William Bouguereau (1825-1905)

After remaining with the painter's descendants for many years, this unique group of works from his studio illustrated his virtuosic ability to capture expression and feeling, with a grand total of €431,360.

The artist known for his reproductions of works by great masters has just completed a new fresco representing Bouguereau's art and literature. You can see it on the walls of the Kinepolis parking lot in Mulhouse, as part of the Graffitipolis project started by the gallery owner Orlinda Lavergne.

This is a big event for the great academic painter’s admirers: 16 works straight from his studio will come up for auction.

The glassworks' glittering crystal chandelier shared the billing with paintings by Francis Picabia and William Adolphe Bouguereau.

The Scottish sculptor and painter William Turnbull (1922-2012) is famous for his figurative and minimalist sculptures. Here it takes the form of a woman reflecting the vocabulary of primitive idols.

William Turnbull (1922-2012), a minimalist and figurative sculptor, has made few appearances at auction in France. On June 25 at Drouot, under the hammer of Kâ-Mondo, his Female Figure (1989) fetched €215,338. A French record for this friend of both Giacometti and Brancusi.

William Amor turns waste into floral compositions with positive, responsible and appealing messages. We visited him at his “Créations Messagères” studio.

From 11 September 2019 to 2 February 2020, the London museum will present the "largest survey of work by William Blake in the UK for a generation", through over 300 "rarely seen" pieces, says the press release. It will notably reveal the active role of his wife Catherine in his works' production. 

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. has revealed its seven recipients of “Portrait of a Nation” for 2022. These selections are based on people who have made important contributions to the lives of Americans. Among those chosen are Serena and Venus Williams, Dr Anthony Fauci and Clive Davis.

The curator, who died at the age of 86, was highly respected in the United States where he directed the Pasadena Art Museum and the MFA in Houston, the latter for eight years. He also held positions at the Whitney and MoMA. He organized the first museum exhibition devoted to Donald Judd.