Hippolyte Flandrin (1809-1864)

For its reopening, the Lyon Musée des Beaux-Arts is staging an exhibition full of discoveries and surprises: a unique opportunity to explore the collaborative creative process of three 19th-century brothers who were artists and partners.

Paris’ Petit Palais has acquired a new marble sculpture by Félicie and Hippolyte de Fauveau, expanding its collection of Romantic-era sculptures. This is the museum’s first work by nineteenth-century sculptor Félicie de Fauveau. (La Tribune de l’Art)

On November 13, the art center, which has been housed since 2011 in a building designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, will inaugurate a work by French artist Claude Rutault on its façade. Entitled À l'adresse (cont'd), it is created in partnership with students from the Lycée Hippolyte Fontaine.

When she became mayor of Paris in 2015, Anne Hidalgo made the restoration of religious monuments the spearhead of her heritage policy. Her "church plan", which ended in 2020, is somewhat of a mixed bag.

The reappearance of a previously unknown work by Jean-Honoré Fragonard is in many ways the answer to an enigma, one that we can only guess at but never fully grasp.

The elephants of the Indian temple achieved a well-deserved result, followed by iconic chairs designed for Chandigarh by Pierre Jeanneret.

It will take three sessions to sell 1,380 figurative and abstract works, ranging from Jules Chéret to James Pichette.

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.

André Jammes, Gérard Lévy and François Lepage were important players in the development of the photography market. The evidence lies in the photographs from this collection.

During the Renaissance, Italy’s silk-making secrets became more widespread, and France was the first to benefit. Thanks to protectionist measures and royal support, its silk industry reached a peak in the 18th century.