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2013 mai
The Church in Gesté Vandalized and still Threatened
The Cour de Bar in the Palais Ducal, Dijon Victimized by Yves Lion
Essays in Memory of Adrienne Fontainas Published in New York
A Rembrandt (perhaps) and a Canaletto for the Getty Museum
Good News for the rue du Temple
A Landscape by Robert Seldon Duncanson Acquired by the Amon Carter Museum
Acceptance in Lieu of Ary Scheffer for the Louvre
Péristyles, the Journal of the Amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy
Mexico at the Louvre. Masterpieces from New Spain, 17th and 18th centuries.
Signac, the Colors of Water
Architectural Elements Discovered but Threatened in the Marais
The Stockholm Museum Purchases a Terracotta by Stouf
A Painting by Martinus Rorby Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago
Recent Acquisitions at the Musée Rodin
Restitution and Acquisitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal
A "cabaret" in Sèvres Porcelain Acquired by Montreal
Gobelins par nature. Eloge de la verdure, XVIe - XIXe siècles.
The Metropolitan Acquires a Painting by Charles Le Brun
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2013 avril
Le broyeur de sombre. Bourdelle, Early Drawings
The Acquisitions of the Louvre Abou-Dhabi
The Rijksmuseum Reopens after a Ten-year Renovation
Frans Hals. Eye to Eye with Rembrandt, Rubens and Titian
Continuation (and End) of Drawing Exhibitions in Paris
Various Exhibitions in Paris around the Salon du Dessin
The Tragi-comic Mishaps of the Louvre Abou-Dhabi
A Marine by Penguilly L’Haridon for the Petit Palais
A Group of Drawings by François Chauveau Exhibited in Paris
A Nicolas Mignard Donated to the Louvre as a Promised Gift
Four Albums by Luc-Olivier Merson Pre-empted by Orsay
High Attendance at the Salon du Dessin 2013
A Painting by Schiavone Acquired by the Caen Museum
A Drawing by William Bouguereau Acquired by Bordeaux
Barocci : Brilliance and Grace
Antoine Watteau, the Music Lesson
Two Beautiful Auctions in Paris (Artcurial and Christie’s)
A Painting by Guillon-Lethière Acquired by the Dallas Museum of Art
The Musée de Picardie : the Devil Is in the Details
The Louvre Pre-empts a Boucher
Paul Salmona Appointed Head of the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme
Musée de Valence : Four 17th century Paintings Undergoing Restoration
Jean-Luc Martinez, President-Director of the Louvre
Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures at Eric Coatalem’s and Patrice Bellanger’s
A Copper by Otto van Veen Acquired by the Ringling Museum of Art
Frederic Church at the National Gallery in London
Recent Acquisitions at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes
Appointment and Donation...News from the States
Acquisition of a Turner Canvas by the Bowes Museum
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2013 mars
A Barocci, a Ribera and a Baciccio Displayed at Antoine Tarantino’s
L’Atelier de l’oeuvre. Italian Drawings at the Musée Fabre
I, the President of the French Republic, Will Appoint Martine Aubry as Head of the Louvre !
Ferdinand Hodler
TEFAF, Maastricht 2013
The Félicie de Fauveau Works Acquired by the Historial de Vendée
The Cadillac Pietà by Brebiette rather than Vignon
An Exceptional Eugène Isabey Acquired by Montreal at the TEFAF
Restoration of the Apse in Notre Dame de Lorette
Two Houses on the Rue des Carmes in Orleans Definitely Protected
A Diderot Itinerary at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes
A Work by Jacques Blanchard Identified in Austin
The Rijksmuseum Purchases a Silver Vase by Antoine Vechte
A Bronze by William Theed for the Metropolitan Museum
Acquisition of Latin-American and American Paintings in Philadelphia
The Louvre Bookshop : the RmnGP Reassures Publishers
A Biard Painting Donated to the Dallas Museum of Art
A Painting by Gustave Doré for the Monastery in Brou
Acquisition of a Eugène Delacroix Sketch by the Van Gogh Museum
The French Ministry of Culture Applies for Listing of the Halle in Fontainebleau
A David Drawing Purchased by the Met for $840
The Folkwang Museum Recovers a Statuette by Maillol
The Louvre Bookshop Threatened
Acquisition of a Byzantine Ivory Diptych by the Louvre
Serres d’Auteuil 1 - Delanoë 0
The Ecole du Louvre Comes to the Rescue of Religious Heritage
Death of Roseline Bacou and Adeline Cacan de Bissy
A Portrait by Abraham de Vries Acquired by the Petit Palais in Paris
An Allianz Advertorial in the 7th Arrondissement Newspaper
Watteau or not Watteau ?
Some Useful Internet Websites
Saint Michael’s Lamp, a Work by Félicie de Fauveau Acquired by the Louvre
Patrick de Carolis Opens an Audit of the Musée Marmottan
A Painting and a Watercolor by Papety Donated to the Musée Fabre
Reims Buys and Orsay Pre-empts at Sotheby’s
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2013 février
More Fabre Works for the Musée Fabre
A Trompe l’oeil by Jean Valette-Penot Acquired by the Château in Pau
The Peterzano Collection (and the pseudo-Caravaggios) on View at the Castello Sforzesco
A 15th century French Panel Acquired by the Prado
Will the Organ in the Church of Saint Jacques also Be Destroyed ?
A Boucher Work Is Reattributed : Regarding the Butkin Bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Church of St Jacques in Abbeville Will Be Destroyed
Three Drawings by Loutherbourg Donated to Strasbourg
La Liberté Vandalized at the Louvre in Lens
After Caravaggio and Leonardo, Courbet
A Miniature by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard Acquired by Stockholm
Two Acquisitions for the Musée des Avelines in Saint Cloud
Only a few Days left to See the Loutherbourg Exhibition in Strasbourg
The next Festival d’histoire de l’art, from 31 May to 2 June 2013
A Corot for the National Gallery in London
The Church of St Jacques in Abbeville near Destruction
Charles Villeneuve de Janti Appointed Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy
The Two Ivories for the Descent from the Cross finally Acquired by the Louvre
Bruno Girveau Appointed Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lille
A Collection of 16th and 17th century Silver and other Pieces Bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum
Twelve Spanish Medieval and Renaissance Works Donated to the Prado
An Important Donation of Paintings by Eugène Carrière for Douai
Some Chifflart Drawings Acquired by the Musée de l’Hôtel Sandelin
A Brueghel Drawing Acquired by Lille
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2013 janvier
The Brafa 2013
A Sculpture by Pedro de Mena Acquired by the San Diego Museum of Art
A Table by Jean-Pierre Latz for Sceaux
Free (but Limited) Consultation of Articles on JSTOR
Restoration of the Foyer at the Opéra Comique
Santi di Tito, Trevisani, Ribera, Three Paintings for the Metropolitan Museum
A Tapestry after Michel 1er Corneille Acquired for the Château in Châteaudun
Five Drawings by Navez for the Musée du Mont de Piété in Bergues
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm Adds Three Northern European Paintings
Recent Acquisitions by the National Gallery in Washington
Nicolas Colombel
Reims Wishes to Acquire Henry Vasnier’s Dining Room by Emile Gallé
Cupid Seducing Innocence by Prud’hon Acquired by Ottawa
The Rothschilds in 19th century France
Another Heritage Scandal at the Hôpital Laënnec Site
A Painting by Luca Penni Acquired by the Louvre
Lyon and Modern Art from Bonnard to Signac 1920-1942
Vignon, Sarrazin et Corneille : Three 17th c. Paintings Acquired by the CMN
Publication of "La recherche au Musée du Louvre 2011"
Publication of n°2 of the "Cahiers du Musée des Beaux-Art de Caen"
The Hornstein Donation in Montreal (4)
Two Paintings from the Ecole de Fontainebleau Acquired by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
Successful Fundraiser for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon
The Publications of the Ecole française de Rome online at Persée
Numerous Donations for the Musée de la Vie Romantique
Four Drawings by Hans Vredeman de Vries for the Fries Museum
Seventeenth century Parisian Church Paintings in Nantes
A Belgian Bank Plans to Sell its Art Works
The Keys to Algiers Will Remain at the Musée de l’Armée
Disappearance and Recovery of a Drawing Collection by Paul Borel
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2012
2012 décembre
Marguerite Yourcenar and Flemish Painting
Versailles and the Antique
A Painting by Francesco Hayez Acquired by the Louvre
The Church in Geste Definitely Saved
A Virgin by Simon Challe for the Louvre, its Model now Found
Lyon Wishes to Acquire Two Fragonard Works, Listed as National Treasures
Several Works Donated to the Petit Palais by Charles Girault’s Descendants
The Getty Acquires a 15thc. Illuminated Manuscript
A September Tapestry for Chambord
Beweb : A Database for Works in Italian Churches
The Opening of the Louvre-Lens
The Keys to Algiers from the Musée de l’Armée Transformed into a Diplomatic Gift by the Elysée Presidential Palace
Fragonard : "La Guimard" Is Madame de Grave and "Diderot" Is Meu(s)nier
Depressing but Necessary
An Ensemble of Drawings by Charles Coypel Will Soon Be Separated at Auction
The Amis du Louvre Will Pay to See the Works in Lens
Fundraising Drives : Hubert Robert for Valence, CMN and Ecole des Chartes
A Painting by Emile Bernard Pre-Empted by the Musée d’Orsay
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2012 novembre
Two Pre-Emptions for the Petit Palais and for the BnF
The Musée de Cambrai Exhibits its History
The Lettres d’Alsace-Lorraine
by Adolphe-Martial Potémont Acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau
Two Studies by Papety for the Musée Vivenel
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm Purchases a Pastel by Vigée-Lebrun
Fables in the Flemish Landscape. Bosch, Bles, Brueghel, Bril
The Louvre Pre-Empts a Painting by Hubert Robert
Two Paintings Acquired by the Musée de Fécamp
Two Works Pre-Empted at Sotheby’s by the Louvre and Angers
The Hornstein Donation in Montreal (3)
The Exhibitions around Paris-Tableau
Constance Rubini Appointed Head of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Bordeaux
José de Los Llanos Appointed Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux
Du côté de chez Jacques-Emile Blanche. A Salon at the Belle Epoque
The Second Year of Paris-Tableau
A Still-Life by van Spaendonck Donated to the Frick Collection
Two Exhibitions in Paris on Canaletto
Fra Angelico, the French Wealth Tax and the Collector
The Restoration of the Roofs at Vaux-le-Vicomte Ends with the Dome
A Roman Baroque Bénitier Acquired by the National Gallery in Washington
The Façade of the Church of Saint Paul-Saint Louis Restored
Bologna and the Autun Pontifical. Unknown Masterpieces of the Early Trecento, 1330-1440.
The Hornstein Donation in Montreal (2)
The Fitzwilliam Museum Succeeds in Purchasing Poussin’s Extreme Unction
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2012 octobre
Edgar Degas, The Late Work
Two 17th century French Paintings Purchased by the Musée de la Cour d’Or in Metz
A Don Quixote by Natoire Joins Compiègne
Acquisition of a Painting by Vilhelm Hammershoi in Frankfurt
A Collection of Free Books on Heritage Edited by the DRAC Languedoc-Roussillon
Three Busts by Thorvaldsen for the National Gallery in Washington
Fundraisers Increasing in French Museums
The Projects for the Centre des Monuments Nationaux Presented by Philippe Bélaval
The Louvre Opens a Fundraiser to Purchase Two Gothic Statuettes
Jordaens and Antiquity
The Van Gogh Museum Is Closing its Doors and Exhibiting at the Hermitage Amsterdam
Two Recent Acquisitions for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Agen
The Assemblée Nationale Rejects Including Art Works in the French Wealth Tax
Camille Corot, Nature and Dreams
Victor Horta 1861-1947. L’homme, l’architecte, l’art nouveau
A Painting by Gagneraux and Drawings by Naigeon for Dijon
A Reynolds Portrait for the Birmingham Museum
Free Downloading Offered by the Metropolitan Museum for its Out-of-Print Publications
Le Cercle de l’art moderne : Avant Garde Collectors in Le Havre
A Civil Servant from the Finance Ministry as Director General for Heritage ?
Appointment of Ariane James-Sarazin as Director of the Angers Museums
The ISF and Art Works : A (Poisonous) Sea Serpent
A Portrait of Talleyrand by François Gérard Joins the Metropolitan Museum
Some Useful Websites on Internet
Reopening, Acquisitions, Appointment : An Update on the Musée d’Art et d’Archéologie in Senlis
The Louvre Purchases a Painting by David Wilkie
A
Saint Roch
by Guy François Acquired by the LACMA
The French Heritage Society Celebrates its 30th Anniversary
By De-Regulating Wind Energy, Parliamentarians Are Threatening Heritage
A New Look at the Collections of the Musée Cognac-Jay
Cultural Budget : Charge (but flee) !
The Louvre Invents the Gruyère Museum
Pre-Emption of an Ariane by Pierre Julien for the Musée Crozatier in Puy-en-Velay
Impressionism and Fashion
An Exhibition and a Book on the Goldsmith Johann Christian Neuber
The Troglodyte Church of Haute-Isle and its 17th century Furnishings
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2012 septembre
Two New Internet Websites for Rembrandt and Goya
Closing of the Barockmuseum in Salzburg
Unveiling of a Painted Décor at the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec
The Bulletin of the Association des historiens de l’art italien now ArtItalies
Pre-emption of a Portrait by Alexandre Roslin for the Musée Cognac-Jay
Recent Acquisitions by the Museo Poldi Pezzoli
A Study by Antonio González Velázquez for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Bordeaux
The Coaches from Versailles on View at Arras
A Drawing by Baron Gérard for the Metropolitan
The FRAMs Faced with Threat of 50 to 60% Cuts
Opening of the Département des Arts de l’Islam at the Louvre
Several Sculpture Exhibitions in Parisian Galleries
The Biennale 2012 Confirms its Trend in Decorative Arts
Budget : François Hollande’s Big Lie
A Nude with Mauve Shirt by Charles Camoin Acquired by Grenoble
Musée des Beaux-Arts in Brest : A New Director and an Ozanne Drawing
Jacques Moulin Appointed Architect of the Gardens at Versailles
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon Launches a Fundraiser for an Ingres
A Canvas by Thérèse Moreau de Tours Acquired by the Musée de Bretagne
The Four Paintings from the Grand Salon in Marly Reunited for the First Time in almost Two Centuries
Fundraising Drive for the Restoration of the Turkish Boudoir at Fontainebleau
An Interview with Alexandre Gady, President of the S.P.P.E.F.
Acquisition of a Jan Lievens Painting by the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm
A Fra Angelico Panel To Be Auctioned in Marseille
Two Letters about the Boudoir Turc in Fontainebleau
No Funeral Wreaths
A 19th century Allegory for the Spanish Romantics Museum
A Stolen Picabia Painting Returned to the City of Nevers
A Portrait of Count Potocki Purchased by the Royal Palace in Warsaw
The French Minister of Culture Opposes Destroying the BnF Staircase
An Update for the Musée Départemental Gustave Courbet in Ornans
The Refurbishing Project for the Saint Saturnin Choir Suspended
A Painting by Emmanuel Leutze Donated by the American Friends of the Louvre
The BnF Is Launching a Fundraising Drive for Jeanne de France’s Book of Hours
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2012 août
Two Paintings Acquired Thanks to Acceptance in Lieu Assigned to the National Gallery in London
Christophe Leribault Appointed Head of the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris
François Hollande’s Tax Measures : A Fatal Threat to Historical Heritage
Latest Acquisitions by the Musée de la Vie Romantique
Suzanne Lalique-Haviland, Reinventing Décor
Two Portraits by Rembrandt Peale Join the Columbus Museum
Laurent Pécheux Works Recently Acquired by Museums
Laurent Pécheux. A French Painter in the Italian Enlightenment
A Painting by Juan Comba Pre-Empted by the Spanish Government for the Patrimonio Nacional
A Terracotta from the Buen Retiro Factory for the Museo Arqueológico Nacional
The Fitzwilliam Museum Looking to Acquire Poussin’s
Extreme-Unction
A Painting Attributed to Pierre Mignard Donated to the Musée Calvet
Death of Dewey F. Mosby
The Staircase at the BnF still in Grave Danger
Two Portraits by Cornelis Jonson van Ceulen Acquired by the Catharijneconvent in Utrecht
The Portrait of Fanny Claus by Manet Finally Acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford
The Future of the Musée de l’Assistance Publique in Doubt again
Real ? Fake ? The Italian Primitive Was almost Perfect
1917
Gustave Doré, Born a Painter
Recent Acquisitions by the Musée des Avelines in Saint-Cloud
Donation of a Sculpture by Hendrick de Keyser to the Rijksmuseum
A Special Study Exhibition on Auguste Morisot at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Lyon
Confusion surrounding Raphael’s Portrait of a Young Man in the Czartoryski Collection
A Painting by Jean-Baptiste Faudran Acquired by the Musée d’Histoire in Marseille
Bodies and Shadows. Caravaggio and European Caravaggism
Renaissance Feasts. Cooking and Table Treasures
Saint-Saturnin : the Priest, the Minister’s Mother and the High Altar
Roman Emperors versus Haute Couture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris
What Lies in the Future for the Hotel-Dieu in Lyon ?
Bob Haboldt : Singular Vision
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2012 juillet
Flooding and Collapse Damage the Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Acquisition of a Lima Painting by the Brooklyn Museum
Chief Architect Jacques Moulin, Dismissed from Fontainebleau, Soon at Versailles ?
Georg Platzer’s
The Artist’s Studio
Acquired by the Cleveland Museum
Frescoes Discovered in the Nativity Crypt in Prague
A Petition to Save the Dutch Institute in Paris
Acquisition of a Version of the Procession of the Ligue by the Chateau de Pau
Aurelie Filippetti Filed an Application for Listing the Rue des Carmes
La Piscine Exhibits its Weerts
Fragonard and the Fantasy Figure. Painting the Imagination
Threats to the Institut Néerlandais (but not the Fondation Custodia)
Death of Bénédicte Pradié Ottinger
Speaking Out in Favor of the Baroque and Neo-Classical Sculpture Collections at the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels
Publication of the Proceedings from the Colloquium on Frère Luc
Bibliography for Modern Era Sculpture Posted Online
Death of Jean-François Méjanès
Ordinary Vandalism in Amiens
The Musée National de la Renaissance Purchases an Enamel by Léonard Limosin
A Drawing by Pieter Lastman Acquired by the Rijksmuseum
The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin under Serious Threat
A Venus by John Nost the Elder, Acquired by the V&A
Anne Dary Appointed Head of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes
A Charity Sculpted by Jan van Delen To Return to its Brussels Chapel
Reattribution and Restoration of a Painting by Juan Bautista Maíno
Exclusive Report : the Caravaggio Drawings Are in fact by Strozzi, Mignard and Elsheimer !
The Last Night in Troy. History and Violence surrounding Pierre Guérin’s Death of Priam
Strange Face. Portraits and Figures in the Magnin Collection
Preposterous Theories Continue to Surface about Caravaggio...
Bartholdi’s Statue of Liberty Returns to the Musée d’Orsay
The Stables of the Palais du Rhin no Longer for Sale
An Allegory of the Exile of the Duke of Choiseul for Waddesdon Manor
Géricault. At the Heart of Romantic Creation
July Auctions of Old Master and 19th Century Paintings and Drawings in London
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2012 juin
A Promised Gift to the Louvre of a Landscape by Gabriel Prieur
The Threats to Patronage Funding Apparently Removed according to Le Canard Enchainé
The Bimba Dormiente by Carlo Marochetti : A Funerary Portrait
A Paul Baudry Painting Pre-empted by the Musée d’Orsay
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Two Fragments of a Danloux Painting Reunited at the Louvre
A Still-Life by Clara Peeters Acquired by the Mauritshuis
A Family Portrait by Eugène Giraud Acquired by the Musée de Picardie
UNESCO Exhibits Works Recovered by Italy
Nicolas de Leyde and Charles Milcendeau, Two Exhibitions and Two Catalogues
Two Armchairs from the Orleans Chancellery Pre-Empted by the State
Numerous Errors in the 3D Animations at the Château in Versailles
Versailles : Opening of the Galerie de l’Histoire at the Château
Aurélie Filippetti Shows Support for Business Patronage
Philippe Bélaval Leaving the Direction des Patrimoines for the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
ADMICAL Launches a Petition for Patronage
Bertrand Delanoë Demands the Halle Freyssinet Be Unlisted
The Molitor Pool, an Art Deco Masterpiece, Has Disappeared
The Affair of the Battle of Anghiari
A Bouchardon Bust Pre-Empted by the Louvre
A Portrait Exhibition at the Musée Fragonard in Grasse
Business Patronage Imperiled
El Greco and the Moderns
Philostrate : A Collaborative Site Devoted to Anonymous Works or Unknown Whereabouts
A Strange Portrait for the National Portrait Gallery in London
The Treasure of Pouilly-sur-Meuse Exhibited at Ecouen
Insulted Publicly by the Mayor of Lens
Naigeon Drawings Acquired by Several Museums
Isabelle Lemesle Resigns from the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
Renewed Success of Art History Festival
The Mayor of Lens Censures The Art Tribune
Roland-Garros : A Counter-Proposal by the Associations
Saint Anne, Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Masterpiece
Theft of a Painting by Jacques de Létin
A Boudin Work Donated to Quimper
Launch of the Getty Research Portal
A Landscape by Jacob Savery for the Broelmuseum
Tours 1500. Art Capital
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2012 mai
The Hornstein Donation to Montreal (1)
Several Important Donations by Mrs. Charles Wrightsman to the Metropolitan Museum
An early 16th century Virgin with Child Acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours
A Portrait by Suvée at the Prison Saint-Lazare Acquired by Tours
The LACMA Purchases a Mysterious Painting
Exhibition Poussin et Moïse at the Mobilier National : A Cartoon for La Manne Recovered
A Renaissance Sculpture and a Barbizon Painting Acquired by the Huntington Library
Recent Acquisitions at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
Tintoretto
Berthe Morisot
Devastating Earthquake in Emilia, Italy
Christiane Naffah-Bayle Appointed Director of the Mobilier National
A Study by Noël Coypel from the Thuillier Collection Acquired by Versailles
Michelangelo in the Age of Carpeaux
Aurélie Filippetti Appointed French Minister of Culture
Guillaume Ambroise, Future Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Quimper
A Still-life by Bazille for the Musée Fabre
Nantes : Acquisition of a Maxence and Publication of the Catalogue of 19th century Drawings and Engravings
A Portrait of a Young Woman by Thomas Lawrence Joins the National Gallery in London
Vandalism of the Roman Amphitheater in Frejus : The Results
Die Brücke. The Origins of Expressionism
Two Works from Latin America (Mexico and Puerto Rico) Acquired by the Brooklyn Museum
The Musée Fabre Purchases a Masterpiece by Lionello Spada
The Mauritshuis, under Refurbishment, Exhibits at the Gemeentemuseum
The Solar Decathlon, another Threat to the Park in Versailles
The Paintings Stolen from the Musée Fesch Now Recovered
A Francesco Maffei Bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum
A Painting and a Drawing by Jean Restout Donated to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes
Two Stained-glass Windows Pre-empted by the Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg
A Painting in the Tours Cathedral Claimed by the Sacristan
Drawings from the Christian and Isabelle Adrien Collection
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2012 avril
Gustave Moreau, Helen of Troy : Majestic Beauty
The Metropolitan Acquires a Carlo Francesco Nuvolone and a Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Acquisition of a Bartolomé Pérez de la Dehesa Painting by the Cleveland Museum
Maurice Denis, Eternal Spring
Electoral Reserve Period : DRAC Officials Silenced by a Legally Unfounded Order
Cima da Conegliano. Master of the Venitian Renaissance
The Incredible Intellectual Void of the Louvre-Lens
A Painting by Jakob Philipp Hackert Acquired by Dresden
The Golden Age of Danish Painting at the Galerie Jean-François Heim
Delacroix’s
La Liberté
, Ingres’
Monsieur Bertin
, Rahael’s
Balthazar Castiglione
or the Louvre Beheaded by Lens
The Jourdan-Barry Collection to be Auctioned at Sotheby’s
Swedish Silver Objects Acquired by the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm
A Watercolor by William Wyld Acquired by the Musée Borda in Dax
Two Works by Louis-Nicolas Lemasle Acquired by the Musée Antoine Lécuyer
For the Love of Art. French Artists and Art Lovers in 18th century Rome
Hispanic Art History Journals on Internet (2)
The Spirit of the Enlightenment Seen by Carmontelle
The Façade of the Hôtel Lambert Overwhelmed by Reconstituted Pots à Feu
Eugeen Van Mieghem and the Port of Antwerp
A Phaethon by Noël Coypel for Monsieur ?
The Tribulations of the Jacques Thuillier Donation to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy
Acquisitions by the Musée Georges de La Tour at the Jacques Thuillier Auction
From Seurat to Matisse, Henri-Edmond Cross and Neo-Impressionism
An Intimate Universe. Paintings from the Frits Lugt Collection
Two Small Portraits by Jan de Bray Acquired by the Fondation Custodia
Fifteen Pre-emptions for the Musée de Cahors at the Henri Martin Auction
Other Drawing Exhibitions Still in Paris
An Ary Scheffer Watercolor Donated to the Musée Bartholdi in Colmar
Michelangelo : The Real Artist behind the Mona Lisa
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2012 mars
Salon du Dessin 2012
The Rijksmuseum Purchases a Triqueti Ewer
A Sébastien Bourdon from the Jacques Thuillier Collection Acquired by Montpellier
The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen Recovers its Miniature
Drawing Auctions in Paris
The Louvre Pre-empts a Ribera
Neo-Classicism and the 19th century Highlighted in Parisian Galleries
A Drawing by Emile Bernard for Quimper
Artemesia 1593-1654
An Update on the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Reims
The Extraordinary Development of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal
Boston Purchases a Masterpiece by Frans Francken II
Furniture Exchange between Versailles and the Institut
Acquisition of a Bust of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Houdon for the Liebieghaus in Frankfurt
Maastricht 2012, TEFAF’s Twenty-fifth Anniversary
A Pompeo Batoni Painting for Ottawa
Death of Robert Hooze
Turner Inspired : In the Light of Claude
The Getty Purchases a Controversial Watteau
Two Medieval Sconces Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum
Cahors Mobilizing Support for Henri Martin
Alain Seban’s Beaubourg Circus not Expensive
Versailles : 520,000 euros per Hectare !
Italian Baroque Sculptures Acquired by the LACMA
A Guercino Sibyl Acquired for the British Collections through Acceptance in Lieu
A Sergel Terracotta for the Stockholm Museum
A Maella Painting and a Bust by J.-B. II Lemoyne for the LACMA
The Halle Freyssinet Saved
The Duke of Sutherland’s Second Titian Purchased by London and Edinburgh
Jean de Boishue Appointed President of the "Acceptance in Lieu" Commission
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2012 février
Work, and Damages, Continues at Ancenis
A Painting by Giovanni Boulanger Acquired by Troyes
The Napoleonic Wars. Louis François Lejeune, General and Painter
Budget Cuts for Heritage
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford Launches a Campaign to Save a Manet
The Beyeler Foundation : Bonnard’s Imaginary House
Another Picasso for Grenoble
Recent Acquisitions at the Musée de la Révolution française in Vizille
Church Destructions : A Few Victories and New Threats
Le Bon Pasteur and Saint Bernard, Two Endangered Churches in the Heart of Lyon
A Rembrandt for Leiden
The New American Paintings at the National Gallery in Washington
A Jacob Jordaens Painting Donated to the Israel Museum
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931). A Finnish Passion
A Study by Jacques van Schuppen Acquired by the Musée Fabre in Montpellier
Hispanic Art History Journals on Internet (1)
The Curious Tribulations of a Bust of Christ by Joseph-Marcellin Combette
An Update on the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes : an exhibition, a website... and the acquisition of a drawing by David
Restitution of Christ Carrying the Cross by Romanino
Two New Acquisitions for the Getty Museum
PLU of Versailles : City Hall’s First Concessions ?
Two Moillon, Isaac and Louise, for the LACMA
A Lanfranco Acquired by the Palazzo Barberini
Feininger, from Manhattan to Bauhaus
Majolica. Italian Ceramics in the Humanist Age
A Piano Sculpted by Carabin Returns to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
The Disastrous Result for Heritage of Nicolas Sarkozy’s Cultural Policy
Château d’Ancenis : Frédéric Mitterand and his Responsibilities
The SPPEF Files an Administrative Appeal against the Versailles PLU
Restoration of the Salon de Mercure
Catherine Pégard Is Clearly Opposed to the PLU Projects for the Park in Versailles
Jean-Jacques Aillagon States his Position on the Versailles PLU Project
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2012 janvier
A Drawing by Piero del Pollaiuolo Acquired by the Getty Museum
Versailles City Hall Blunders on the SDRIF
The
Houdon Portrait
by Marie-Gabrielle Capet Is Indeed from the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen
Discovery of a Lost Painting by Léon Bénouville
Nicolas Sarkozy Confirms the Louvre’s Management of the Hôtel de la Marine
The Place de la République Vandalized by Paris City Hall
The Restoration of the Chapel des Ames du Purgatoire in the Church of Sainte Marguerite
Two Paintings Acquired by the Fine Arts Museum in Seville
In the Presence of Things. Four Centuries of European Still-Life Painting
The Service des Musées de France Demands the Withdrawal of a Miniature at the Hôtel Drouot
BRAFA 2012 in Brussels
A Portrait by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein Restituted, Returns to Dresden
The Curious Response from Versailles City Hall
The Woman’s Portrait Attributed to Simon Vouet Acquired by the Musée Georges de La Tour
The Response of Versailles City Hall concerning the PLU
News from the Louvre in Fukushima
A Cretey Painting for the National Collections
Upcoming Auction at Artcurial of Part of the Jacques Thuillier Collection
The Acquisition of Jean Malouel’s Pietà by the Louvre
Another Painting by Carolus Duran for the Lille Museum
The Louvre Increasingly More (Radio) Active in Japan
A Bust Attributed to Leone Leoni Acquired by the Museum of the Order of Saint John
Several Art History Journals only on Internet
The Plan Local d’Urbanisme in Versailles : from bad to worse
Two Silver Pieces and a Terracotta Acquired by the Rijksmuseum
120 Drawings Acquired by Berlin and Augsborg
A New Proposed Attribution for the Saint Cecilia in Dulwich
David d’Angers, the Faces of Romanticism
Catherine Chevillot Appointed Head of the Musée Rodin
A Proposed Attribution for the Saint Cecilia in Dulwich
A Saint Cecilia now Restored, but with no Attribution, Joins the Dulwich Gallery
A Follow-up to the Debate on the Restoration of Leonardo’s Saint Anne
An Update on the Serres d’Auteuil
Simon Vouet en Italie
Our Impressions of the New Installations at the Musée d’Orsay
A Painting by Antonio Joli for the Prado
Versailles : Jean-Jacques Aillagon Now Opposes the Previous President of the Public Establishment
Donation of a Wax Model by David d’Angers to the Cabinet des médailles at the Louvre
Information on the Proposed Dissolution of the Hungarian National Gallery as an Independent Institution
Outside the French-Spanish Exchanges of 1941. Viollet-le-Duc’s Cabinet : A Case where Deaccessioning Was Happily Avoided
Eyewitness Reports from Cairo after the Fire at the Institut d’Egypte
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2011
2011 décembre
Some New Internet Web Sites
Death of Miklos Boskovits
A Saint Jerome Attributed to Jean Ducamps Acquired by Cambrai
A Zurbarán and a Champaigne Donated to the Seattle Art Museum
Sophie Join-Lambert Appointed Head of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Tours
A Reaction to Pierre Curie’s Article : "Caravage et Loches. Une Apostille andalouse au débat"
Caravaggio and Loches. An Andalusian Footnote to the Debate
The Louvre Acquires Two Silver Tureens by Robert-Joseph Auguste
Maryvonne de Saint-Pulgent Appointed as Head of the Maison de l’Histoire de France
Theft of a Drawing by Jean Restout
Acquisition of a Carus Painting by the Pommersche Landesmuseum in Greifswald
The Wedgwood Museum Can Now Be Sold...
A 12th century Capital Acquired by Châlons-en-Champagne
Versailles, la fabrique d’un chef-d’œuvre
Rediscovery of An Annunciation by François Le Moyne, on Loan to the National Gallery in London
Niccolò di Buonaccorso’s Virgin Exhibited at the Louvre
The Brueghel Recently Acquired by the Prado Is Now Hanging
A Painting by Emanuel Phillips Fox Acquired by Sydney
News of the Salon du Dessin
The Owl Has Flown
An Interview with Bertrand Talabardon and Bertrand Gautier about Friedrich’s
Owl
John Martin. Apocalypse.
An Agreement between Three American Institutions and the Louvre
A Portrait by Mengs Acquired by the San Diego Art Museum
Spanish Art between Two Centuries, from Zuloaga to Picasso (1890-1920)
The Getty Museum Purchases a 16th century German Sculpture
A Portrait of Julius II by Raphael and his Workshop Joins the Städel Museum
Two Sculpted Allegories by Giovanni Baratta Acquired by the LACMA
December Art Auctions in London
The Death of Virginia by Gabriel-François Doyen Joins the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes
Part of the Domaine National de Versailles for potential sale at the Salon de l’Immobilier d’Entreprise
Two Stolen Paintings Back in their Parisian Church
De Turner à Monet. La découverte de la Bretagne par les paysagistes au XIXe siècle
Manet’s Portrait of Madame Brunet Acquired by the Getty Museum
New 19th and 20th century Paintings for the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum Discovers a Clodion Terracotta
Celebrating in the Golden Age
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2011 novembre
Two International Gothic Altarpieces Acquired by the Museu Nacional d’Art in Catalonia
A
Portrait of an Artist
by Vincent Acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg
Giovanni Battista Beinaschi (1636-1688)
An Auction of Old Master Drawings in Paris
A publication by the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Belgium on Theodoor van Loon
The Threat to the Halle Freyssinet More Pressing Than Ever
The Drawings and Engravings from the ENSBA Exhibited in Rouen
Intimate Scenes. French Genre Painting between the Revolution and the Restoration
Stockholm’s Nationalmuseum Adds a Nicolas Regnier Painting to its Collections
Jacob’s Dream
by Gioacchino Assereto Acquired by Grenoble
Two New Paintings for the Scottish National Gallery
The Dusseldorf School
Jacob van Loo 1614 - 1670
Boilly (1761-1845)
Mary Cassatt Joins the Fort Worth Museum
Boilly and Longhi : Some Genre Scenes for the Getty Museum
A Terracotta Group by Clodion Acquired by the Ashmolean Museum
Marie Antoinette’s Bathroom Restored at Versailles
Leonardo da Vinci. Painter at the Court of Milan
Three More Portraits by Benjamin-Constant at the Musée des Augustins
Daniel Sarrabat (1666-1748)
A New Director at the Worcester Art Museum
The French Government Claims the Nicolas Tournier Painting and Is Now Holding it at the Ministry of Culture
The Imbroglio Concerning Nicolas Tournier’s Christ Carrying the Cross
John White Alexander (1856-1915)
A Scholarly Exhibition in Dijon on Gustave Moreau’s Song of Songs
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2011 octobre
Nicolas Bourriaud Appointed as Director of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Pierre Jacques Volaire (1729-1799), dit le Chevalier Volaire
The Resurrection of Lazarus by Jean Le Clerc Acquired by the Louvre
Acquisition, Restorations, Hangs : News of Neo-Classical (and Romantic) Holdings at the Louvre
A New Director Appointed at the Wallace Collection
A Painting and Two Sculptures by Carpeaux Acquired by Valenciennes at the Fabius Auction
Two Medici Vases Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum at the Fabius Auction
Latest Acquisitions by the Clark Institute
An Update on the Frick Collection
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2011 août
Two paintings by Maximilien Luce donated to the Musée des Impressionistes
A Painting by Agostino Brunias for the Brooklyn Museum
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2011 mai
Acquisition of a painting by Jan Steen at the Mauritshuis
Latest acquisitions at the Musée Crozatier
A pastel portrait of the Comtesse d’Artois , by Joseph Boze, acquired by Versailles
Serres d’Auteuil : the associations preparing their fight
Musées de Senlis : an acquisition and an internet website
A silver bowl from the late 12th century to be auctioned at Sotheby’s Paris
The first Art History Festival will be held in Fontainebleau from 27 to 29 May
The Carraci Gallery at the Palazzo Farnese to be restored
James Cuno appointed as head of the J. Paul Getty Trust
Exhibition on the Christ figure at the Mendes Gallery
Versailles preempts a portrait of Mme du Barry by Francois-Hubert Drouais
Hotel de la Marine : tenders for projects closed
Recent acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum
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2011 avril
The INHA databases now combined but with mixed results
Denis Mahon and Luciano Bellosi pass away
Three days to see an exhibition of late 17th century French paintings
The Issenheim altarpiece to be restored
The Fédération Française des Sociétés des Amis de Musées against the ban on taking pictures
Several drawing exhibitions in Paris
The Musée Fragonard opens in Grasse
Donation of a Virgin with Child by Bartolomeo Vivarini to the Louvre
The church of San Clemente in Casauria restored thanks to the World Monument Fund
More giant billboards abound on the Seine
The Salon du Dessin, 2011
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2011 mars
Several drawing auctions in Paris
Pietro da Cortona, Ciro Ferri and Louis de Boullogne displayed at the Louvre
Marie Antoinette’s desk by Jean-Henri Riesener returns to Versailles
Photographs in museums : it is forbidden to forbid
A newly attributed Van Dyck at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid
An exhibition of 17th and 18th century Roman paintings at the Tarantino gallery
The Four Doctors of the Church by Abraham Bloemaert acquired by the Catharijneconvent Museum in Utrecht
Gauguin’s
Mysterious Water
will not go to Lyon
The Fabius Gallery to auction off its holdings
Recent acquisitions for the Dallas Museum of Art
Another 19th c. exhibition at the Talabardon & Gautier Gallery
Discovery of wall paintings and restorations in the Orleans cathedral
Provins threatened by a concrete cube
Two Perino del Vaga works for the Metropolitan Museum
Théophile Gautier selections at the Musée Gustave Moreau
New publication :
Cahiers du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
A pastel by Maurice Quentin de La Tour bequeathed to Orleans
Two paintings by Léon-Marie-Joseph Billardet acquired by Nantes
The Virgin with Child
by Niccolò di Buonaccorso at the Louvre
A painting by Salomon de Bray acquired by the Frans Hals Museum
Room A at the National Gallery in London : a Hidden Treasure
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2011 février
The Pont Colbert in Dieppe now threatened
An incredible theft at the Musée Fesch in Ajaccio
A double-sided drawing by Rubens acquired by the Musées Royaux in Brussels
Two paintings by Jean Achard recently acquired by the Musée Hébert in La Tronche
Georges de Lastic. Le Cabinet d’un amateur, collectionneur et conservateur
New directors for French museums : recent appointments
Segantini
Serres d’Auteuil : Delanoë’s Pyrrhic victory
Serres d’Auteuil : Delanoë’s last ditch effort to save his project
A Guercino donation for Frankfurt
Death of Françoise Cachin
A Woman’s portrait by Thomas Degeorge acquired by Clermont-Ferrand
Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum : Italian drawings
114 Bonnards and 27 Vuillards donated as promised gifts to Orsay
To have or not to have
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2011 janvier
The Commission du Vieux Paris clashes on the Serres d’Auteil
The Senate protects furniture ensembles and regulates the sale of government monuments
The BRAFA opens in Brussels
The Jewish Funeral
by Magnasco exhibited at the Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme
Hôtel de la Marine : Nicolas Sarkozy announces a commission
Three new databases recently posted online
L’Antiquité rêvée. Innovations et résistances au XVIIIe siècle
The nuisance of billboards
Extension for applications to lease the Hôtel de la Marine
Two tondi by Louis de Boullogne, the Elder, acquired by Caen
A pair of portraits by Peter Lely reunited in Dulwich
Xavier Bray appointed chief curator of the Dulwich Picture Gallery
A call by historians to save the Hôtel de la Marine in
Le Monde
A database for public sculptures in bronze and cast
Giant billboards : Paris is just like Venice
The Rouen Museum will exhibit at the next Salon du Dessin
Henri IV à Fontainebleau. Un temps de splendeur
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2010
2010 décembre
Two Louis Janmot works for the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Lyon
Versailles and Fontainebleau : two projects for hotels inside historical monuments
The Art Tribune could not visit the Hotel de la Marine
Adrienne Fontainas passes away
Exceptionally successful fundraiser for the Cranach purchase at the Louvre
The Louvre supports the Salon de la peinture ancienne
L’univers de Lucas Cranach (1472-1553)
An update on the chateau in Versailles
The state of churches in Paris (1) : Saint-Philippe-du-Roule
Fundraising drive to buy a Jules Dupre painting by L’Isle-Adam
Giuseppe De Nittis. Elégance moderne
The Jewish Funeral
by Alessandro Magnasco acquired by the Musee d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaisme
A Giovanni David painting acquired by the Musée Fabre
An exhibition at the Terradès Gallery
A painting and a drawing by Dandré-Bardon acquired by Marseille and by Aix-en-Provence
A copper by Ludovico Carracci acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago
Poussin’s
Ordination
remains unsold
Heemskerck et l’Humanisme. Une œuvre à penser
Romantics
Jacob and his Sons
, twelve Zurbarans might be sold in Durham, England
« Hôtel de la Marine, a prestigious and exceptional building »
A double-sided drawing by Géricault pre-empted by the Louvre
Gauguin. Maker of Myth
Photographers besiege Orsay
Upcoming auctions of old masters in London
Images of a Capital – The Impressionists in Paris
Tivoli. Variations on a landscape in the 18th century
A new art fair in Paris : an interview with Maurizio Canesso and Bertrand Gautier
A strong art market is a plus for our heritage
The Degas stolen in Le Havre will return to France
Presentation of the Carlos Schwabe graphic holdings at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva
Acquisition, restoration : an update for the Musée Cognac-Jay
Bronzino. An artist and poet at the Medici court
Serres d’Auteil : after Françoise Hardy, Nicolas Hulot writes to Bertrand Delanoë
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2010 novembre
Serres d’Auteuil : Bertrand Delanoë’s omissions, inaccuracies and untruths
Christ Dead
by Frère Luc re-discovered in Sézanne
The Triqueti room at the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans
Recent acquisitions by the Fondation Roi Baudouin
Korean manuscripts : the end of inalienability ?
Public Heritage : time for a law
Friedrich’s owl presented for listing as a national treasure
Listed as stolen, a Patel from the Musée de Valence had been restituted
Reopening of the Musée départemental de Flandres in Cassel
Claude Monet
Frédéric Mitterand renewed as Minister of Culture
A Siennese primitive, property of the Louvre withdrawn from a Munich auction
The ZPPAUP are now only empty shells
Fundraiser for Lucas Cranach’s
Three Graces
Extended
The new statute for Versailles published in the
Journal Officiel
Orestes’ Remorse
by Hennequin hung at the Louvre
Art and the Sublime
Jean-Léon Gérôme
A ter Brugghen and a Boulle cabinet join the Fitzwilliam Museum
Latest acquisitions of the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans
A grisaille by Jean de Saint-Igny or Juste d’Egmont acquired by the Louvre
A Francisque Millet painting donated to the Louvre
Re-discovery of a double-sided drawing by Michelangelo in Rennes
Acquisitions for the Musée de la Révolution Française in Vizille : 1789, the Revolution
A Degas painting stolen from a French museum found at a Sotheby’s auction
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2010 octobre
The Wedgwood Museum collections threatened by sale
Louis Cretey. A visionary artist between Lyon and Rome
Venice overrun by giant billboards
An appraisal required for the Chartres Jubé
The Mayor of Paris willing to sacrifice the Serres d’Auteuil
Chardin. The painter of silence
A Philosopher by Luca Giordano acquired by Lille
The ambiguous exhibitions at the city’s museums in Paris
Venice. Canaletto and his Rivals
New database posted for Jewish looted art.
Figures of reality. French Caravaggisti, Georges de La Tour, the Le Nain brothers…
Versailles : the antechamber of the Grand Couvert now restored
Rubens, Poussin et les peintres du XVIIe siècle
The church of Arc-sur-Tille will definitely be saved
The Thaw landscape collection donated to the Metropolitan Museum and the Morgan Library
La Russie romantique. Chefs-d’œuvre de la galerie nationale Tretiakov Moscou
The deposit of the Planque Collection spells disaster for the Musée Granet
Tableaux pour le Trianon de marbre
The church of Saint Jacques d’Abbeville in more danger than ever
L’art hollandais au musée Condé
A Roubiliac bust acquired by the Louvre
The zoo at Vincennes should not disappear !
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2010 septembre
Alexandre Cabanel 1823-1889. La tradition du beau
Dubreuil and Correa de Vivar : the Louvre preempts three paintings
The Musée Paul Belmondo opens in Boulogne-Billancourt
Another Brueghel the Elder reappears, andthe Prado is attempting to buy it
Several exhibitions in Parisian galleries
The Spanish Smugglers
, a painting by Gustave Doré joins the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Art Tribune
pirated by the Ministry of Culture
Charles VII’s canopy : a major acquisition for the Louvre
Il Maestro della tela jeans. Un nouveau peintre de la réalité dans l’Europe de la fin du XVIIe siècle
Opening of the 25th Biennale des Antiquaires
The appeal by the Pinaults dismissed again
A painting by Nicolas-René Jollain acquired by the Society of the Cincinnati, in Washington
Anticomania, at the Kugel Gallery
Reopening of the Musée d’Art Moderne de Villenueve d’Ascq
Nicolas Sarkozy’s solemn promise in favor of heritage contradicted by Christine Lagarde
Nicolas Sarkozy confirms the location of the Maison de l’Histoire de France
Recent acquisitions by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal : old paintings and 19th century
The Virgin with Child and Saint John the Baptist
by Eustache Le Sueur returns to the Louvre
The Blérancourt construction permit cancelled by court order
The lip service in the Assistance Publique’s press release about its museum
The Duke of Rutland’s
Ordination
by Poussin to be auctioned on 7th December at Christie’s
The Musée de l’Histoire de France will be housed at the Archives Nationales
Frédéric Mitterand’s Museum plan
Endangered museums (4) : the Musée de l’Assistance Publique
The mayor of Lens wants to destroy a historical monument
Acquisitions by the Musée de la Révolution Française in Vizille : the 19th century
Guardi and Dyce, two paintings acquired by the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff
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2010 août
What use are the laws protecting historical monuments (4) : the chateau of Hombourg-Budange in Lorraine
Close Examination : Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries
Alfonso Pérez Sánchez Passes Away
Some photograph databases
Raphael, Murillo, Pierino da Vinci… An update on export bans in the United Kingdom
A painting by Benigne Gagneraux purchased by the Musee de la Revolution Francaise
What use are the laws protecting historical monuments ? (3) : The Prince Charles chateau in Luneville
The Burning Bush
by Nicolas Froment now restored
The Chardin works commissioned for Bellevue join the Louvre
Another Turner for the Getty
Two Victorian paintings sold by an English museum
Noah’s Anger
from the Abbey Church at Essomes-sur-Marne is restored
Dutch paintings recently added to the National Gallery in Washington
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2010 juillet
Architecture by David d’Angers acquired by the Musee du Louvre
Ajaccio and Bastia : Corsica’s museums get a facelift
Caravaggio in the news
Exchange in deposits between Versailles and Montpellier : a Cabanel for an Albani
Fundraising appeal for The
Three Graces
by Lucas Cranach
Pub_Coatalem_Le_Brun
A painting by Frere Andre for the church of Saint Thomas d’Aquin
An Equestrian Portrait of Henry IV by Marin Le Bourgeoys acquired by the Musee de l’Armee
The Virgin of the Rocks
by Leonardo da Vinci restored in London
The Louvre exhibits some of its recently acquired drawings
A
Christ on the Cross
by Bronzino discovered in Nice
What use are the laws protecting historical monuments ? (2) : the amphitheatre in Fréjus
Carpeaux, Dalou, Susse : an exhibition organized by Orsay and the Ecole du Louvre
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2010 juin
The Musée Calvet continues its refurbishment
A Nicolas Colombel work identified in Auxerre
Acquisitions for the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Valenciennes
A small painting by Bazille preempted by the Musée Fabre
Preemption of a drawing album by Delécluze for Clermont-Ferrand
Fundraising : A Gauguin for Lyon
Visit to Folkwang Museum
Paolo Domenico Finoglio. La Jérusalem délivrée
Jean-Antoine Houdon. La sculpture sensible
Several art auctions in Paris
Trois expositions impressionnistes : Rouen, Caen, Honfleur
Domenichino’s
Saint John Evangelist
on loan to the National Gallery in London
Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum : Gérôme and Tissot
A plaster cast by Thomas Woolner for the National Museum Wales
Recent acquisitions in sculpture at the Musée du Louvre
Courbet / Proudhon, l’art et le peuple
Jean Barbault (1718-1762). Le théâtre de la vie italienne.
The Portrait of Yvonne Lerolle
by Maurice Denis joins the Musée d’Orsay
Natoire and Coustou : two preemptions for Versailles and the Louvre
Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum : Annibale Carracci and Gaetano Gandolfi
Antonio Verrio. Chroniques d’un peintre italien voyageur (1636-1707)
The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva buys a Corot
The Musée de la Chartreuse in Douai claims a Jules Breton painting
A Louis Anquetin painting joins the Van Gogh Museum
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2010 mai
Threat of demolition for the church of Saint Jacques in Abbeville
What use are the laws protecting historical monuments ? (1) : the château d’Ancenis
Two 18th century globes donated to the Bibliothèque nationale
The Maurice Denis décor in Le Vésinet will be restored
The Louis Daguerre Diorama is reborn in Bry-sur-Marne
Photographs of the five paintings stolen at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris
Acceptance « in lieu » adds five major Bouguereau paintings to Musée d’ Orsay
Some Internet websites
Fundraising appeal for the acquisition of a Natoire for the château in Compiegne
Nana Mouskori’s Subleyras
A Guercino for the Kimbell Art Museum
Three exhibitions currently showing : Moreau, Dessins français, Impressionnisme
Projected statutes for Versailles : another loss for art history
A Rubens painting resurfaces at auction in London
New acquisitions for the Musee de la Vie Romantique
Christen Kobke : Danish Master of Light
Catalogue of Flemish and Dutch paintings at the Louvre
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2010 avril
La collection Motais de Narbonne. Peintures françaises et italiennes du XVIIe et du XVIIIe siècle
Painting History. Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey
The Bibliographie d’Histoire de l’Art disappears but is now posted online
Don’t throw away your books ! Take the advice of Paris City Hall
A painting by Cesar van Everdingen acquired by the Rijksmuseum
Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum : Edgar Degas
Acquisitions by the Bowes Museum
Fondation Custodia acquisitions at the Salon du Dessin
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
Another donation for the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
Symbolisme en Belgique
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2010 mars
Recent acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum : German and Danish
Janniot’s legal heir opposes Kawamata’s project for the Palais de la Porte Doree
Three drawing exhibitions at Parisian galleries
De chair et d’esprit. Dessins italiens du musée de Grenoble
The Lugt
, a dictionary of collection marks, posts its new edition online
Ingres and Gericault for sale in Paris
Sylvie Beguin passes away
The Maisons chateau to recover Neo-classical landscape décor by Bidault and Bertin
The Berger Collection, housed in the Denver Museum, acquires a painting by William Etty
A portrait by Nicolas de Largillierre joins the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
An excellent Maastricht fair with confidence restored
Launching of the expansion project at the Musée d’Unterlinden
After the two Poussin affairs, it’s now Friedrich’s turn
A Pietro Faccini painting acquired by Caen
Some new websites on Internet
Restorations, an acquisition and exhibitions : an update of events at the Musée Condé
The Paintings of Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588-1629). Catalogue raisonné.
The Albani and the Cavaliere d’Arpino from the Senate back at the Louvre
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2010 février
Xavier Salmon appointed Directeur du Patrimoine et des Collections for the Château de Fontainebleau
Five landscapes attributed to Mauperché acquired by the Musée de Sainte-Ménehould
The Oath of Our Ancestors
by Guillon-Lethière will be restored by France
Palais de la Porte Dorée : « a cheerful alternative to the imposing and intimidating staircase »
Louise Le Gall appointed as head of the Musée Thomas-Henry in Cherbourg
The Portrait of Madame Reiset
by Girodet acquired by Montargis
Phryne Stepping out of her Bath
by Chinard acquired by the Louvre in New York
The Allumettes factory : a 20th century heritage site in grave danger
Recent acquisitions of the Musée des Avelines in Saint Cloud
Before mortgaging the Hôtel de la Marine, restore it to mint condition !
A painting by Félix Thomas representing the site of Khorsabad acquired by the Département of Antiquités Orientales at the Louvre
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2010 janvier
Some new websites
Appointment of Ger Luijten as head of the Fondation Custodia
Acceptance in lieu : recent acquisitions of British museums (2)
Saint Peter’s Denial
by the Le Nain brothers officially joins the Louvre
The painting gallery at the Borromeo Palace on Isola Bella open to the public
Alfred Stevens
Masters of European Drawing from the 16th to the 20th century. Georges Pebereau Collection
From Botticelli to Titian. Masterpieces of Two Centuries of Italian Art
A new electronic journal on Dutch art
Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo moves on to Rome
Guercino’s
Lot and his Daughters
acquired by Toledo
A Degas pastel from the Musee d’Orsay stolen in Marseille
The sale of French heritage censured by the Conseil Constitutionnel
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille : Catalogue sommaire des sculptures
The Italian Court of Audit investigating the acquisition of the Crucifix attributed to Michelangelo
The Odiot holdings join the Musee des Arts Decoratifs
La Belle Ferroniere
and
La Belle Jardiniere
expected to arrive shortly in Milan
A monumental vase by Ringel d’Illzach joins the Getty Museum
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2009
2009 décembre
A large plaster cast by Robert Coin acquired by Lille
Restorations of 19th century sculptures in Lille
An important donation on exhibition at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille
Guillaume Ambroise, in Bordeaux, to replace Olivier Le Bihan, leaving for Troyes
Dantan exhibition at the Galerie Talabardon & Gautier
Two Northern paintings acquired by Châlons-en-Champagne
Exhibition of 18th and 19th century works at the Galerie Terrades
Latest acquisitions of the Musée de la Vie Romantique
Imperiled museums (1) : Auxerre
Wintzenheim, more vandalism in the offing ?
De la scène au tableau
ENI, vidi, Vinci
A painting by William Etty acquired by the York Art Gallery
The French Senate ratifies the sell-off of historical monuments
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2009 novembre
A pastel by Carriera and two drawings by Klimt for the Getty
Acceptance in lieu
: Recent acquisitions of the British Museums (1)
The sacred made real. Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600-1700
James Ensor
Art Nouveau Revival 1900. 1933. 1966. 1974
The museum in Montmartre in danger
A few sites on Victorian England
A Louyse Moyllon exhibition at the Galerie Coatalem
Re-opening of the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner
Vincent van Gogh, The Lettres
Catalogue of paintings at the Musée du Château de Blois. 16th-17th centuries
The Last Judgement
, a painting by Aert Claesz for the Stedelijk Museum in Leiden
A chronicle of planned acquisitions : Poussin for Montpellier and Ingres for the Louvre
A
Capriccio
by Servandoni enters the Musée de Valence
The Musée de Quimper adds a painting by Georges Lacombe to its collection
A Renaissance silver treasure acquired by the Musée Lorrain
A painting by Léonard Defrance acquired by the Musée de Grenoble
J. W. Waterhouse 1849-1917. The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
Turner and the Masters
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2009 octobre
Drawings and sculptures recently acquired by the Petit Palais
A petition for the Hôtel de la Marine
A portrait by Duplessis acquired by Ottawa
Is the sale of the Vasari archives a prank ?
Concrete question : how to mortgage the Hôtel de la Marine ?
Marguerite Gérard. Artiste en 1789, dans l’atelier de Fragonard
Fernand Pelez. La parade des humbles
A watercolour by John Martin acquired by the Chepstow Museum
A double portrait by John Francis Rigaud acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra
Donation of a Napoleonic collection to Montreal
Louis Comfort Tiffany. Color and light
An interview with Guy Cogeval, president of the Musée d’Orsay
In Alexandria, the Villa Aghion by the Perret brothers gutted !
The Palais de la Porte Dorée threatened by a Tadashi Kawamata construction
Acquisition of a Francesco Trevisani and a Paul Huet by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau
Another fire at the Hôpital Richaud
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2009 septembre
The Richaud Hospital will finally be saved, it seems
Jean-François Hébert, another Enarque as head of Fontainebleau
A few useful links
Saint Sebastian
by Cornelis van Haarlem and
Saint John
by Domenichino : two challenges for English museums
The Louvre agrees to compensate donor’s daughter for three paintings
The Tribunal Administratif suspends the contested restoration of the Hôtel Lambert
Versailles acquires a Savonnerie rug, a national treasure
A Velázquez discovered at the Met and a Murillo in a Belgian museum
The future of the chapel at the old Nevers hospital not clear
Eric de Chassey, an art historian appointed to the Villa Medicis
The church of Santa Maria dell’Orto in Rome once again open to the public after 50 years
The restoration of the Hôtel Lambert goes to court before the Tribunal Administratif
Vandalism of a Neo-gothic chapel in Alsace
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2009 août
A strange exhibition on Henri Gaudier-Brzeska at the Musée national d’Art moderne
A Gallé vase creates a controversy with the Hermitage
Villa Aperta
An exhibition of engravings and drawings after a donation to Lyon
The Maurice Denis décor in the Vesinet church partly destroyed by a fire
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2009 juillet
A painting by Thomas Lawrence acquired by the National Portrait Gallery in London
Publicité Bonnassieux en haut à droite
Acquisition of a Veronese by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal
The Wildenstein Gallery donates two paintings to the Musée d’Orsay
Strasbourg purchases a Jean Barbault and receives an Antonio Vaccaro
Béatrix Saule likely replacement for Pierre Arizzoli-Clémentel as director of Versailles
Publication of issue n° 10 of the online journal
In Situ
“Acceptance in Lieu” of a Cézanne for Orsay
Brazilian Art History Journal now online
The Annunciation
by Jacques Blanchard acquired by the Musée de Vic-sur-Seille
The Cathedral in Chartres recovers its original colour
A painting by de La Hyre acquired by the Musée de l’Armée
Bernard Notari dismissed at Fontainebleau to make room for Jean-François Hébert
The Museum in Arras closes for six months to show Napoleon and Egypt
Disappeared in 1763, now claimed by the Ministry of Culture !
Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)
A Titian for the Ashmolean Museum
France’s hidden museum
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2009 juin
Frédéric Mitterrand appointed Minister of Culture
Two inaugurations in Amsterdam : former City Hall restored and Hermitage Museum
Restoration of the cycle of the
Life of Christ
by Laurent Pécheux at the Collégiale de Dole
The Cupid attributed to Michelangelo deposited at the Metropolitan Museum
The Ministry of Culture approves the project for the Hôtel Lambert
The restoration of the church Notre-Dame de Calais has finally started
Early works by Gustave Moreau join Orsay and Dijon
Long sought by the Louvre, now acquired by the Louvre Abou Dhabi
A fragment of Charles V’s tomb acquired by the Louvre
Demolition of the Hôtel Reichenbach
First acquisitions by the Louvre-Abu Dhabi
Saint Peter’s Denial by the Le Nain brothers joins the Louvre
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts acquires a William Bouguereau
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2009 mai
Inauguration of the « Musée Magritte » in Brussels
A view of Amsterdam by Gerrit Berckheyde acquired by the Rijksmuseum
Recent additions to the Musée Girodet in Montargis
A masterpiece by Giovanni Antonio Sogliani on deposit at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen
Reconstitution of a predella by the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt
First acquisition committee for the Louvre-Abou Dhabi
The Musée Gustave Moreau posts a database for its drawings
Trois maîtres du dessin. Philippe de Champaigne, Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, Nicolas de Plattemontagne
Georges de La Tour, scattered like pieces of a puzzle
Did the Kimbell Museum acquire a Michelangelo ?
Delacroix
by Fielding,
Fielding
by Delacroix
New acquisitions for the Musée Hébert
The INHA posts a dictionary of art historians
The Temptation of Saint Francis
by Simon Vouet Restored
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2009 avril
The Hôpital Richaud, soon in ruins in the heart of Versailles
The Louis XIV sculpture returns to Versailles
Publication and exhibitions of acquisitions at the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse
Judith and Holophernes
by Virginia da Vezzo
Several sculptures acquired by the Rijksmuseum, thanks to the lottery
Acquisition of a male portrait by Adèle Romany for Boston
Guido Cagnacci’s
David
purchased by the Getty
Réalités d’un monde. Peintures flamandes et hollandaises du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Baltard to be destroyed (bis repetita)
Prison Saint-Joseph by Louis-Pierre Baltard
De Van Dyck à Bellotto. Splendeurs de la Cour de Savoie
Louyse Moillon. Still-lifes in the Grand Siècle. Catalogue raisonné
Several paintings bequeathed to the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Strasbourg
Dominique Brême appointed director of the Musée de l’Ile-de-France in Sceaux
A study by Carlo Carlone acquired by Tokyo
Newsletter
First signs of conflict of interest for the Louvre Abou Dhabi
A painting by Ary Scheffer discovered in Minnesota and donated to the Minneapolis museum
For the restoration of a stained-glass window by Claudius Lavergne
Recent acquisitions of drawings by the Musée Paul-Dupuy in Toulouse
French government to sell off Notre Dame in Paris !
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2009 mars
Hang of the « Bergé – Saint-Laurent » Goya at the Louvre
Discovery of a double portrait by Jacob Adriaensz Backer in Reims
The Hôtel de la Marine will indeed be rented on a long-term basis
Presentation of a collection devoted to Henry Cros at the Petit Palais in Paris
Pre-emption of the medal cabinet,
The Primroses
, by Emile Gallé for the Musée des arts décoratifs
The Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève in danger
Hôtel de la Marine : will France go to the highest bidder ?
The wandering
Death of Patroclus
by Baburen settles down in Kassel
A
Portrait of Benedict XIV
by Subleyras joins the Met
A late landscape by John Everett Millais acquired by the Tate Britain
Recent acquisitions by the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid
The Allegory of the Seas by Albani acquired by Fontainebleau
A painting by Jean Jouvenet acquired by the Musée eucharistique du Hiéron in Paray-le-Monial
An excellent vintage at the Maastricht Fair
Hôtel Lambert : the benefits of the controversy
Censored !
Dessins de sculpteurs I
The fire at the Palais-Royal did little damage
Axel Hémery appointed director of the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse
Il Ritornante
, a virtual national treasure
A painting by Jacopo Bassano and a bronze by Riccio acquired by the Metropolitan Museum
Acceptance in lieu of a drawing collection for the Rijksmuseum
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2009 février
Is France going to get rid of the Hôtel de la Marine ?
The restoration of the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris
Two enamels preempted by the Musée national de la Renaissance at the Saint-Laurent & Bergé auction
A painting after Primatice acquired by the Centre des monuments nationaux for Azay-le-Rideau
The Portrait of the Dedreux children
by Géricault was not preempted by the Louvre
The « Bailly »
Immaculate Conception
acquired by the Focus Abengoa Foundation in Seville
Preemptions for Orsay and the Musée national d’art moderne at the Saint-Laurent and Bergé auction
L’étrange Monsieur Merson
The Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris exhibits its most beautiful 16th century Florentine drawings
A Burne-Jones tapestry donated to the Musée d’Orsay
The illegal installation of
Clara-Clara
in the Tuileries Gardens
Latest update on the Hotel Lambert
Bronzes français de la Renaissance au Siècle des Lumières
The ghosts of Versailles
Arria and Poetus
by Vincent acquired by the Saint Louis Art Museum
A relief by Pierre-Joseph Michel acquired by the Musée Cognacq-Jay
The American Art Museum in Giverny becomes the Musée des Impressionismes
Louis XVI’s
Garde-robe
: a successful restoration at Versailles
The Buren columns are being restored while the Victor Louis colonnade is collapsing…
Diana and Actaeon
by Titian acquired finally by London and Edinburgh
The young
Infanta
at the Louvre : a martyr to attribution
Call for patrons for the
Portrait of Count Molé
by Ingres
Collioure recovers its Romanesque capitals
An update on inventory checks of art works on deposit in France
New galleries open at the Musée d’Orsay
French art historians oppose the Tuileries reconstruction project
Serious incident at the Musée d’Art Ancien in Brussels
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2009 janvier
Diana and Actaeon
by Titian still not acquired by London and Edinburgh
Call for patrons for a drawing collection from the Manufacture Odiot
The Focillon Scholarship is threatened
Rediscovery of a still-life signed by Francesco Bona
Death of Sir Michael Levey
Death of Didier Aaron
The chief architect at Fontainebleau dismissed
A Crucifix attributed to Michelangelo acquired for the Bargello
Paths of Fame : Turner watercolours from the Courtauld Gallery
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2008
2008 décembre
From Roelandt Savery to Theodore Rousseau : four new landscapes at the Getty
Serusier masterpiece for Pont-Aven
A 19th century religious masterpiece finally restored
Antoine Rivalz painting purchased by the Musée des Augustins de Toulouse
Vouet and Research : the debates about the Roman paintings
Sur les quais
Drawings discovered on back of Leonardo’s
Saint Anne
Corot painting acquired by the Musée départemental de l’école de Barbizon
Acquisition of minor works banned for export from the United Kingdom
Website for Musée de l’Histoire de France posted online
Mantegna 1431-1506
The Arrest of Christ
after Caravaggio recovered in Ukraine
A Frans Hals portrait banned for export from France
Renaissance faces. Van Eyck to Titian
The Louvre posts database for
D’Outre-Manche
online
Acquisition of a Valentin de Boulogne by the Met
Exhibition of 16th to 19th century French works at the Terradès Gallery
The Tarantino Gallery exhibits Roman Baroque
The Roman Baroque Museum in Ariccia
Interview of Fabrizio Lemme
Interview of Francesco Petrucci, director of the Palazzo Chigi in Ariccia
Simon Vouet (the Italian years 1613/1617)
Nicolas Régnier
Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture
The Tournai Cathedral threatened by an architectural project
Exhibition on the 19th century at the Galerie Talabardon & Gautier
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2008 novembre
Return of decorative art from the 30’s to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
A call against the appointment of the former McDonald’s chief as head of Italian museums
Giovanni Bellini
Futurisme à Paris. Une avant-garde explosive
Two paintings by Giovanni Battista Lama acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Agen
Portrait of Sixtus the Fifth
by Filippo Bellini acquired by the château de Pau
Napoléon III et la reine Victoria. Une visite à l’Exposition Universelle de 1855.
Emil Nolde (1867-1956)
Alexandre et Louis XIV. Tissages de Gloire
The Magic of Things. Still-life painging 1500-1800
An El Greco acquired by the Onassis Foundation
Portrait of Stevenson by Sargent acquired by the Crystal Bridges Museum
Two Pietro Cipriani bronzes acquired by the Getty Museum
A Savonnerie rug acquired by Versailles
Contact
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2008 octobre
Benjamin West painting now hangs in the Louvre
Adam and Eve
and
Paradise Lost
by Claude-Marie Dubufe acquired by Nantes
A Louis II de Boullogne discovered in Canada
View of Amsterdam
by Jacob van Ruisdael for the Historisch Museum in Amsterdam
A
Last Judgement
by Nicolas Pickenoy acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Pau
The architect in charge of Versailles represents himself as a Roman emperor
Fundraising drive by Fontainebleau for an Albani
The Tate finally purchases Rubens study for Banqueting Hall
Picasso and the Masters
17th century works acquired by the Musées Royaux de Bruxelles
The Dordrechts Museum buys back a returned van Goyen
Restoration of the Salon de musique of the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal
The Goya in the Pierre Bergé-Yves Saint-Laurent collection donated to the Louvre
A stop to Versailles-land ?
Reopening of the Petit Trianon after restoration
Restorations and casts : from the
Phlegmatic Man
to the
Bath of Apollo
Interview with Jean-Jacques Aillagon, president of the Etablissement public du Domaine national de Versailles
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2008 septembre
Restitution of
The Young Girl with the Straw Hat
by Friedrich von Amerling
A painting by Jean-François de Troy joins its pendant in Berlin
Delacroix acquired by the Met in tribute to Philippe de Montebello
No Abu Dhabi, no reserves ?
Three Louvre miniatures recently attributed to Isaac Oliver
Five paintings stolen from the Frans Hals Museum recovered
Etudes photographiques
website once again avalaible online
Three David works exhibited at the Galerie Turquin
A predella panel by Sano di Pietro for the Uffizi
The Prince of Liechtenstein’s bronzes exhibited at the Kugel Gallery
The 24th Biennale des Antiquaires
The Louvre without Vermeer
A collector’s itinerary. History, fables and portraits
The acquisition of a Saunier console by Versailles now confirmed
Koons is not the real issue at Versailles
Major projects for the future at the Musée d’Orsay
Amaury Lefébure appointed Director of Malmaison
Thomas Campbell, new director of the Metropolitan Museum
Exhibition of drawings by Gustav Klimt at the Coatalem Gallery
Acquisition of a work by Michel Dorigny by Strasbourg
Two acquisitions for the Musée de la Renaissance in Ecouen
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2008 août
Return of
Christ in the Tomb
by Claus de Werve to the cathedral in Langres
The
Portrait of the Marchioness of Miramon
by Tissot acquired by the Getty Museum
Drawings from the Ratjen collection acquired by the National Gallery in Washington
Dess|e|ins italiens (Italian Drawings)
Kuntshaus in Zurich.
Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen
(
Catalogue of paintings and sculptures
) and
The Masterpieces
Ines de Castro
by Franciso Vieira should be acquired by the Museu d’Arte Antiga in Lisbon
The Duke of Sutherland’s two most famous Titians are for sale
More acquisitions for Orsay
A large format by Gaston Bussière acquired by Cherbourg
Two exhibitions in Helsinki : Pekka Halonen (1865-1933) and Isaac Wacklin (1721-1758)
Frédéric Didier admits that the grille at Versailles is not identical to the original one
Acquisition of the
Banquet of Dido and Aeneas
by François de Troy for Sceaux
A canvas by Jean-Baptiste Oudry acquired by Compiègne
Eugene Buland 1852-1926
Fundraising appeal for
Saint Peter’s Denial
by Antoine or Louis Le Nain
Death of Mario di Giampaolo
A landscape by Philippe de Champaigne acquired by Lille
A recently found drawing by Lucas de Leyde acquired by the Met
Several new and useful links
The Birth of the Virgin
by Gaudenzio Ferrari exhibited at the Brera museum
In France, increased sentences for thefts and vandalism of cultural objects
The Lure of the East. British Orientalist Painting
The Taking of Christ
after Caravaggio stolen in Odessa
Wyndham Lewis Portraits
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2008 juillet
Callet’s
Jupiter and Ceres
acquired by Boston
Milan exhibition on the Ligaris, Lombard painters of the 18th century
The demolition permit for 12, rue de Tournon suspended by legal authorities
A triptych by Jan Boeckhorst purchased by the LACMA (and other acquisitions)
The Colossus definitely removed from Goya catalogue
Perseus and the Gorgon
by Camille Claudel acquired by the museum in Nogent-sur-Seine
Several preemptions at the sale of Lefuel collection architectural drawings
Marie d’Orléans. Princess and Romantic artist. 1813-1839
The Petit Palais restores its garlands
The Musée d’Orsay adds some colour
Inauguration of the « Grille Royale » at Versailles
Corinth
, by Jean-Léon Gérôme, preempted by the Musée d’Orsay
A
Marriage of the Virgin
by Paris Bordone preempted by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen
Six museum catalogues
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2008 juin
The Rembrandt which reappeared last year in England is authentic
Posting of the Repertory of Italian paintings held in France
The Eiffel railbridge in Bordeaux saved by proceedings for listing
The small
Pietà
by Domenichino acquired by the Met
The Courbet exhibition in Montpellier
The Holy Family with Palm Tree
by Pierre Puget preempted by Marseille
The Martyrdom of Saint Agnes
by Joseph-Désiré Court restored
I grandi bronzi del Battistero. L’arte di Vincenzo Danti, discepolo di Michelangelo
A Leonardesco Portrait of a Woman published as an authentic Leonardo
Poussin and research : Serisier
The Flight into Egypt
under discussion
Exhibition of the Charles-Louis Müller drawings acquired by the Louvre
A painting by Mignard and a drawing by Gros preempted by Versailles and the Louvre
A van de Venne painting donated to the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Angers
17th and 18th century French paintings in June sales
Paintings stolen in Nice in 2007 found again
Sale of a decorative set by Henri Martin from a public building in Béziers
An Islamic bowl broken at the Louvre exhibition in Quebec
A Renaissance bronze collection donated to the National Gallery in Washington
Another Vouet resurfaces at auction in Stockholm
The Sassenage furniture sale cancelled
Islamic Art Museum soon to open in Qatar
Death of Anne Harnoncourt
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2008 mai
Recent acquisitions by the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City
Dallas purchases David’s
Niobé
Twelve of the most important lots from Sassenage banned from sale
The furnishings at the château de Sassenage on the auction block by the Fondation de France
Camille Claudel
No colour, just nuance ! Trompe l’œil and grisailles from Rubens to Toulouse-Lautrec
A painting at the Louvre with a new attribution to Mazo
Cancellation of the Louvre exhibition in Verona !
The collections of the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts available online
Recent acquisitions of Symbolist works by the Musée d’Orsay
Poussin and Research. A scholar day at the Met
An Interview with Jennifer Montagu
Nicolas Poussin. The Flight into Egypt
A landscape by Mauperché acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
A Patron for Chambord
Charles Meynier
The Golden Age of German Romanticism. Watercolours and drawings in Goethe’s time
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2008 avril
The
Amis du Louvre
donate a painting by Luca Cambiaso
A Corot acquired by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne
Paintings recently acquired by the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts
One of the Crown jewels acquired by the Louvre
Two drawings by Charles Eisen for the Louvre
A Hogarth joins the Louvre
Poussin and Nature
A drawing by Toussaint Dubreuil resurfaces
The Louvre preempts a drawing at Christie’s Paris
New drawing donations for ENSBA
A drawing by Richard Parkes Bonington acquired by the Fitzwilliam Museum
Acquisition of a seascape by Jan van de Cappelle for the Mauritshuis
Filippo Napoletano alla corte di Cosimo II de’ Medici (1617-1621),
A Victorian Master : Drawings by Frederic, Lord Leighton
Baccio Bandinelli. Paintings and drawings from the Louvre
A painting is preempted in Bayeux for the Musee Delacroix
Thomas Hope. Regency Designer
Pompeo Batoni (1708-1787)
An interview with Guilhem Scherf before the Salon du Dessin
Get a hold of this beauty !
A Claude Lorrain acquired by the Getty Museum
Presentation of a painting by Martin Freminet acquired by the Louvre through donation
A true exhibition at the Louvre-Atlanta
Seventeenth-century Italian painting between Caravaggio and Reni
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2008 mars
A painted study by Vien and a drawing by Etienne Parrocel for Ottawa
Barye and Baudry at the Louvre and at the ENSBA
Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
Two paintings by Cals acquired by French museums
Charles de Wailly’s panels restored
New acquisitions for the Sculpture Department at the Louvre
Some acquisitions and a new attribution for the Musée des Augustins in Toulouse
A painting and a “dessin-empreinte ? by Gauguin acquired by the Getty Museum
Modern Painters : The Camden Town Group
Peintures françaises du XVIIe des églises de Paris
The Musée Calvet, a rebirth ?
Recent acquisitions by the Metropolitan Museum
Maastricht Fair (TEFAF) 2008
Deux siècles précurseurs
and
Mélanges en l’honneur de Bruno Foucart
Treasures old and new from Wallonia. A curious land
UK deaccessioning
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2008 février
An interview with Jean-Patrice Marandel, curator of paintings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
François de Troy and the Musée de l’Ile-de-France : call for fundraising and acquisition
A bust by Messerschmidt and an illuminated manuscript for the Getty Museum
Guimard up for sale
Alexandre Charpentier (1856-1909)
Breaking the Rules : The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937
The « Treasure » of the Tournai Cathedral looted
Two of the paintings stolen in Zurich recovered
Chain of thefts from Zurich museums
Projects at the Louvre until 2020
A return to the Mellin exhibition in Caen
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2008 janvier
Guy Cogeval appointed head of the Musee d’Orsay
French drawings at the Musee Magnin available on Internet
Two exhibitions about Paul Baudry
A Claude Vignon painting acquired by the Louvre
Two new databases on Internet : the Musee Fabre and the British Museum
Sale of Italian drawings from the Horvitz collection at Sotheby’s New York
Death of Philip Conisbee
François-Xavier Fabre
Two new databases available on Internet
A painting by Baburen purchased by Frankfurt
Acquisition of a copper by Jacques Stella for the Musée du Louvre
Philippe de Montebello, director of the Met, announces his future retirement
Georges Seurat : The Drawings
Dresden recovers its « Jan Brueghel » lost in 1945
The Most Arrogant Man in France. Gustave Courbet and the Nineteenth-Century Media Culture
The Entombment of Christ
by Giambattista Tiepolo joins the Lisbon Museum
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2007
2007 décembre
The Flight into Egypt
by Nicolas Poussin on display at the Louvre
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy buys a Claude
The School of Philippe de Champaigne
Two XVIIIth century French paintings for museums in Normandy
A painting by Sanchez Coello fought over by the National Gallery in London and the Lichtenstein Museum
An update on Versailles
Pittura napoletana del Seicento dalle collezioni medicee
More Fabre works and other recent acquisitions in Montpellier
Zaragoza purchases a portrait by Goya
The Fondation Custodia acquires an illustrated letter by Gauguin
An American’s Passion for British Art : Paul Mellon’s Legacy
An interview with Alexandre Gady, art historian and vice-president of Momus
Two sculpted medallions for Louis XIV monuments acquired by the Louvre and Carnavalet
A miniature by Hilliard purchased by the Amis du Louvre in London
A painting by Claude Deruet in Montivilliers (France)
Antonio Paolucci, the new Director of the Vatican Museums
The myth of the Far West in American art 1830-1940
Two works by Carus for the Louvre and the Met
A Daniele da Volterra redisplayed at the Louvre
Reappearance of a painting by Jacques Stella in Milan
2007 : A Bernini year in Rome
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2007 novembre
A study ascribed to Rubens stolen in Poitiers
Nicholas Penny to be appointed Director of the National Gallery in London
Louis XIII
by Rude, in bronze, enters the Musée de Dijon thanks to a patron
Sixteen drawings by Claude acquired by the Clark Institute
Walter Sickert : The Camden Town Nudes
Some more paintings by Mengs for Madrid
A few exhibitions in Belgium
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
.
Discovery of one of the paintings by Jordaens for Philip’s Arch
Reappearance of Antoine Callet’s
morceau d’agrément
A Boilly and a Sablet for the Louvre ; a Sablet (maybe) for the Musée Fesch
A painting by François de Nomé acquired by the Musée de Metz
The Galli Bibiena family in Parma
Millais
The Lady With an Ermine
by Leonardo photographed with multispectral camera
Interview with Prince Adam Karol Czartoryski, founder of The Princes Czartoryski Foundation
Fontainebleau is not Schönbrunn
Alfred Kubin (1877-1959)
An important bequest of paintings to the National Gallery and the Tate
Deaccessioning : will France be next ?
Henry de Triqueti (1803-1874)
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2007 octobre
A
Head of Christ
by Charles Daverdoing at the Musée d’Arras
A copper by a « follower of Rembrandt » auctioned at £2.2 million
Miniatures of the XVIth to the XIXth C. at the Musée Condé
Some recent acquisitions of the Liechtenstein Museum
Jean Carriès
Two of Girodet’s early works recently acquired by Montargis
At the court of Louis-Napoléon
Arcimboldo
Le plaisir au dessin
Picasso cubiste
Huysmans-Moreau. Féeriques visions
On the damage to the
Pont d’Argenteuil
A painting at the Musée de Montargis ascribed to Géricault
The Louvre’s business plan
Madonna with the Yarnwinder
recovered
The Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Ghent reopened last May
Nicolaes Berchem. Im Licht Italiens
Nathalie Bondil appointed Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montreal
Mexico City honors Erik Larsen, historian of Flemish art
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2007 septembre
An important restitution claim filed with Dutch museums
Several French drawings donated to the Louvre on condition
The Saint Louis Art Museum buys a Degas and sells several other paintings
L’Œil gourmand. A Journey through Neapolitan Still Life of the 17th century.
The Charles Mellin exhibition opens in Caen
Multispectral digitization is demonstrated at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Alfred Janniot’s monumental works acclaimed in Nice but disregarded in Paris
A relief by André Brenet donated by Les Amis du Louvre
Recent acquisitions by the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau
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Sculpture by Carpeaux, Dalou and Carriès at The Petit Palais
The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection : Renaissance & Baroque
Jules Lavirotte in Minneapolis
A
Head of Christ
by Paul Delaroche for the National Gallery of Scotland
A canvas by Francesco Trevisani acquired by the Rijksmuseum
Henri Lehmann
La collection Oulmont. Dessins, peintures et pastels du XVIIIe siècle
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2007 août
Two tapestries of the Diana set acquired by the Château d’Ecouen
A visit to Blérancourt
Acceptance in Lieu for British museums 2005-2007
Vestiges of Salomon de Brosse’s castle discovered at Blérancourt
Charles de la Fosse 1637-1716. Le maître des Modernes
Reopening of the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence
Thomas Gaehtgens Appointed Head of Getty Research Institute
Uffizi Acquires
A Virgin and Child
by Bigallo Master
A listed historical Art Deco building in Athens threatened by demolition
Saint Martina
by Pietro da Cortona acquired by the LACMA
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2007 juillet
A painting by Benjamin West acquired by the Louvre
Charles Mellin
An unknown Titian sold at auction in Leicestirshire ?
The Flight into Egypt
by Nicolas Poussin acquired thanks to patronage
The Duke of Rutland’s
Sacraments
by Poussin up for sale
A study for
Christ in the Garden of Olives
acquired by the Musée Delacroix
A
Portrait of Rousseau
by Quentin de La Tour acquired by the Musée Jean-Jacques Rousseau
New temporary hanging for english paintings in the Louvre
Saint Rufina
by Velázquez returns to Sevilla
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2007 juin
Recent acquisitions of the Rijksmuseum
Opening of a center for curatorial leadership in the United States
Prince Charles saves Dumfries House
A painting by Biard acquired by the Musée du Quai Branly
Jean-Jacques Henner
Two works by Carolus-Duran for Roubaix and Lille
A study by Henri de Favanne for the château de Chanteloup
A directory of french painting in Germany put online
A Benediction Scene
from the workshop of Simon Vouet
Two other Eakins paintings sold in Philadelphia to private collectors
The La Caze Collection
The Musée Picasso without 350 masterpieces nine months before closing for repairs
Over two hundred British paintings and drawings for the Clark Institute
Theft of a painting by Frans van Mieris from the Art Gallery of South Wales
The Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille opens its Internet site
Another Goya painting for Zaragoza
Saint Rufina
by Diego Velázquez on sale at Sotheby’s London
Opening of the Galleria del Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano
Acquisitions by the Crystal Bridges Museum
Two XVIthC. French Paintings for Ecouen and the Louvre
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2007 mai
The destruction of France’s churches
Acquisition by the Louvre of a
Portrait of a Young Man
by Charles Mellin
Two Bonnassieux works for the church of Saint-Medard in Tremblay-en-France
Recent acquisitions of the Musée départemental de l’Oise in Beauvais (France)
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2007 mars
Renoir Landscapes 1865-1883
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2006 août
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2006 juin
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