Jules Wabbes (1919-1974)

Unveiled at the end of 2019, the project to restore the "Cap 44" building, which will house an expanded version of the Jules Verne Museum within the Cité des imaginaires, is taking shape. But the latter will not open until 2028 due to the magnitude of the necessary work needed to convert this former flour mill.

Boisgirard-Antonini announced the second part of the sale of Pierre Jacob's Jules Verne collection, to be held in room 9, on October 26. Of note is a Tour du Monde en 80 Jours (Tour of the World in 80 Days), a volume in blue percaline known to be a single example (€18,000/25,000).

After spending 14 months in the Coubertin Foundry, the most famous fountain in the gardens of Versailles is back where it belongs in the Grande Perspective designed by André Le Nôtre.

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

The summer with its harvests outweighed the wintry weather at the sale of seven works by Jules-Émile Zingg from a private collection

Designed by Édouard Muller for Jules Desfossé's wallpaper factory, this trompe l'oeil decoration stages Tasso's Armida in an enchanting Parisian winter garden.

Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1702, this monumental fountain with polychrome marble is emblematic of the splendor desired by Louis XIV for the Grand Trianon. The "major heritage project", began in January thanks to the patronage of the Bru Foundation.

A major achievement of Louis XIV, the national estate of Marly-le-Roi has been awarded the label "Jardin remarquable". Built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in 1679 to house the leisure activities of the monarch and his family, the estate has been under the jurisdiction of the Chateau of Versailles since 2009.

Gerardus Widdershoven, who created Maison Gérard, the gallery he founded in New York in 1974, died on June 14 from cancer at the age of 69. A specialist in Jules Leleu, Widdershoven was a pioneer in the revival of the Art Deco style in the Big Apple in the 1970s.

Saint Eustache, a masterpiece of Gothic and Renaissance architecture, is celebrating its 800th anniversary. The church in the historic Les Halles area of Paris has always taken pride in welcoming art, old and new.