Luigi Loir (1845-1916)

Under the brush of Luigi Loir, Paris becomes a seaport and delivers an original version of the famous "Maman les p'tits bateaux" nursery rhyme.

Founded on the cornerstones of cultural heritage, the art of gardens and contemporary art, the Chaumont-sur-Loire estate continues to write its story with the opening of a hotel combined with a think tank.

The Château du Rivau could well have inspired a few fairy-tale writers with its Renaissance architecture flanked by lofty towers and the atmosphere created by its naturalistic gardens, conceived as living paintings by the owner of the premises, Patricia Laigneau.

Chantal Colleu-Dumond has brought together some fifteen artists for this new season.

The quays of the ancient settlement of Ratiatum (now Rezé), buried for almost 2000 years, have been unearthed by a team from the INRAP. The port, located in the Loire estuary, originated in the first century but was redesigned several times, due to silt deposits, through to the modern period.

Italian semiologist and art critic, he curated the 43rd Venice Biennale (1988) and the IX Documenta in Kassel (1992). Curatorial advisor to the sculptor Davide Rivalta since 2018, he has published interviews with Adel Abdessemed, who enjoyed a retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in 2012.

 Last week the Blessed Doge Francesco Morosini Leaving Venice in 1693 to Fight the Turks... painting by Luigi Querena (1824-1890) fetched €528,000 to set a record for the artist. The 1865 painting had been in an Italian private collection for over 100 years.

A series of recent studies have identified the creators of two aspects of major decorative works dedicated to the story of Diane de Poitiers: the hangings and the secular stained-glass work on the first floor in the château of Henri II's mistress.

Olivier Fruneau-Maigret readily relates that it all started with the smell of the ultra-famous "Petits Beurres" when he was a child, and that his passion never waned. And yet today, this Nantes-born poster specialist – who thinks the French brand LU "possesses...

Monet will be surrounded by Old Masters during the next Garden Party auction at the Château of Artigny in the Val de Loire.