Léo Laporte-Blairsy (1865-1923)

The Parisian gallery is moving from the rue Bonaparte to the former premises of the Léo Arte Gallery at 17, quai Voltaire. Six exhibitions per year - mostly group shows - are planned; the first one will present an overview of the gallery's artists, including Monique Frydman.

He set up the gallery, named Léo Arte, at 17 Quai de Voltaire in the seventh arrondissement, not far from the showroom on Rue du Bac and the space where he opened another gallery in 2013. It will open its doors on January 30 for the preview of its inaugural exhibition, dedicated to Dutch sculptor Mathieu Nab.

At over four million euros, this lantern vase attests to the vogue for Chinese imperial pieces, which is not expected to abate any time soon.

This unusually sized vase featuring fencai enamels, a veritable ode to longevity, is one of the masterpieces cherished by the emperor and aesthete Qianlong.

The man who was once director of the Musée d’Orsay then president and director of the Louvre is also one of the most eminent Edgar Degas specialists. The curator of the exhibition on the artist's connections with the Paris Opera, as part of its 350th anniversary, he talks to us about the reasons for this choice.

The second Surrealist chapter of this library highlights women who loved freedom, from Leonora Carrington to Remedios Varo.