Vincent Noce

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Vincent Noce

The Musée du Louvre, the world's most visited museum, was forced to close on Monday morning when staff walked off the job to protest against overcrowded galleries and “worsening visiting conditions”. The museum's management appears to have been taken by surprise. Thousands of visitors with pre-booked tickets were left stranded for hours in front of I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid as temperatures rose to 27°C, complaining about a complete lack of information, according to the Associated Press .

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Vincent Noce

The French gallerist Kamel Mennour announced on Thursday that he is making an expansive donation of 180 works by 45 artists to Paris’s Musée d’art moderne. Among them, says the gallery in a statement, are works by leading interntional names such as Alicja Kwade, Zineb Sedira, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Buren, Ugo Rondinone and Lee Ufan. Other prominent artists represented in the donation include Douglas Gordon, Camille Henrot, Huang Yong Ping, Tadashi Kawamata and Philippe Parreno.

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Vincent Noce

Georges "Bill" Pallot, one of the most prominent 18th-century furniture experts in Paris, was convicted of forging and selling royal furniture that duped experts from the château de Versailles and wealthy collectors. Pallot was sentenced on 11 June to four years in prison, including a 44-month suspended sentence, and a €200,000 fine. He has also been banned from working as an expert for five years.

4 weeks ago | gazette-drouot.com | Vincent Noce

Artemisia Gentileschi en version expurgée dans une exposition bien cérémonieuse. » La critique de Wilson Tarbox sur ARTnews trahit une certaine frustration des médias devant la monographie de Jacquemart-André. L’auteur estime qu’elle ne rend pas hommage à « l’icône proto-féministe » célébrée depuis quelques décennies. Artemisia... Vue de l'exposition « Artemisia. Héroïne de l'art » au musée Jacquemart-André, Paris. Vue de l'exposition « Artemisia.

4 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Vincent Noce

The Centre Pompidou has signed a “five-year partnership” with Brazil for the opening of its first outpost in South America. Due to launch in November 2027, the museum will be located near Iguaçu falls, a Unesco World Heritage site. Discussions around the creation of the new museum in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, which is situated on the border with Argentina and Paraguay, began in 2020.