An oil painting by the master of Outsider art speaks of his friendship with the Croatian painter, whose work is poised for rediscovery This painting, Petit paysage avec personnages (Small Landscape with Figures), sheds an interesting light on the friendship between Jean Dubuffet...

The success of the 2021 KIAF (Korea International Art Fair) is hardly an accident. With 88,000 visitors in October for its 20th anniversary, the fair saw its admissions jump by 7% compared to 2019, and its sales double (some €48 M compared to €23 M in 2019). The phenomenon has been noted by foreign...

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. While the announcement of the creation of an urban art fair at Drouot prompted surprise at its inception in 2018, it must...

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. Richter's performance in auction houses had been gradually declining since 2014, but 2021 saw him bounce back, achieving fifth place in the...

The bronze lamps created by the sculptor in the mid-1930s look as modern as ever. This non-specialist auction raised €935,671 including fees, a total that included this "Star" floor lamhttps://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/sold/miroirs-montres-bijoux-tableaux-anciens/120798 p by Alberto Giacometti,...

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 Antinous, the beloved favorite of the Roman emperor Hadrian, to mind. A hint of a smile crosses the lips of this outstanding,...

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. How would you define street art in 2022? That's hard to say, as it takes so many forms. The way in which...

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 artist's descendants. Following Napoleon I's second marriage in 1810 to...

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 France already foreshadowed the royal factories of the future.   In the 11th century, a few...