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Make Way for the Orléans!

Versailles is seeking to move away from its Bourbon-centric image to shed light on the transformations of the 19th century.

A Recipe for Success

2018 is decidedly the year of gastronomy in all Europe's royal residences. While tickling the taste buds, the programme also nourishes considerable…

Pompidou Goes International

While the Guggenheim chain is rusting, somewhat, the Centre Pompidou is consolidating its prestige in Malaga, Brussels and Shanghai. Its president,…

Naomi Beckwith: Rising Curator

As the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates its 50th anniversary, its young curator, Naomi Beckwith, talks about the museum's collections…

Lin Han: Pushing Art’s Boundaries

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Louvre Abu Dhabi: A Desert Gem

The opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi on November 11, was a success, thanks to both its architecture and a display exploring meeting points between different…

The Miracle of Montreal

What are the secrets of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, whose acquisition budget is proportionally inverse to the dynamic enrichment of its collections?…

Met museum to return coffin of Nedjemankh to Egypt

Marina Lochak: The Art of Risk-taking

Marina Lochak, founder of the Proun gallery in 2007 and in charge of programming for Moscow's Manege culture centre, took over as the Pushkin Museum's…

Germany: A Thorny Matter Continues

In mid-March, a national get-together in Berlin is being held to debate the question of collections originating from the colonies. Germany had taken…

Kejia Wu: An Art Market Emerging Before Our Eyes…

The author of the latest TEFAF report, Kejia Wu, has seen the birth of the world's most important secondary market from the inside. She reveals her…

Alexandre Ivanov: A Passion for Fabergé

Collector of the jeweller's pieces and founder of two private museums, this Russian lawyer who made a fortune in IT talks about his passion for art,…

Eric Booth, Herald of the Thai Scene

Managing director of the Jim Thomson silk company, the smiling collector and his stepfather, Jean-Michel Beurdeley, opened Thailand's Maiiam Museum,…

Appointments & Prizes

Laurent Le Bon Reappointed at Musée Picasso-Paris

Laurent Le Bon has been appointed to a second three-year term as president of the Musée Picasso-Paris. He will “continue to spread the renown of this…

Mary Morton: A Painting Inheritance

Curator and head of the Department of French Paintings at the Washington National Gallery of Art, Mary Morton has constantly promoted French art in…

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

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The Miraculous Door of the Hôtel de Ville

At first glance, it's just a door. Yet the history of this door, which opened the way to the French monarchs for two centuries, borders on the miraculous.…

Arter: a New Showcase for Contemporary Art

With its well-conceived architecture, a far cry from aesthetic effects and ostentatious prowess, Istanbul once again vaunts its cultural ambitions.…

Philip Tinari: "We're in a Golden Age for Museums in China."

Publisher, critic and museum director all at once, this American forty-something is above all a leading specialist in contemporary Chinese art and…

The Heart: a Vital Organ as Both Theme and Symbol

The Musée de la Vie romantique in Paris explores the heart and its representation in contemporary art.

Charles Personnaz: At the School for Curators

On May 16, the Institut National du Patrimoine celebrated its 30th anniversary. We talk to its director, Charles Personnaz, about its past record and…

What Will Life Hold for Museums After Covid?

The coronavirus has upended the economy, and museums are no exception. How will the pandemic impact their management methods? What will be the repercussions…

Emmanuel Kasarhérou: A New Direction for the Musée du Quai Branly?

Named as head of the Musée du quai Branly after a six-month transition period, the former director of Noumea's Tjibaou Cultural Centre talks about…

Le Bal des Quat'z’Arts at the Carnavalet

Abel-Truchet's painting depicts the capital's wild nightlife with a ball full of nudity that smacks of a Happening… The good news is that complements…

Cyrille Sciama: A Ground-breaking Curator

Since his appointment as head of the Musée des Impressionnismes, he has breathed new life into the Giverny museum. And the health crisis has in no…

Cultural Heritage

The Tapestries of Aubusson: The Thread of Innovation

Could tapestry be an antidote to a territory's sluggish economy? This is the line adopted by the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie d'Aubusson. Four…

Miren Arzalluz Rethinks Fashion at the Palais Galliera

A renovated building and a major opening show… Under Miren Arzalluz’s leadership, the Paris fashion museum aims to confirm its scientific legitimacy…

Gabrielle Chanel and Philip Guston: The Museums Are on the Horns of a Dilemma

Two countries, two cultures, a world of difference: The coincidence between the Philip Guston retrospective’s postponement and the naming of the new…

New Building Design for the Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum reveals the design for the new building that aims to be “all fronts and no backs”: an accessible and inclusive…

Living with Modern Art: The Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection

On long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum , the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection encapsulates the enduring legacy of a collector fascinated…

Sylvain Bellenger: Capodimonte’s Quiet Revolution

Carrying out a sweeping transformation of the Neapolitan palace-museum and its royal park, its director, Sylvain Bellenger, a Frenchman who spent part…

The Richly Exuberant Louis XIII Style

This sale was headed by an exquisite Cabinet from the first decades of the 17 th century, pre-empted for a major museum soon to open.

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The Art Institute of Chicago Looks Towards the Future

The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the largest museums in the U.S., is among cultural institutions working towards accounting for histories of exclusion…

Fostering a Dialogue with Brooklyn Museum's David Berliner

The president of the Brooklyn Museum in New York since 2016 discusses the challenges and achievements of one of America’s most important institutions.…

Benefiting the science of tomorrow

Gearing up for the future, the Palais de la Découverte in Paris reached for the stars with an auction of items telling its story.

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…

Pierre Rosenberg the Collector

The collections of the leading art historian, which he recently donated to the Hauts-de-Seine département for the future Musée du Grand Siècle in Saint-Cloud,…

Cultural Heritage

Crystal Bridges: The Museum that Walmart Built

Initially criticized for its links to the retail giant, ten years on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has surprised many in the world of…

Sophie Kervran, the New Director of the Musée de Pont-Aven, Stays on Course

An overview of the Musée de Pont-Aven's strategy with its new director (since June 2020): the strengths and weaknesses of the collection, recent acquisitions and…

Cultural Heritage

Audemars-Piguet, Between Modernity and Tradition

The Audemars Piguet museum-workshop unveils its heritage collection in a new avant-garde building, boasting an image halfway between tradition and…

Karen Matevosyan, Guardian of the Matenadaran

A treasure trove of Armenian knowledge, the Matenadaran houses one of the world’s richest old manuscript collections. Karen Matevosyan, the museum-institute’s…

Cultural Heritage

Yale Art Gallery, the Oldest University Museum in America

Founded in 1832, the Yale University Art Gallery is home to an encyclopedic collection of art, displayed in three historic buildings at the heart of…

Frick Madison: Xavier F. Salomon Discusses the Transformation from Mansion to Bauhaus

After three years’ planning, the Frick Collection has just reopened in Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist 945 Madison Avenue, on lease from the Met while the…

The Rodin Museum and Its Bronzes

Like all cultural institutions, the Rodin Museum in Paris is struggling with Covid-19’s repercussions. But the museum has a unique asset enabling it…

George-Daniel de Monfreid Returns to Perpignan

Late 2020 proved a fertile period for the Musée d’Art Hyacinthe-Rigaud, when the collection dedicated to the Neo-Impressionist took on several new…

Stephanie Wiles: The Yale University Art Gallery Looks Towards the Future

We spoke with Stephanie Wiles, The Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery about her vision for the gallery, the New Voices,…

The Louvre: Intrigue at Court

The reappointment of Jean-Luc Martinez as head of the Louvre was dictated by a certain logic. With a determined spirit that gained him not a few enemies,…

The Spirit of Modern Art: The Société Anonyme Collection

Hailed as the first museum of modern art in the U.S., the Société Anonyme was founded by artists Katherine S. Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray.…

Jean-Luc Martinez: Reopening the Louvre’s Royal Apartments to the Public

The controversy over altering the Louvre’s Greek and Roman Bronze Rooms erupted at the end of a building project that occupied an entire wing of the…

Spain Through American Eyes: A Pioneering Exhibition at the Chrysler Museum of Art

The exhibition “Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920” examines the widespread and, until now, under-appreciated influence of Spanish…

Léonard Gianadda, Creator of the Foundation in Martigny

In French-speaking Switzerland, Martigny, where Julius Caesar covered himself in glory, there lives another conqueror: Léonard Gianadda, who set up…

Seth Feman on the Chrysler: A Museum Focused on People

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Walter P. Chrysler’s foundational gift that established the Chrysler Museum of Art, in Norfolk, Virginia,…

Strike MoMA Begins Dismantling One of NYC’s Flagship Museums

A coalition of New York City community activists, museum workers and artists has called for a ten-week strike against the Museum of Modern Art as a…

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