Heritage Days in Paris 2024

 The annual Journées du Patrimoine 2024 in Paris and the Ile-de-France take place on 21st and 22nd Museum - here is the schedule.

Year II at the Carnavalet (Exhibition)

The exhibition "Paris 1794-1794: a Revolutionary year" opens at the Musée Carnavalet on 16th October.

Louis XVI before his judges (book)

Olivier Bétourné's new book La Mort du Roi Louis XVI devant ses juges et face à l'Histoire is published on 13th September.

Next year at the V&A: Marie-Antoinette

 The V&A has announced a exhibition for 2025 on Maria Antoinette and her contribution to design and fashion.

Watteau - to be saved for the nation?

A temporary export ban has been placed on Watteau's Le Rêve de L’Artiste, a painting once owned by Sir Robert Walpole. The sum required to keep it in the UK is £6,075,000 (plus VAT of £215,020!)

The Flood - new film

 A new film on the end of the French monarchy, "The Flood" ("Le Deluge")  by Italian director Gianluca Jodice, opened the  Locarno Film Festival in Milan, on 7th August. 

David Andress - Videos & podcasts

The BBC's History Extra podcast and YouTube channel has published a short discussion of the guillotine by David Andress (Video of 18th July 2024).

A Rameau opera reborn

The lost opera “Samson" by Rameau, with libretto by Voltaire, has been recreated by conductor Raphaël Pichon and director Claus Guth and was performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July (video below)

Olympic reflections

In an online article in the August edition of Rare Book Monthly, Thibault Ehrengard comments on the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and what it revealed about France's complex relationship with the Revolutionary past.

Saint-Aubin at the Met (Exhibition)

 The Metropolitan Museum announces an exhibition "Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin", which will run from 26th September to 4th February 2025.

Imagination in the Age of Reason (Exhibition)

 The Cleveland Museum of Art is to hold an exhibition, "Imagination in the Age of Reason", from 28th September to 2nd March 2025.

Robespierre in Britain

The ARBR Amis de Robespierre website publishes an informative and impeccably illustrated article by Marianne Gilchrist on "Robespierre in Britain" (published 06.06.2024; in French and English)