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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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16th-century Italian sculpture acquired by the PradoA marble by Giovanni Bandini has finally been purchased by the Prado Museum, having been declared a "property of cultural interest" last April by the Comunidad de Madrid. This Venus accompanied…
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Two paintings by Rachel Ruysch for Dublin and BostonDominated by an elegant tulip, but also embellished with roses and forget-me-nots, the composition is seductive from the first glance, even if we are also drawn in by the almost incongruous…
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Two new Swedish paintings for OrsayAs we recently pointed out when Carl Forsberg’s superb watercolour entered the Musée d’Orsay’s collections, Scandinavian art is one of the main focuses of the Musée d’Orsay’s current acquisitions…
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The Conservatoire d’art dramatique soon to be "classé" as a historic monumentIt’s a fight we’ve been waging for several years now, and to which we’ve devoted many articles. Thanks to the Minister for Culture, Rima Abdul-Malak, who is at last keeping a promise made by…
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The Maharajah of Indore returns to Christie’sThirty-two lots, it’s not much, of course, but it’s enough to evoke one of design lovers’ favourite stories: that of the Maharajah of Indore and his palace at Manik Bagh. Four years after the rich…
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The Kimbell buys a masterpiece by GainsboroughA century or so ago, Thomas Gainsborough was among the most sought after Old Masters painters by American collectors. He became a household name after his Blue Boy was sold in 1921 by the Second…
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Clouets for the Louvre and ChantillyThe portraits of two brothers by François Clouet recently joined the public collections, acquired by the Musée du Louvre and the Musée Condé in Chantilly on the same day in June: one represents the…
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A first Hammershøi for ChicagoThe Art Institute of Chicago continues to make spectacular acquisitions, adding Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi to its collection for €8,397,322. Acquired from Sotheby’s New York on 16 May after…
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An exhibition of wallpapers at the Galerie LéageWallpaper (in French "papier peint") is not painted. Of course, it was in its early days, when it was created by the Chinese and adorned the walls of the sumptuous interiors described by Marco…
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A sculpture by Charlotte Besnard for the Philadelphia Museum of ArtA true glory of French painting during the Belle Époque, Albert Besnard had to wait until 2016 to be truly rescued from the oblivion to which he had unfortunately ended up falling, thanks to a…
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Marseille buys a portrait by Dominique PapetyBorn in Marseilles, Dominique Papety suffered a tragic fate: he died at the age of just 34 from cholera, which he contracted during a trip to Greece. His short career was nonetheless fruitful,…
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A relief of Chinard finally reaches Clermont-FerrandA work that is essential to understanding the work of one of the greatest sculptors of the revolutionary and Napoleonic periods has finally been delivered to its commissioner, more than two…
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Enamels from the Middle Ages at the Brimo de Laroussilhe galleryPyxides, boxes containing Oil of Saints, reliquary shrines, bookbinding plaques and candlesticks - the Parisian gallery Brimo de Laroussilhe is bringing together an anthology of enamels from the…
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A Boudin preempted by the MuséoSeineLocated in Caudebec-en-Caux (now the delegated commune of Rives-en-Seine) on the right bank of the Seine, between Le Havre and Rouen, the MuséoSeine was inaugurated in 2016. Subtitled the Museum…
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Disappearance of Paris: an Art Deco building and several treesThe disappearance of Paris under Mayor Anne Hidalgo, which we denounced in a book published last year by Belles Lettres, is no fiction, unfortunately, and this disappearance is even accelerating.…
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A new 17th-century drawing acquired by StockholmA new old master drawing has joined the graphic arts collection of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Still anonymous, this red chalk portrait of the great Italian collector and patron Cassiano dal…
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Galerie Chevalier puts antique tapestries on saleTo obtain the keys to paradise, do we have to give up the laurels of glory? Not necessarily. Salvation and fame are both available at the Galerie Chevalier. Among the sumptuous tapestries on the…
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Three paintings sold by a French prefecture...The sale, which is online only, closes tomorrow at 11am. So it’s very late to be talking about it, but we didn’t find out about it until yesterday, Sunday, and we didn’t get a full reply (obviously…
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A painting by Raden Saleh returns to the LouvreWe have just learned from France Info that a painting long-term loaned by the Louvre to Saint-Amand-Montrond is to be restored and returned to Paris for good. It is a rare canvas - the only one…
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The Palais de la Porte Dorée looks after its Art Deco heritageHow can we not talk about resurrection? A complete décor has been reborn for visitors to this iconic French Art Deco monument : the beautiful Salon des Laques has been restored to its original…
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