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National Gallery of Art acquires a painting by Elizabeth Okie PaxtonRather than depicting a female nude languidly reclining on a bed, Elizabeth Okie Paxton chose not to show it, but to evoke its presence in a cleverly organised bedroom. So she paints a genre…
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The new directors of the museums of Lille and StrasbourgNew curators have arrived at the helm of the museums of Lille and Strasbourg in recent months. The Palais des Beaux-Arts and the Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse in Lille have been headed by Juliette…
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Fundraising for the Musée des Impressionnismes de GivernyThe first Impressionist exhibition opened in Paris in 1874. Several museums are celebrating this 150th anniversary, including the one in Giverny, which has the audacity to tackle a relatively…
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A tapestry by Gerhard Munthe acquired by OrsayPurchased from the Oscar Graf gallery, a large tapestry by the Norwegian Gerhard Munthe joins the collections of the Musée d’Orsay, which is continuing its active policy of acquiring Scandinavian…
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Hélène Duret to succeed Bruno GaudichonOne of France’s most endearing and unique museums is about to undergo a change of leadership with the announced departure of Bruno Gaudichon for a well-deserved retirement: as revealed by La Voix…
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A Manfredi for the GettyIt’s a happy company, at least at first sight. A group of men are drinking wine around an improvised table that looks like an ancient Roman altar, while listening to one of them play the lute.…
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Marie and Félix Bracquemond on sale at ArtcurialFirst and foremost, this is an exhibition not to be missed under any circumstances, even if it is unfortunately only open this Friday, Saturday and then Monday before the sale of the entire…
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Two Parisian sales: Tajan and Sotheby’sIt is a great pity that the two Pietro Lorenzetti paintings to be auctioned by Tajan on December 13 are being sold separately (ill. 1 and 2). They come from the famous collection of Alfred Ramé,…
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Several sculpture sales at Paris in DecemberSculpture lovers are in for a treat this November, with no fewer than three sales featuring sculptures, particularly 19th-century bronzes. The first will take place tomorrow, Friday 8 December at…
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This Pichon was none other than an Ingres...Pierre-Auguste Pichon was a close pupil and collaborator of Ingres. An interesting religious painter, he painted decorations for the churches of Saint-Eustache, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Sulpice and…
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Grenoble gets a fine Dandré-BardonFièrement signé en bas à droite par l’artiste, ce tableau inédit de Michel-François Dandré-Bardon nous transporte du Salon de 1737 jusqu’aux tous premiers temps du christianisme grâce à sa composition…
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A painting by Melchior de la Mars for GandThe works of Melchior de la Mars combine the influence of Caravaggio with late Mannerism. Almost nothing is known about this Flemish painter, except that he was active in Ghent around 1620,…
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A new Monet for OrsayAcquise par dation, une nouvelle toile de Claude Monet rejoint la collection de référence d’œuvres de l’artiste conservée par le musée d’Orsay. Restée en mains privées depuis son départ de l’atelier de…
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A drawing by La Fosse for LilleA late painting by Charles de La Fosse, The Handing over of the Keys to Saint Peter is kept at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille. It was recently joined by a preparatory drawing, which sold for…
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Stijn Alsteens appointed director of the Fondation CustodiaThe information was to remain confidential until midday so that the news could first be announced to the employees of the Fondation Custodia. But we learned of it yesterday through indiscretions,…
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A great Le Barbier for StockholmA harmonious combination of large format and seductive composition, The Triumph of Flora painted around 1777 by Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier the Elder was bound to interest a museum, and it…
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A work by the Master of the Corsi Crucifix for FlorenceThis Christ on the Cross took pride of place on dealer Fabrizio Moretti’s stand at the 2022 Florence International Biennial of Antiquities. The Florentine gallery owner, based in London, Monaco…
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Preemption of the Musée du Grand Siècle at the Artcurial saleMusée de beaux-arts, le futur Musée du Grand Siècle a également pour objectif de faire comprendre aux visiteurs tous les aspects de la vie au XVIIe siècle. Le tableau qu’il vient de préempter chez…
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Ruth and Booz by Charles Gleyre preempted by the Musée FabreLe Ruth et Booz de Charles Gleyre qu’a préempté le Musée Fabre à la vente Artcurial du 22 novembre est à la fois un chef-d’œuvre de cet artiste dont une rétrospective avait été présentée à Lausanne en…
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A Cassatt for the Fondation BembergThis young girl portrayed by Mary Cassatt in 1879 is inevitably reminiscent of the famous portrait of Berthe Morisot with a bouquet of violets, Édouard Manet’s masterpiece of 1872. Finally, the…
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A new Muse by Philippe Quantin preempted by DijonSet in a spare architectural décor, surrounded by a variety of musical instruments and draped in an ample red drapery, the muse Euterpe plays a long flute, as indicated by the inscription on the…
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Exhibition in Paris galleries: Talabardon & GautierIn our article at the beginning of the year announcing the Talabardon & Gautier sale at Hôtel Drouot, we expressed the hope that these would bounce back. It did not take long for this wish to…
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Exhibitions in Paris galleries: Bordes, Poncelin de Raucourt, Néouze"A woman with a fan is stronger than a man with a sword", as Anne-Françoise-Hippolyte Boutet, known as Mademoiselle Mars, liked to say. The famous actress was portrayed by the greatest artists,…
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Exhibitions in Paris galleries: Nouvelle Athènes and ChaptalTwice a year, the Galerie La Nouvelle Athènes presents works mainly from the 19th century, and publishes a catalogue to mark the occasion. This year, November 2023, is no exception to tradition,…
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What will become of Louis XV’s commode?Curious onlookers, connoisseurs, experts and dealers flocked to the Saint-Germain-en-Laye auction house this morning, where - for less than three days - an exceptional piece of furniture finally…
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Exhibitions in Paris galleries: Moretti and Galerie CanessoThe plague, with its buboes and corpses, inspired miracles in saints and masterpieces in artists, as witnessed by Antonio Gherardi’s Saint Charles Borromeo Giving the Eucharist to the Pestiferous.…
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First Millet painting acquired by the Van Gogh MuseumWhile the Van Gogh Museum already featured a painting by Jean-François Millet in its permanent collection, this Girl Carrying Water was on loan from the neighboring Rijksmuseum, and only one…
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