Didier Rykner
Articles
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Three new databases
We’ve been announcing it for a long time, but this time it’s done: our databases are being enriched, and no fewer than three new ones will be added to the existing Stella database, which lists…
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The "Semaine du Dessin" in Paris galleries (4)
Rarely has drawing week seen so many exhibitions in Parisian galleries. We need the time to see them and write the articles, which sometimes explains why publications are spread over several…
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The Salon du Dessin 2024 is now open
Comme chaque année, et par chance sous un beau soleil qui avait fui Paris depuis plusieurs mois, le Salon du Dessin a rouvert ses portes dans le Palais de la Bourse, cadre intimiste qui lui…
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Drawings and sculptures at Drouot
Two sales of drawings are currently on show at Drouot, at Ader and Millon, as are two previously unseen sculptures by David d’Angers at Daguerre. Finally, as part of the auction house’s "Temps…
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Three Artcurial auctions
This is a painting that could be acquired by at least three museums in the Paris region: the Musée Carnavalet (if it had an ambitious acquisition policy, which unfortunately it does not), the…
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An ugly painting? Yes, but by a woman! So it’s fine...
Le Rijksmuseum a acquis d’autres œuvres à la TEFAF dont nous parlerons ultérieurement, mais la seule pour laquelle elle s’est fendue d’un communiqué triomphal est le Portrait de Moses Ter Borch à l’âge…
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The 2024 edition of Tefaf
This year’s Tefaf has been shortened by three days compared with its usual duration: it will in fact end next Thursday 14 March, leaving less time to go on site and admire what remains the art…
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A short lesson on the protection of historic monuments, for Jean-François Martins, Director of the Eiffel Tower operating company
It’s one thing for politicians to talk rubbish about the legislation governing historic monuments, but it’s quite another for them to be able to do so over and over again on the airwaves without…
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Classification of the Eiffel Tower: what the heritage law says
While Emmanuel Grégoire, the first deputy mayor of Paris, said that he was not opposed to the classification of the Eiffel Tower and was prepared to look into the matter, Anne Hidalgo stated this…
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The fontaine des Innocents restored, Goujon’s nymphs to join "a museum"
The restoration of the Fontaine of the Innocents is finally coming to an end. This is good news, especially as the restoration work appears to have been carried out with great care and respect…
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