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Collector Simon Kidston’s Love for Mechanical Wonders
Impressive automobiles hold no secrets for him. Simon Kidston, a charismatic figure in the classic car world, divides his time between London, Geneva and Dubai.
Published on March 17, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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A Successful Comeback for Arco in Madrid
Foundations, museums and collectors showed a keen appetite for the 40th anniversary of the Spanish fair, which took place from February 23 to 27.
Published on March 16, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Jeanne Tachard Collection: The Choice of Modernity
Free-spirited, headstrong Jeanne Tachard ranks among the 1920s’ leading patrons. She commissioned works from French cabinetmaker and designer Pierre Legrain and was a pioneering collector of African art.
Published on March 15, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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“La Villa Bleue à Nice”, a Previously Unknown Work by Matisse
This oil painting by Henri Matisse has never been on the market before. Long in a European collection, the work, which comes with its original support, is drawing interest from…
Published on March 8, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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David Hockney, a High-Tech Artist
The success of this printed landscape created on a tablet computer by the British artist, now living in Normandy, attests to changing artistic mentalities.
Published on March 4, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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A Chandelier by Koloman Moser in the Light of Beauty
This rare hanging lamp showcases Koloman Moser’s talent and the humanist ideas of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Published on March 2, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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T is for Tapestry: Volume 2
The creation of the royal tapestry workshops under Louis XIV broke with the mural approach specific to medieval and Renaissance tapestries. In these spaces dedicated to the service of power,…
Published on March 2, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Olive Spoons: A Fine Price Index
A typically southern item that regularly appears at auction.
Published on March 1, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Marc-Olivier Wahler at the MAHG in Geneva for a Museum of the Future
Swiss curator Marc-Olivier Wahler blazed a trail in contemporary art institutions in Europe and the United States before rising to a new challenge: bringing the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in…
Published on February 28, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Villa Albertine: A New French Cultural Model in the United States
In September 2021, a new showcase of French creativity opened in the United States. Its unusual residence format aims to boost France’s soft power worldwide.
Published on February 25, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Art Market Overview: Omar Ba, a Young Talent in the African Art Scene
Recently exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2019) and the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2020), Senegalese artist Omar Ba (b. 1977) is now considered one of the most…
Published on February 24, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Four Seasons of Wang Keping
Wang Keping, a founder of the “Stars” group in China, has never enjoyed being inside—not even in his two studios, which are wide-open to the outdoors.
Published on February 23, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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A Princess of Royal Blood Glorified by Jean-Marc Nattier
There are painters who evince little liking for feminine charms—as roundly demonstrated by the fine Rigaud retrospective at the Château de Versailles—and those who beautify their models. And princesses de…
Published on February 21, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Art of Ceramics from Manises, in All Its Splendor
True jewels of "Hispano-Moresque" art, ceramics, with a distinct metallic luster, produced in Manises, a small town near Valencia, have been inspiring collectors since the 15th century.
Published on February 10, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Art Fairs: A Race for the Good Slots
Given the resurgence of the pandemic and new variants of Covid-19, the art market is reorganizing its agenda for the first half of the year with intensified frequency. Clashes in…
Published on February 7, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Art Market Overview: German Artists in 2021
The most successful German artists in the market in 2021, according to an Artprice report, are none other than Wassily Kandinsky, Sigmar Polke, Lucian Freud and Gerhard Richter.
Published on February 4, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Travel Posters
France pioneered this highly desirable specialty, which is increasingly popular with collectors.
Published on February 3, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Collection of Marie Bell: A Woman of the French Art Scene
From the theater to illustrated plates, Marie Bell's life reflects a time when artists of all kinds performed together.
Published on February 2, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Rediscovering Claude de Soria, Sculptor of Cement
The Paris studio of the artist, who died seven years ago, has just opened to the public. Her splendid work, which fell into oblivion in the 2000s, raised cement to…
Published on February 1, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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A New Look Frieze Los Angeles
A new director and a new location for one of the most eagerly-awaited fairs in the western US.
Published on January 31, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Directory of Art Market Players Under the Occupation is a New Digital Tool for Researchers
The Franco-German research program that focuses on the art market networks in Vichy France was established under the direction of Inès Rotermund-Reynard and Elisabeth Futwängler. It is now available online…
Published on January 29, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Master Drawings New York: The Survivor
You'd almost have to see it to believe it. Despite a welter of postponements and cancellations, Master Drawings New York is indeed taking place until Saturday, January 29, in galleries…
Published on January 28, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Mikhail Piotrovsky: Director of an Expanded Hermitage Museum
Like all museum managers around the world, the director of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg has had to deal with the pandemic's effects on the venerable Russian institution. He remains…
Published on January 27, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Hispano-Suiza H6: Limousine of Kings
About a hundred cars from different local collections will come up for sale during a three-day online auction. The frontrunner is a rare 1921 Hispano-Suiza H6.
Published on January 26, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Great Burgundy Vintages
A report on a fine sale dedicated to nectars of Burgundy, staged by the Richard Auction House (Mr. Bernard) in Villefranche-sur-Saône on December 18.
Published on January 25, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Florent Paumelle Represents a Second Generation of Gallery Owners
A champion of abstract art, Florent Paumelle has been running the Oniris gallery in Rennes, which was founded by his mother when he was a teenager, since 2012.
Published on January 22, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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In Fontainebleau, the Revival of Clocks
Since 2008, Rolex has been responsible for the maintenance and restoration of the Château of Fontainebleau's clock collection. After an extensive sponsorship campaign, the once-neglected timepieces are marking time at…
Published on January 21, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Art Market Overview: The NFT Boom
Will the recent misadventures of non-fungible tokens, especially the hacking of many collectors’ virtual portfolios, dampen the meteoric rise that began in 2021?
Published on January 20, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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An Abstract Score by Richard Mortensen
Some €50,000/80,000 will be needed for The Yellow Sound, a series of 91 gouache and graphite drawings by the Danish painter Richard Mortensen (1910-1993).
Published on January 19, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Louvre Curator Yannick Lintz: An Islamic Art Tour de France
The director of the Department of Islamic Arts at the Musée du Louvre reveals what is at stake with 18 exhibitions deployed throughout France to show the public all the…
Published on January 18, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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A Clever Monkey Cigar Lighter by Fabergé
Although the imagination and craftsmanship of Fabergé goldsmiths no longer need proving, their timeless creations always make an impact.
Published on January 17, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Dubuffet and Kopac: An Obsession with Material
An oil painting by the master of Outsider art speaks of his friendship with the Croatian painter, whose work is poised for rediscovery
Published on January 14, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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The Rise of the Korean Art Market
The success of the 2021 KIAF (Korea International Art Fair) is hardly an accident.
Published on January 13, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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District 13 at Drouot: A Young Fair Already Mature
Though the two previous editions were canceled, the third edition of District 13—purely French this year—now consolidates the happy marriage between street art and Drouot.
Published on January 12, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Art Market Overview: Gerhard Richter’s Comeback
2021 marked the German painter's recovery in the market, when he was crowned the world's best-performing living artist at auction, according to Artprice.
Published on January 11, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Alberto Giacometti’s Lucky Star
The bronze lamps created by the sculptor in the mid-1930s look as modern as ever.
Published on January 10, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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A Young Prince in Marble From the Antonine Period
This marble bust from the Antonine period is so lifelike it looks as though the young man is about to speak to us. His slightly idealized features bring the legendary…
Published on January 8, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Cyrille Gouyette: Street Art in the Context of Art History
Cyrille Gouyette, project officer at the Musée du Louvre, exhibition curator and artistic advisor for the M.U.R. Bastille, wears several hats and builds bridges between classical and street art.
Published on January 7, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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Martin-Guillaume Biennais: Serving Napoleonic Clan
Martin-Guillaume Biennais (1764-1843) promoted French imperial propaganda, notably through his "Napoléonides" series. Several previously unknown pieces will be revealed at the sale of a group of works hailing from the…
Published on January 6, 2022
By Nicky Griggs
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T is for Tapestry
In the late Middle Ages, tapestry production, whose origins lay in the East and classical antiquity, was one of the most prominent crafts in Western Europe. Numerous widely-scattered workshops in…
Published on December 20, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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Lange & Söhne Timepieces Score Big Time
The German watchmaker's precision models confirmed their powerful appeal.
Published on December 19, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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Retrogaming: A Booming Market
Eight years after starting up in France, the retrogaming (also known as classic gaming) market is consolidating and setting record sales. The tenth art is gradually carving out a niche…
Published on December 18, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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Spotlight on Baccarat
The glassworks' glittering crystal chandelier shared the billing with paintings by Francis Picabia and William Adolphe Bouguereau.
Published on December 17, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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Hair Ye, Hair Ye!
When wigs came into fashion under Louis XIII, it was for an obvious reason: to hide the royal baldness!
Published on December 16, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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Art Market Overview: Toyin Ojih Odutola’s
With MoMA and the Art Institute of Chicago recently acquiring some of her works, Nigerian-born artist Toyin Ojih Odutola is enjoying a meteoric rise in the auction house at age…
Published on December 15, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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Quentin Bajac: From MoMA to the Jeu de Paume, the Image in All Its Forms
Two and a half years after taking up his post at the Jeu de Paume, the new director talks about his broad and varied concept of photography, his development strategy…
Published on December 10, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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Niki de Saint Phalle at the Galerie Mitterrand
The Galerie Mitterrand in Paris bills its new show as an echo of the "Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960's" exhibition at the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas.
Published on December 9, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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The Lacquered Felines of Jean Dunand, Master of Art Deco
Making their debut on the market, these three big cats date from a turning point in the artist's career and boast a rare combination of two lacquer techniques.
Published on December 8, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
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The Art Market Day 2021: Energy-Guzzling NFTs vs. Market Ecology
On November 16, NFTs, cryptoart and the art market’s environmental impact were the themes of "The Art Market Day" at the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Published on December 7, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
Art & Art Market
Fourth Sale of the Kahn Collection: Old Masters, 19th-Century Books and Surrealism
Before it closes in the first half of 2022, the Kahn library will be providing a fourth chapter full of discoveries, with Old Masters and books, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, paintings…
Published on December 6, 2021
By Nicky Griggs
