New exhibitions this month in Nice, Switzerland... and Suffolk!
Matisse and the Med at Musée Matisse
Félix Vallotton at Castello San Materno, Ascona
Masterpieces from Kenwood House at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury
More in our May preview: art-exhibitions.blogspot.com/2025/04/open...

Tate Modern: 25 jaw-dropping and unforgettable moments from the first 25 years

Our final session of the academic year will be a Curatorial Roundtable exploring the process behind the recent rehang of the 19th and 20th century galleries at the @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social
in London. For more information: www.ecrfrenchart.com/network-even...

June see's our resecheduled Research Forum from Dr. Katia Papandreopoulou - University of Patras which will explore her recent book on the critic Camille Mauclair. Details: www.ecrfrenchart.com/research-for...

In May we welcome Servanne Dargnies-de Vitry (Musée d'Orsay) to highlight her project - 100 œuvres qui racontent le climat - which considers how 19th- and early 20th-century artworks can help us think through today’s climate issues. Join us online: www.ecrfrenchart.com/research-for...

Join us for our next Network Session Former un collectif de chercheuses : Femmes Artistes en Réseaux - a spotlight on a network dedicated to retracing, documenting, and highlighting women artists' groups www.ecrfrenchart.com/network-even...

Katty Perry a émis plus de CO2 en 10 min avec son vol dans l'espace que des centaines de millions de personnes ne le feront dans leur vie entière.
BFM, l'AFP, Ouest-France, Le Monde, etc. ne parlent pas une seconde de l'empreinte carbone du tourisme spatial. #Dontlookup

Nouvelle #acquisition

Le "Portrait de George Rodier" par Jacques-Émile Blanche entre dans les collections d'Orsay.
Le modèle de cette toile, au style marqué par l’influence de Manet et Whistler, aurait inspiré le personnage de Legrandin dans "À la recherche du temps perdu" de Proust.

+ d'infos ⤵️

Is anyone else having trouble accessing Retro News? I can't get it on both browsers on my Mac, but can on my iPhone. Colleagues in the Netherlands reporting similar issues.

Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh was born on this day in 1853.

A year after he had moved to Paris, Van Gogh painted this view featuring the popular Restaurant de la Sirène at Asnières.

🌳 Restaurant de la Sirène, 1887, Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). WA1972.18

Ça y est : les actes du colloque sur les catalogues d'exposition, édités par @mgispert.bsky.social, @helenetrespeuch.bsky.social et M. Gherghescu sont sortis !
J'y présente une étude matérielle et économique des livrets du Salon au 19e (publi 2/8 de 2025 💪)
hicsa.pantheonsorbonne.fr/collection-h...

Come study with us! NEW 100% online PGCert Art History & Curating.

Or our campus programmes: MA Art History & Curating with our exceptional gallery partners The Barber Institute of Fine Arts and Grand Union. Also our MA History of Art (inc. British Art pathway).
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Join us next week for our next Network Session: Between Public and Private: Auction Houses Beyond the Market - a behind the scenes take on the important role auction houses play in exhibition organisation and curation. Details: www.ecrfrenchart.com/network-even...

Happening today! We welcome Dr. Paula Fayos-Pérez to discuss her latest book project on Goya's Caprichos in Nineteenth-Century France: Politics of the Grotesque - Sign up here: www.ecrfrenchart.com/research-for...

In the Salon by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1893

https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137841

My book has a cover! Available for pre-order from Bloomsbury. Only $28 ☺️

If you're new to Bluesky: welcome! You made it!

For any lovers of museums or the arts, we made a Starter Pack containing many museums, galleries and libraries that you can follow and enjoy in a single click.

Have any suggestions of accounts we should include? Let us know!

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