Rothchild porcelain exhibition

A new exhibition at the Mobilier National (42 Avenue des Gobelins, Paris) showcases 18th-century Sèvres porcelain from the Rothschild family collections.  ‘Sèvres, a Rothschild Passion’, opens on  17th April and runs through to 26th July 2026.

The duc d'Orléans and the coming of Revolution (article)

A new open-access article by Damien Tricoire in the Bulletin du Centre de recherche du château de Versailles, dated 26th March, takes an in-depth look at the role of the duc d'Orléans /  Philippe Égalité in bringing about the events of the Revolution.

Sofia Coppola's Marie-Antoinette at Versailles

An exhibition marking the twentieth anniversary of Sofia Coppola's film "Marie Antoinette" will run at the Trianon estate from 22nd September 2026 to 24th January 2027.

The Rest is silence

 The Voltaire Foundation publishes a post by Joanna Stalnaker, Professor of French at Columbia University on her book The Rest Is Silence: Enlightenment Philosophers Facing Death, which was published on 14th October 2025.