Museum recovered
- Fondation Custodia acquisitions at the Salon du Dessin
- For the restoration of a stained-glass window by Claudius Lavergne
- François de Troy and the Musée de l’Ile-de-France: call for fundraising and acquisition
- Frédéric Didier admits that the grille at Versailles is not identical to the original one
- Frédéric Mitterrand appointed Minister of Culture
- French art historians oppose the Tuileries reconstruction project
- French drawings at the Musee Magnin available on Internet
- From Roelandt Savery to Theodore Rousseau : four new landscapes at the Getty
- Fundraising appeal for Saint Peter’s Denial by Antoine or Louis Le Nain
- Fundraising appeal for The Three Graces by Lucas Cranach
- Fundraising appeal for the acquisition of a Natoire for the château in Compiegne
- Fundraising drive by Fontainebleau for an Albani
- Fundraising: A Gauguin for Lyon
- Guardi and Dyce, two paintings acquired by the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff
- Guercino’s Lot and his Daughters acquired by Toledo
- Guido Cagnacci’s David purchased by the Getty
- Guillaume Ambroise, in Bordeaux, to replace Olivier Le Bihan, leaving for Troyes
- Guimard up for sale
- Guy Cogeval appointed head of the Musee d’Orsay
- Hang of the « Bergé – Saint-Laurent » Goya at the Louvre
- In France, increased sentences for thefts and vandalism of cultural objects
- Inauguration of the « Grille Royale » at Versailles
- Inauguration of the « Musée Magritte » in Brussels
- Ingres and Gericault for sale in Paris
- Is the sale of the Vasari archives a prank?
- Islamic Art Museum soon to open in Qatar
- Janniot’s legal heir opposes Kawamata’s project for the Palais de la Porte Doree
- Jean-François Hébert, another Enarque as head of Fontainebleau
- Jules Lavirotte in Minneapolis
- Latest acquisitions of the Musée de la Vie Romantique
- Latest update on the Hotel Lambert
- Launching of the expansion project at the Musée d’Unterlinden
- Long sought by the Louvre, now acquired by the Louvre Abou Dhabi
- Louis XVI’s Garde-robe : a successful restoration at Versailles
- Louise Le Gall appointed as head of the Musée Thomas-Henry in Cherbourg
- Mexico City honors Erik Larsen, historian of Flemish art
- Milan exhibition on the Ligaris, Lombard painters of the 18th century
- More acquisitions for Orsay
- More Fabre works and other recent acquisitions in Montpellier
- Nana Mouskori’s Subleyras
- Nathalie Bondil appointed Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal
- Natoire and Coustou : two preemptions for Versailles and the Louvre
- New acquisitions for the Musee de la Vie Romantique
- New acquisitions for the Musée Hébert
- New acquisitions for the Sculpture Department at the Louvre
- New drawing donations for ENSBA
- New galleries open at the Musée d’Orsay
- New temporary hanging for english paintings in the Louvre
- Nicholas Penny to be appointed Director of the National Gallery in London
- No Abu Dhabi, no reserves ?
- On the damage to the Pont d’Argenteuil
- One of the Crown jewels acquired by the Louvre
- Opening of a center for curatorial leadership in the United States
- Opening of the Galleria del Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano
- Over two hundred British paintings and drawings for the Clark Institute
- Paintings recently acquired by the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
- Paintings stolen in Nice in 2007 found again
- Palais de la Porte Dorée : « a cheerful alternative to the imposing and intimidating staircase »
- Philippe de Montebello, director of the Met, announces his future retirement
- Photographs of the five paintings stolen at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris
- Portrait of Stevenson by Sargent acquired by the Crystal Bridges Museum
- Posting of the Repertory of Italian paintings held in France
- Pre-emption of the medal cabinet, The Primroses, by Emile Gallé for the Musée des arts décoratifs
- Preemption of a drawing album by Delécluze for Clermont-Ferrand
- Preemptions for Orsay and the Musée national d’art moderne at the Saint-Laurent and Bergé auction
- Presentation of a collection devoted to Henry Cros at the Petit Palais in Paris
- Presentation of a painting by Martin Freminet acquired by the Louvre through donation
- Prince Charles saves Dumfries House
- Projects at the Louvre until 2020
- Publication and exhibitions of acquisitions at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse
- Publication of issue n° 10 of the online journal In Situ
- Raphael, Murillo, Pierino da Vinci… An update on export bans in the United Kingdom
- Reappearance of a painting by Jacques Stella in Milan
- Reappearance of Antoine Callet’s morceau d’agrément
- Recent acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum: German and Danish
- Recent acquisitions by the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid
- Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum
- Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum : Gérôme and Tissot
- Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum: Annibale Carracci and Gaetano Gandolfi
- Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum: Edgar Degas
- Recent acquisitions by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau
- Recent acquisitions by the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City
- Recent acquisitions in sculpture at the Musée du Louvre
- Recent acquisitions of drawings by the Musée Paul-Dupuy in Toulouse
- Recent acquisitions of Symbolist works by the Musée d’Orsay
- Recent acquisitions of the Musée départemental de l’Oise in Beauvais (France)
- Recent acquisitions of the Musée des Avelines in Saint Cloud
- Recent acquisitions of the Rijksmuseum
- Recent additions to the Musée Girodet in Montargis
- Reconstitution of a predella by the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt
- Rediscovery of a still-life signed by Francesco Bona
- Reopening of the Petit Trianon after restoration
- Restitution of The Young Girl with the Straw Hat by Friedrich von Amerling
- Restoration of the cycle of the Life of Christ by Laurent Pécheux at the Collégiale de Dole
- Restoration of the Salon de musique of the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal
- Restorations of 19th century sculptures in Lille
- Restorations, an acquisition and exhibitions : an update of events at the Musée Condé
- Return of Christ in the Tomb by Claus de Werve to the cathedral in Langres
- Return of decorative art from the 30’s to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo moves on to Rome
- Saint Peter’s Denial by the Le Nain brothers joins the Louvre
- Sale of Italian drawings from the Horvitz collection at Sotheby’s New York
- Serious incident at the Musée d’Art Ancien in Brussels
- Serusier masterpiece for Pont-Aven
- Several art auctions in Paris
- Several French drawings donated to the Louvre on condition
- Several new and useful links
- Several paintings bequeathed to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg
- Several preemptions at the sale of Lefuel collection architectural drawings
- Several sculptures acquired by the Rijksmuseum, thanks to the lottery
- Sixteen drawings by Claude acquired by the Clark Institute
- Some acquisitions and a new attribution for the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse
- Some Internet websites
- Some more paintings by Mengs for Madrid
- Some new websites
- Some new websites on Internet
- Some photograph databases
- Some recent acquisitions of the Liechtenstein Museum
- Strasbourg purchases a Jean Barbault and receives an Antonio Vaccaro
- Sylvie Beguin passes away
- The 24th Biennale des Antiquaires
- The Amis du Louvre donate a painting by Luca Cambiaso
- The Portrait of the Marchioness of Miramon by Tissot acquired by the Getty Museum
- The acquisition of a Saunier console by Versailles now confirmed
- The Albani and the Cavaliere d’Arpino from the Senate back at the Louvre
- The Allegory of the Seas by Albani acquired by Fontainebleau
- The Allumettes factory: a 20th century heritage site in grave danger
- The American Art Museum in Giverny becomes the Musée des Impressionismes
- The architect in charge of Versailles represents himself as a Roman emperor
- The Berger Collection, housed in the Denver Museum, acquires a painting by William Etty
- The Bibliographie d’Histoire de l’Art disappears but is now posted online
- The Buren columns are being restored while the Victor Louis colonnade is collapsing…
- The Burning Bush by Nicolas Froment now restored
- The Cathedral in Chartres recovers its original colour
- The Chardin works commissioned for Bellevue join the Louvre
- The Charles Mellin exhibition opens in Caen
- The church of Santa Maria dell’Orto in Rome once again open to the public after 50 years
- The collections of the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts available online
- The Colossus definitely removed from Goya catalogue
- The Courbet exhibition in Montpellier
- The Cupid attributed to Michelangelo deposited at the Metropolitan Museum
- The demolition permit for 12, rue de Tournon suspended by legal authorities
- The Dordrechts Museum buys back a returned van Goyen
- The Duke of Rutland’s Sacraments by Poussin up for sale
- The Duke of Sutherland’s two most famous Titians are for sale
- The Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris exhibits its most beautiful 16th century Florentine drawings
- The Eiffel railbridge in Bordeaux saved by proceedings for listing
- The fire at the Palais-Royal did little damage
- The Focillon Scholarship is threatened
- The Fondation Custodia acquires an illustrated letter by Gauguin
- The French Senate ratifies the sell-off of historical monuments
- The future of the chapel at the old Nevers hospital not clear
- The Goya in the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint-Laurent collection donated to the Louvre
- The Hôtel de la Marine will indeed be rented on a long-term basis
- The illegal installation of Clara-Clara in the Tuileries Gardens
- The INHA posts a dictionary of art historians
- The Italian Court of Audit investigating the acquisition of the Crucifix attributed to Michelangelo
- The Louis XIV sculpture returns to Versailles
- The Louvre agrees to compensate donor’s daughter for three paintings
- The Louvre exhibits some of its recently acquired drawings
- The Louvre posts database for D’Outre-Manche online
- The Louvre preempts a drawing at Christie’s Paris
- The Louvre’s business plan
- The Maisons chateau to recover Neo-classical landscape décor by Bidault and Bertin
- The Maurice Denis décor in Le Vésinet will be restored
- The Maurice Denis décor in the Vesinet church partly destroyed by a fire
- The Ministry of Culture approves the project for the Hôtel Lambert
- The Musée de la Chartreuse in Douai claims a Jules Breton painting
- The Musée de Quimper adds a painting by Georges Lacombe to its collection
- The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy buys a Claude
- The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva buys a Corot
- The Musée d’Orsay adds some colour
- The Musée Gustave Moreau posts a database for its drawings
- The Musée Picasso without 350 masterpieces nine months before closing for repairs
- The Museum in Arras closes for six months to show Napoleon and Egypt
- The Odiot holdings join the Musee des Arts Decoratifs
- The painting gallery at the Borromeo Palace on Isola Bella open to the public
- The Palais de la Porte Dorée threatened by a Tadashi Kawamata construction
- The Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille opens its Internet site
- The Petit Palais restores its garlands
- The Prince of Liechtenstein’s bronzes exhibited at the Kugel Gallery
- The Rembrandt which reappeared last year in England is authentic
- The restoration of the church Notre-Dame de Calais has finally started
- The Richaud Hospital will finally be saved, it seems
- The Saint Louis Art Museum buys a Degas and sells several other paintings
- The sale of French heritage censured by the Conseil Constitutionnel
- The Sassenage furniture sale cancelled
- The small Pietà by Domenichino acquired by the Met
- The Tarantino Gallery exhibits Roman Baroque
- The Tate finally purchases Rubens study for Banqueting Hall
- The Tournai Cathedral threatened by an architectural project
- The Tribunal Administratif suspends the contested restoration of the Hôtel Lambert
- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts acquires a William Bouguereau
- The wandering Death of Patroclus by Baburen settles down in Kassel
- The Wildenstein Gallery donates two paintings to the Musée d’Orsay
- The young Infanta at the Louvre : a martyr to attribution
- The « Bailly » Immaculate Conception acquired by the Focus Abengoa Foundation in Seville
- The « Treasure » of the Tournai Cathedral looted
- Theft of a painting by Frans van Mieris from the Art Gallery of South Wales
- Thomas Campbell, new director of the Metropolitan Museum
- Thomas Gaehtgens Appointed Head of Getty Research Institute
- Three David works exhibited at the Galerie Turquin
- Three drawing exhibitions at Parisian galleries
- Three Louvre miniatures recently attributed to Isaac Oliver
- Twelve of the most important lots from Sassenage banned from sale
- Two 18th century globes donated to the Bibliothèque nationale
- Two acquisitions for the Musée de la Renaissance in Ecouen
- Two drawings by Charles Eisen for the Louvre
- Two enamels preempted by the Musée national de la Renaissance at the Saint-Laurent & Bergé auction
- Two inaugurations in Amsterdam: former City Hall restored and Hermitage Museum
- Two new databases available on Internet
- Two new databases on Internet: the Musee Fabre and the British Museum
- Two Northern paintings acquired by Châlons-en-Champagne
- Two of Girodet’s early works recently acquired by Montargis
- Two of the paintings stolen in Zurich recovered
- Two other Eakins paintings sold in Philadelphia to private collectors
- Two paintings by Cals acquired by French museums
- Two paintings by Giovanni Battista Lama acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Agen
- Two Pietro Cipriani bronzes acquired by the Getty Museum
- Two sculpted medallions for Louis XIV monuments acquired by the Louvre and Carnavalet
- Two tapestries of the Diana set acquired by the Château d’Ecouen
- Two Victorian paintings sold by an English museum
- Two works by Carolus-Duran for Roubaix and Lille
- Two works by Carus for the Louvre and the Met
- Two XVIIIth century French paintings for museums in Normandy
- Two XVIthC. French Paintings for Ecouen and the Louvre
- Uffizi Acquires A Virgin and Child by Bigallo Master
- Versailles acquires a Savonnerie rug, a national treasure
- Website for Musée de l’Histoire de France posted online
- Xavier Salmon appointed Directeur du Patrimoine et des Collections for the Château de Fontainebleau
- Zaragoza purchases a portrait by Goya
- “Acceptance in Lieu” of a Cézanne for Orsay
Publications
articles
- An interview with Guilhem Scherf before the Salon du Dessin
- Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture
- Catalogue of Flemish and Dutch paintings at the Louvre
- Catalogue of paintings at the Musée du Château de Blois. 16th-17th centuries
- Charles de la Fosse 1637-1716. Le maître des Modernes
- Dessins de sculpteurs I
- Deux siècles précurseurs and Mélanges en l’honneur de Bruno Foucart
- Kuntshaus in Zurich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen (Catalogue of paintings and sculptures) and The Masterpieces
- La collection Oulmont. Dessins, peintures et pastels du XVIIIe siècle
- Louyse Moillon. Still-lifes in the Grand Siècle. Catalogue raisonné
- Nicolas Régnier
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille : Catalogue sommaire des sculptures
- Peintures françaises du XVIIe des églises de Paris
- Six museum catalogues
- The Most Arrogant Man in France. Gustave Courbet and the Nineteenth-Century Media Culture
- The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588-1629). Catalogue raisonné.
- Vincent van Gogh, The Lettres