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1 week ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Vincent Noce
It has been almost a decade since the Parisian antiques dealer Bill Pallot stunned the art world by confessing to faking a series of royal chairs. According to the case, filed in 2016, 11 chairs and armchairs, presented as commissioned by relatives of Louis XV and Louis XVI, were sold for a total of €3.7m through Parisian galleries and Sotheby’s to the Château of Versailles as well as private collectors including Prince Hamad Al Thani of Qatar and an heir to the Hermès family.
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gazette-drouot.com | Vincent Noce
C’est un précieux opus, publié à cinq exemplaires, que m’a offert l’ancien directeur des musées de France Jacques Sallois. Au moment de remettre ses notes et documents aux Archives nationales, il a rédigé un méticuleux récit de la mission qui lui avait été confiée dans « l’affaire des manuscrits coréens ». En 1866, près... © CC C’est un précieux opus, publié à cinq exemplaires, que m’a offert l’ancien directeur des musées de France Jacques Sallois.
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1 month ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Vincent Noce
Soon after French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Laurence des Cars as director of the Louvre in 2021, she gathered her entourage to tell them of her dream for a “very grand Louvre”, much greater than the “Grand Louvre” inaugurated 36 years ago by President François Mitterrand. Des Cars’s vision included a new entrance on the eastern wing leading to a subterranean complex around a special room for the Mona Lisa.
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1 month ago |
theartnewspaper.com | Vincent Noce
France will return to Madagascar the skulls of King Toera and two warriors, who were beheaded by French troops in the early days of colonialism. The move, announced by the French prime minister, François Bayrou, marks the first decision of its kind under a new law governing the return of human remains, which was adopted in 2023.
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1 month ago |
lequotidiendelart.com | Vincent Noce
Mardi doit reprendre à Pontoise le procès de Bill Pallot, l’ancien expert de la galerie Aaron. Depuis une semaine, il répond de l’accusation de tromperies et blanchiment, aux côtés de Bruno Desnoues qui fut le restaurateur privilégié du château de Versailles.
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