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Notre-Dame: a very intrusive choir organ
Notre-Dame should not be a playground for the French President of the Republic or the Archbishop of Paris. No doubt they think they have some legitimacy in the decisions they take, but they have…
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A short lesson on the protection of historic monuments, for Jean-François Martins, Director of the Eiffel Tower operating company
It’s one thing for politicians to talk rubbish about the legislation governing historic monuments, but it’s quite another for them to be able to do so over and over again on the airwaves without…
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Classification of the Eiffel Tower: what the heritage law says
While Emmanuel Grégoire, the first deputy mayor of Paris, said that he was not opposed to the classification of the Eiffel Tower and was prepared to look into the matter, Anne Hidalgo stated this…
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Budget cancellations: a new blow to France’s heritage
The Ministry of the Budget (obviously in collusion with the Élysée Palace) has just wiped €10 billion off France’s budget with the stroke of a pen, despite the fact that the budget was debated in…
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Rachida Dati’s hot heritage issues in Paris
France’s new Minister of Culture didn’t get off to a great start when she approved the ’relocation-reconstruction’ of the Institut Curie’s Pavillon des Sources... But while the future of this Parisian…
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New threats to the Place de la Concorde
The Anne Hidalgo-style transformation of the Place de la Concorde is underway! In other words, the continuation of the regular massacre to which this fully listed square is subjected by Paris…
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Madam Minister for Culture, don’t let yourself be fooled by Vianney d’Alançon
In an article posted online yesterday on the Figaro website, the director of the Rocher Mistral theme park (whose co-shareholders are the Dassault, Michelin and Montagne families) made a…
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Notre-Dame: archaeological digs sacrificed to meet deadlines
Has the Établissement public in charge of Notre-Dame, under pressure to meet the deadlines imposed by the French President, who wants the monument to reopen on 8 December 2024, vandalised precious…
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Rachida Dati appointed Minister of Culture
As with all appointments of a new Minister of Culture (we’ve had twelve since La Tribune de l’Art was created, in April 2003, less than twenty-one years ago), we will welcome - albeit with much…
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The deputy mayor of Paris confuses the Alexandre III bridge with the Concorde, and the Concorde with a fairground
The Place de la Concorde, considered by architectural historians to be one of the most beautiful squares in the world, has been mistreated for years, as we have regularly denounced here since…
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At Versailles, the irregularity is getting worse
We won’t go back over Catherine Pégard’s illegitimacy as president of the Versailles public establishment. She has long since exceeded all the age and term limits laid down by law. The Ministry of…
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Imminent destruction of Marie Curie’s Pavillon des Sources
At a recent meeting of the Paris City Council, Emmanuel Grégoire dared to make the following statement about the Pavillon des Sources threatened with imminent destruction: "Marie Curie never…
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Musée de l’Œuvre de Notre-Dame: an opportunity for the Hôtel-Dieu
The regrettable affair of the Viollet-le-Duc stained glass windows (sign the petition) should not detract from a remarkable decision by the French President of the Republic, which cannot be…
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Contemporary stained glass windows at Notre-Dame: it’s possible, in the north tower
French President Emmanuel Macron and Mgr Ulrich, Archbishop of Paris, want to leave their mark on Notre-Dame cathedral by commissioning contemporary stained glass windows. While the idea of…
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La Tribune de l’Art launches a petition to save Notre-Dame’s stained glass windows
La Tribune de l’Art generally prefers to support petitions rather than launch them itself. But the announcement by the President of the Republic that he was going to replace some of…
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Statue unbolted and Art Deco destroyed - yesterday’s sad news
If only there were a French Ministry of Culture responsible for heritage, that would be a good idea. Unfortunately, the joke is back in the news. Two events have just occurred, two events that we…
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Un discours prometteur du nouveau ministre de l’Education nationale, Gabriel Attal
Dans La Tribune de l’Art, nous avons trop peu l’occasion de dire du bien des ministres. Nous l’avions fait une fois au moins, récemment, à propos de la précédente ministre de la Culture, Roselyne…
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A report on Versailles by the French Court of Accounts
The Court of Accounts’ reports on public cultural institutions are always interesting reading and most of the time raise excellent questions. Their only limitation is, sometimes, a lack of…
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Salon du Patrimoine : la transmission demande un engagement fort de l’État
Le Salon du Patrimoine culturel ouvre ses portes comme chaque année, pour quatre jours, au Carrousel du Louvre. Nous lui avions consacré un article l’an dernier pour souligner son intérêt en même…
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The French love their heritage
One mayor asked his constituents whether to demolish or restore the village church, which was in a state of peril. Another put to the vote whether or not to move the statue of Napoleon that…
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Champ-de-Mars: the Town Hall takes legal action to defend a project it says it abandoned!
On Thursday 19 October, three days ago, the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal held a hearing on an application by several associations[[France Nature Environnement, SOS Paris, Les Amis du…
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The statue of La Bourdonnais on Réunion Island soon to be unbolted
On 6 May we reported on the threats to unbolt the bronze statue of La Bourdonnais, sculpted by Louis Rochet and listed as a historic monument. These threats are becoming increasingly pressing,…
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Three inalienable paintings sold by the French State
On 19 September this year, the Domaines auctioned three paintings belonging to a prefecture. Due to lack of time, we were unable to go into more detail about the origin of the works. It was the…
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The Olympics against heritage and museums
La Tribune de l’Art, which practices journalism committed to heritage, has never hidden its fierce opposition to the organisation of the Olympic Games in Paris. It was a losing battle, as the…
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French Ministry of Culture budget conference: good news and bad news
French Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak presented the Ministry of Culture’s budget on Wednesday. As we have often written, a budget can only be fully judged once it has actually been spent. In…
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Protection du patrimoine : de bonnes mesures qui ne résolvent pas tout
Nous critiquons suffisamment souvent la politique patrimoniale du chef de l’État pour convenir que, pour une fois, les mesures qu’il a annoncées hier en faveur du patrimoine religieux vont dans le…
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Esplanade des Invalides and Champ-de-Mars: a case study in misinformation
Sacking Paris, as foreign tourists visiting the French capital can see, is not the only activity of Paris City Council. It also has a passion for denying the facts, even though these can be…