Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family: Sotheby’s Geneva
Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family is a sale at Sothebys on November 12, 2018, including a diamond and pearl pendant, which belonged to Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette
Visitors to Versailles 1682-1789, Journeys France – New York
The exhibition, Visitors to Versailles 1682–1789, moves to The Met Fifth Avenue New York, a journey creator Louis XIV wouldn’t have contemplated in his lifetime
Treasures from Versailles – Dazzling Display, NGA Canberra
Treasures from The Palace of Versailles will be on show at The National Gallery of Australia in Canberra ACT from December 9, a once in a lifetime experience
Pierre Gouthière – French Court Gilder, Glittering at Frick
The Frick Collection, New York, November 16, 2016 to February 19, 2017, presents an exhibition of works by Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun – At Paris, New York & Canada
Works by Queen Marie Antoinette’s favourite painter Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun are at Paris till Jan 11, in New York after Feb 15 and in Canada from June 10
Love Jewellery – Restoration to Revolution Pt 2
Charles II on his Restoration to the English throne gave himself up completely to luxury adorning himself with sumptuous textiles and jewels
Pinchgut Opera – Powerful Performances, July & December 2014
Opera’s by composers, the Italian Antonio Salieri and Austrian Christoph Willibald Gluck, will feature for Pinchgut Opera of Sydney’s new two opera 2014 season
The Roentgen Family Cabinetmakers – Neoclassical Furniture
The German Roentgen family cabinetmaking firm in operation c1740-1795 produced some of the most outstanding furniture of their age in the neoclassical style
Vale Chrissy Amphlett, A True Warrior 1959-2013
Last week saw the passing of one of the most recognisable front women of rock, the inimitable Chrissy Amphlett. Taken all to soon at 53 years of age by breast cancer, she will be greatly remembered. A true original, Chrissy bought both power and vulnerability to the stage with her…
Plain or Fancy, Restraint & Exuberance – What Do You Prefer?
Plain or Fancy a show on view until August 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art invites visitors to consider their preferences associated with these two words
The Mistress & The Consort – Paying the Wages of Beauty
Louis XVI’s Queen Marie Antoinette and Louis XV’s consort Madame du Barry lived at a time of society scandal and political turmoil, paying the wages of beauty