France

Plenty of Italian works can be found in the Salon du Dessin ranging from Old Master drawings to modern items

The specialist Paris drawings dealer Galerie de Bayser is showing this work by Simon Vouet (1590-1649) at the Salon du Dessin

For its presentation at Drawing Now, the Galerie Lelong from Paris will include a special focus on the work of Christine Safa (b.1994).

Equestrian works by the French master come to auction market fresh from a family collection

Christie’s holds its annual dedicated drawings sale in Paris on March 22, the same day that the Salon du Dessin opens.

Ader will hold three drawings sales at Drouot around the time of the Salon du Dessin.

Works on paper are included in two picture sales running on consecutive days at Tajan in March.

A selection of drawings will feature in Aguttes’ March 28 sale at Drouot of Old Masters.

The Salon du Dessin and its Contemporary art younger sibling are now back to normal in the spring slot

The French art market is to fight “devastating” proposals to increase import tax on art and antiques planned by a new EU law.

A cache of art glass rediscovered during the contents removal of a house that had been unoccupied for several years came up for auction.

The Fifty Fathoms watch was born in the 1950s from the encounter between the Swiss firm Blancpain (by then using the legal trading name Rayville) and two French naval officers, Capt Robert Maloubier and Lt Claude Riffaud.

Clock formed as memorial to Napoleonic general stars among contents of d’Estaing family home

Main and Middle East branch of the French museum revealed as the buyers of works offered in French auctions

Millon’s March 6 sale in Paris is its third to be given over entirely to the graphic (engraved) work of Pierre Soulages (1919-2022).

The Musée d’Orsay in Paris has acquired two large paintings by Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860-1932) from Rome dealership Antonacci Lapiccirella.

At least five leading auction houses posted their best-ever annual figures in France for 2022, while others boasted exceptional sales during the year.

Annual auction house results show strong performances boosted by single-owner collections in particular