Jacques-Louis David
artist
Exhibitionspreview
Recently discovered works by Jacques-Louis David to go show in New York
Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will focus on the preparatory sketches for some of the French painter’s best known masterpieces
Progressive scientists, or high-flying elitists? The Met unlocks a secret behind a famous Jacques-Louis David portrait
Scientific testing reveals that the artist radically changed his depiction of a Paris couple in a landmark 1788 painting
Booksreview
National Gallery definitively catalogues 'small but perfectly formed' collection of French 18th century paintings
Humphrey Wine’s lavishly illustrated book details the London museum's 60 authentic works and 12 replicas, copies or pastiches
Kehinde Wileynews
Bonaparte comes to Brooklyn: Napoleonic paintings by Kehinde Wiley and Jacques-Louis David to be united
Both works will first be shown at Château de Malmaison, former residence of Emperor of the French before travelling to the Brooklyn Museum
Deaccessioningnews
Anonymous donor steps in to pay hefty penalty for the National Gallery of Canada’s botched Chagall sale
The rushed deaccessioning—to fund the acquisition of another work from neighbouring Quebec—raised a storm of criticism