The 2022 edition of Art Basel posted record sales and splendid attendance. A return "to normal" welcomed by gallery owners. It’s a reliable gauge for the art market, and this year, Art Basel  turned out to be a fine vintage with plentiful sales and records galore. Above all, it confirmed...

In their 30-year career, Gabriela and Mathieu Sismann have become the go-to dealers in the antique sculpture market. In June, they are taking part in BRAFA, and, for the first time, in TEFAF Maastricht. Did your move to Quai Voltaire in 2019 affect the way you work? Gabriela Sismann. We moved to...

The National Automobile Museum in Mulhouse, France, which opened on July 10, 1982, is gearing up to celebrate its 40th anniversary—an opportunity to (re)discover the unusual history of the museum, which attracts lovers of beautiful cars every year. Nicknamed “the Louvre of the Automobile” by Amédée...

In this second sale of the Treillard Collection, photos, screen prints and Surrealist objects by Man Ray will go hand in hand with pictures by several of his artistic collaborators, including Jacques-André Boiffard. Lucien Treillard was far more than Man Ray's assistant: he was his last...

Claude-Siméon Passemant’s astronomical clock has been entirely taken apart, studied and restored for an autumn exhibition at Versailles featuring Louis XV’s interests and passions. Painstakingly arranged and numbered circles and spheres—the insides of the crystal ball that ordinarily crowns...

For its 67th edition, BRAFA is leaving Tour & Taxis for Brussels Expo, while maintaining its highly successful eclectic, across-the-board approach. In June 2022, Brussels is the place to be, especially at BRAFA! The reputation of the fair created in 1956 has grown so impressively in the last...

One of Rembrandt Bugatti's most iconic animals comes from the collection of René de Knyff, a racing driver and friend of his no less famous brother, Ettore. In 1926, Ettore Bugatti  chose as the radiator cap for his legendary Bugatti Royale a work by his brother Rembrandt (who had died...

Three works by Miró, watercolors by Dufy and paintings by Utrillo and Renoir will surround this oil on canvas by Berthe Morisot. In the 1860s, it took an overnight train journey to travel from Paris to Saint-Brieuc in Brittany and another five hours by bus to reach Saint-Quay-Portrieux. In...

This clock made in China in the 18th century to please the Qianlong emperor not only gives the time—it comes alive from top to bottom to pay tribute to the sovereign. On May 27, 2008, in Hong Kong: Christie’s dispersed a beautiful collection of fifteen late eighteenth-century Chinese automaton...