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Large-scale Zao Wou-ki

The Burrell visits Marseille

Surprise record for Borgeaud

Mary Cassatt the Franco-American

Mary Cassatt was not only a great artist, but also played a crucial role in the Franco-American dialogue and the promotion of French art across the…

A clear sky over Henry Moret

A magisterial bid for a Pointillism landscape

Chilean painting in the limelight

Diana Widmaier-Picasso

Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter's granddaughter is staging an exhibition devoted to her mother, Maya, at the Gagosian Gallery in Paris. A chance…

Art Price Index

Zhang Daqian: record-setting artist

Very few know his name in the West… but in 2016, sales of his paintings totted up a grand total of $355 million.

"Collecting should be fun"

"Collecting should be fun" goes the mantra of the star make-up artist and collector Terry de Gunzburg, who is opening a new store in Paris.

Walker Evans’ America

A member of the Cracovia Group

PAD Paris: right in the 21st century

2019: a vintage TEFAF in Maastricht

The Bührle collection: the confused story of a collector

It took over half a century for Paris to open its exhibition spaces to the outstanding Bührle collection. Now housed in Zurich, this unique group of…

Aristophil: fourth sale

With eight catalogues for seven auctions, the fourth session of sales of the Aristophil collection garnered €11 M, and continued to attract institutions,…

Cherkaoui's sun painting

A pas-de-deux with Degas and paradise with Giampietrino

The auction’s guest of honour was Edgar Degas and one of his iconic sculptures, while a work attributed to Giampietrino represented the Italian Renaissance.…

Mythological scene by Camille Claudel

This Persée et la Gorgone or Petit Persée , executed between 1903 and 1905 by Camille Claudel, emerged at a sale in Caen, whetting more than a few…

A world record for Georges Kars

Le Douanier Rousseau, Raden Saleh, Raoul Dufy and a world record for Georges Kars… A winning quartet in a sale dedicated to modern art.

Dora Maar, the hidden woman

Photographer, painter, activist: Dora Maar was much more than The Weeping Woman Picasso painted in 1937. The Centre Pompidou retrospective, Paris,…

Fernand Léger's contrasting rhythms

When the painter reinvented the centuries-old theme of the still life in light of modernity, he created a jewel of pure graphic design.

From Moret to Poliakoff

Henry Moret, Bernard Buffet and Serge Poliakoff all had a date in Deauville this weekend

A Zamoyski bronze proves its mettle

A bronze head by Zamoyski becomes an icon of Polish Formism with a world record.

Biennale Paris: Heading for the future

Rooted in reality, the Biennale has decided to forget the past and write a new chapter in its history.

What have galleries got lined up for the Biennale Paris?

For the new autumn season, several Paris galleries have pulled out all the stops, with outstanding hangs designed to resonate with the fair occupying…

Overview (Post-sale)

From Romeda to Vosne-Romanée: a marathon in Cannes

Cannes Besch Auction celebrated its 30 th anniversary with three days of exceptional sales, clocking up some fine scores in several specialities including…

Denis, Permeke, Alechinsky: the spiritual in art

These were all guests at a Provencal sale held in Fontvieille, where the lion's share was devoted to modern 20 th century artists.

Bacon's reading: the dangers of the too-exclusive

The Centre Pompidou, in Paris, is exploring Francis Bacon's literary pantheon in relation to fifty-odd works dating from the end of his life. An overly…

Success for the Jouve collection

From a Cubist painting by Alice Halicka to a sculpture of the Roman god Janus, this sale hailed the taste of Jean-Pierre Jouve.

Respect, Monsieur Lautrec!

Dazzling, ferocious, affable: the eye of Toulouse-Lautrec reveals his immense humanity in the retrospective at the Grand Palais: some two hundred works…

Gitte Ørskou: towards a Nordic model?

In early September, the Danish curator became head of Stockholm’s Moderna Museet , Sweden’s leading museum of modern and contemporary

Staffan Ahrenberg, a Scandinavian saga

Sweden's Theodor Ahrenberg was one of the 20 th century’s greatest art collectors. We interviewed his son Staffan, the publisher of Cahiers d'Art .…

Gilles Diyan: gallery owner and entrepreneur

As Opera Gallery celebrates its first quarter century in 2019, its president and founder Gilles Diyan talks about changes in the art market and the…

Summer and autumn: modern art seasons

A nostalgic Van Dongen and a Henri Martin at home in Marquayrol brilliantly illustrate two facets of modernism.

Cologne Fine Art: a successful new-look edition

Under the leadership of Daniel Hug, the COFAD had a decidedly more colourful feel in this late autumn period. After fifty years, Cologne Fine Art may…

Christian Vrouyr: Ever Loyal to BRAFA

Christian Vrouyr, an Antwerp gallery owner specialising in antique carpets, has been BRAFA's General Secretary for the past fifteen years and a member…

Chagall promotes harmony

Yielding to no one, the two goats of the fable moved towards success beneath a crescent moon.

Brafa, the art of mixing without hang-ups

One of the world’s most beautiful art and antiques fairs, Brafa opens the art market season. Here’s a sneak preview.

Marianne Rosenberg: fundamentals and determination

In the Rosenberg dynasty, the great-granddaughter is a new asset. Her entry into the gallery world (she only opened her own in New York gallery in…

Hopper’s mystery replayed in Basel

Like his paintings of figures, Hopper’s landscapes, brought together here by the Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland, are fascinatingly eerie.

The power of Sabavala, the grace of Maillol

Eagerly awaited on La Croisette, this work by an Indian master rarely represented in France paved the way for other gems by Maillol and Rivière.

Buffet’s porcelains, or Riopelle’s materials

Modern and contemporary art were feted in Lille, where France was represented by illustrious figures from Survage to Riopelle, not to mention Bernard…

Hubert Looser: a daring and intuitive collection

With rigorous standards and determination, the collector and philanthropist has built up one of Switzerland's most important private art collections…

Cars: Accelerating the Modern World

Is the car a work of art, a multipurpose machine or a vehicle of modernism? Undoubtedly all three at once.

The Armory Show withstands the epidemic

The coronavirus did not get the better of the 26 th edition of the New York art fair, which ran until March 8 on the quays of the Hudson River. Collectors…

Ruben Sobol, photographer of the Roaring Twenties

A painstaking search resulted in a major donation to the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF): around 300 prints by a Parisian portrait photographer…

In search of lost works by Alberto Giacometti

A singular collection featuring a particular period

A passion for historical artists of the 20 th century led to a collection of works marked by rigorous choices and a sharp eye.

Gaston Diehl: a true champion of post-war art

An advocate of contemporary painting and sculpture in the post-war years, the art critic and historian is now the hero of auctions. Thirty works from…

Chirico's Paris

While the Chirico exhibition was supposed to open on April 1 at the Orangerie, Paris under lockdown turned into a positive Chirico painting, to the…

Marie Delas: the champion of Paris Gallery Weekend

As Paris Gallery Weekend shapes up to a 7 th edition in highly charged circumstances, we talk to Marie Delas, its new young director.

Harper’s Bazaar: the first fashion magazine

Spotlight on Line Vautrin

This “Sun King” mirror confirms the popularity of a designer who gave her works poetic names.

That's all, folklore! at the Centre Pompidou-Metz

As the planet and the debates on cultural appropriation heat up, the Centre Pompidou-Metz celebrates the eternal return to favour of folk arts and…

Anne Gruner: the quiet philanthropist

Creator of the Fondation des Treilles, Anne Gruner Schlumberger devoted her life to artists and built up a collection of works by Dubuffet, Arp, Ernst,…

Direct carving of Calder

Two female figures by Calder and Jeanne Hébuterne won unanimous acclaim at this decidedly modern sale.

Yves Klein & Co in Metz: the intangible studio

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Centre Pompidou-Metz, an outpost of the Paris Musée d’art Moderne et Contemporain, immerses us in a wide-ranging…

Les Oeuvres Choisies – an exhibition not to be missed

The latest collegial exhibition at the Hôtel Drouot tempts with its birds-eye view of some of the most captivating highlights of the coming auction season.…

Indulge yourself at the exhibition "Drouot Déco"

After months of confinement, reimagine your surroundings with a visit to "Drouot Déco", a selection of the most extraordinary – and affordable – art…

Convincing abstraction of Chu Teh-chun

A work by Chu Teh-chun stood out in a rigorous selection where abstraction triumphed.

Charles Riva and the art of scaling down

The former dealer and collector goes against the flow. While most others accumulate, he is thinking of trimming his collection down to fewer than 100…

Behjat Sadr and the abstract movement from Iran

A well-deserved reward for Behjat Sadr, pioneer of Iranian abstraction and star of the collection of a pair of Parisian aesthetes.

Renowned Picasso dealer Joan Gaspar

The illustrious Barcelona gallery owner, who was Picasso's dealer, died on October 12 at age 80 of a heart attack.

The Oscar Kokoschka Collection: an all-encompassing curiosity

This cosmopolitan artist traveled the world in search of art, as the 300 objects in his collection attest. The foundation illustrates all the painter’s…

Peruse this season’s sales in the “Oeuvres Choisies” exhibition online

A rich offering of artworks ranging from Old Masters to Surrealists and beyond, “ Oeuvres Choisies ” offers a glimpse of the sales that will pass online…

Modern Art Sets Sail

From Dufy to Angarola, the program was rich and during the lockdown a journey through painting is a tempting invitation.

The Creuzevaults Chose Ernst, Picasso and Richier

This avant-garde father and daughter shared a passion for contemporary art and made dazzlingly successful choices.

Djo-Bourgeois, A Shooting Star

Though his name crops up regularly in auction sales (often preceded by the words “attributed to”), the French architect and interior designer Georges…

Delightful modern landscapes: from Manguin to Signac

The fine program of this auction in Avignon included works by the highly sought-after artists Manguin and Signac, as well as their forerunners Desprez…

A tête-à-tête between Brancusi and Matisse

The two 20th-century giants expressed themselves in the works presented at this auction: one through the unexpected medium of photography, the other…

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Art Price Index: Ceramics of Jean Lurçat

French painter Jean Lurçat is mainly known for reviving the art of tapestry in the 20th century, but he also tried his hand at ceramics.

Harnessing the Magical Powers of Leonora Carrington

British painter, writer, female surrealist, Mexican artist and eco-feminist, these are just some of the terms used to characterize Leonora Carrington,…

The Roger Passeron Collection to be Sold at Drouot

Roger Passeron started out with a passion and turned it into connoisseurship. The first two sales of his large, emblematic collection span the history…

Bonnard and his Muse

This portrait of Renée Monchaty revives the memory of the woman who was the painter's model and love.

An Ode to Joy with Chagall, Lalanne & Perriand

Featuring top names, the "Arts+Design" sale was held "extra muros" in Vendôme, acclaiming iconic works in 20 th -century painting, sculpture and design.…

Jean Souverbie & Günther Förg Hit the Heights

From the classic allegory of Jean Souverbie to the dynamic colors of Günther Förg, modern and contemporary arts express its variety.

A Zamoyski Bronze Goes Home to Poland

Success for an avant-garde bronze by Auguste Zamoyski, a sculpture emblematic of Formism.

Paris museums may be closed, but the Hôtel Drouot remains open to art lovers!

The final collegial exhibition of 2020 offers an impressive range of artworks from all historical periods and from across the world, offering the visitor…

The Old Harbor of Marseille in Kisling’s Colors

Time stands still in this painting, undoubtedly the first in a series Kisling devoted to Marseille, a city he loved. Featuring an unusual composition,…

Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A.

We spoke with Mark Nelson, William H. Sherman, and Ellen Hoobler, the authors of the recent book Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury…

Works by George-Daniel de Monfreid Preempted in Bordeaux

This auction focusing on the dispersal of the George-Daniel and Henry de Monfreid Collection recalled the close friendship between the painter and…

Hollywood Arensberg: Retracing the Life of a Singular Collection

A new book, published by the Getty Research Institute, reconstructs the Los Angeles home of Louise and Walter Arensberg, offering an intimate portrait…

Did Black Lives Matter to Phillip Johnson?

As the impact of the Black Lives Matter and #metoo movements reverberates across our societies, architects are increasingly joining the call for change.…

Magritte High on the List

The Belgian master cultivated mystery, making play with different levels of interpretation. Some famous American faces appeared beside him.

Martiros Saryan on Armenian Soil

A painting by Martiros Saryan resonates like a paean to a beloved country and culture.

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