César (César Baldaccini) (1921-1998)

It took twenty years for the Centre Pompidou-Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris to pay homage to one of the most popular French artists of the 20th century, and one of the most controversial. A period of limbo? Time enough, for some, for the “César...

Suffice to say that the Paris retrospective comes at a good time. "We can now appreciate his output after twenty years in limbo," to quote a hopeful Bernard Blistène, curator and director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Pompidou. Here, from...

César and Arman’s dealer died on 10 September aged 84. Faced with the American juggernaut, he defended the French scene.

Mauboussin chairman and CEO Alain Némarq, who gave the brand’s image and catalog a fresh look, is a knowledgeable art lover.

The young Marseille gallery Alexis Pentcheff has succeeded in forging a name beyond this country's borders. Four questions for its owner on the tenth anniversary of the gallery.

On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the sculptor, born on January 1, 1921, in Marseille, Almine Rech is organizing the exhibition "César & César". From June 12 to July 31, the Paris gallery will exhibit his famous 8-foot thumb. Self-portraits and masks, not shown for 20 years, will also be on display.

About 40 works attest to the choices and tastes of the bookbinder-turned-gallerist and his daughter. Ernst, Richier, César and Matta are likely to arouse a great deal of excitement, like that of post-war Paris.

The luxury brand Céline and the César Foundation launch a limited series of 200 necklaces: 100 in silver and 100 in vermeil, reviving the "directed compressions" of César Baldaccini. 

The Parisian institution has been offered two works signed by François Morellet and César: this is a second donation from the collector and patron Majid Boustany, which has been on display since January 9 in the school's Jaujard Hall.

Eduardo Arroyo (1937-2018), Niki de Saint Phalle and César could be the winning trifecta in this sale of 20th-century decorative arts and works on paper.