We learned with sadness the passing of #PierreSoulages, legend of contemporary art. He invented the "outrenoir" in 1979 by streaking a work entirely covered in black. He showed that the meeting of black and light engenders both sensations of other colors and a sublime form.
Tonight, the @CVersailles preempted a painting rediscovered by @Artcurial Old Masters department : the sculptureworking on the bust of Louis XIV by #BaudrinYvart
C’est avec une vive émotion et une immense tristesse que nous vous annonçons le décès de François Tajan, président délégué d’Artcurial, mercredi 26 février 2020. Toutes nos pensées vont à sa famille et à ses proches.
Artcurial and the Cabinet Turquin are delighted to present for sale, on 23rd March 2022, a masterpiece of Western art, "The basket of Wild Strawberries" by Jean Siméon Chardin, coming from the Eudoxe Marcille collection and estimated to fetch between €12m and €15m.