From April 8-12, 2025, Chairman’s Circle and International Council members traveled to the Napa Valley and San Francisco. The Valley, nestled between mountain ranges and rolling hills, is famous for its world-class vineyards, charming towns, gourmet dining, and luxurious estates.
Members and guests of American Friends of the Louvre visited the Judd Foundation, New York after hours to tour Pierre Paulin: Action House, an exhibition of furniture by Pierre Paulin co-curated by Flavin Judd, Artistic Director of Judd Foundation, and Paulin, Paulin, Paulin. Pierre Paulin (1927–2009) was a pioneering
On Sunday May 4, 2025, American Friends of the Louvre (AFL) held its annual New York Gala – their largest in history – at a sold-out Rainbow Room, where they honored Mathieu Lehanneur, an internationally renowned designer who most recently
Members were invited to Templon NY to preview the exhibition of François Rouan, one of the leading lights of the French contemporary art scene to celebrate his first solo show in the city. Coordinated by Alfred Pacquement, honorary general curator
Members joined AFL at Christie’s Auction House for a continental breakfast. We were received by William Strafford, Deputy Chairman, and Csongor Kis, Specialist, European Furniture, to tour L’Art du Luxe: Masterpieces of French Furniture, an exhibition that traces the emergence
Since 1740, the celebrated French porcelain manufactory has been producing some of the finest ceramics in the world, combining a long tradition of hand-made porcelain with innovative designs from world-renowned artists and designers, including Jean Arp, Ettore Sottsass, and Betty
AFL members and their guests toured Les Enluminures’ exhibition Beyond Sight, which explores the tactile nature of medieval and Renaissance art in dialogue with pieces by contemporary artist-goldsmith, Joy BC. The artist, as well as the gallery’s Founder and President,
Members of American Friends of the Louvre convened over lunch at the iconic Cafe Marly before attending a special preview viewing of Guillaume Lethière and touring masterpieces from the Museums collection all while it was closed to the public, a
A unique collaboration between New York Review Books and the Louvre Museum, At the Louvre presents a hundred poems, newly commissioned exclusively for this volume, by a hundred of the world’s most vibrant poets. They write about works from the museum’s collection.
Members and invited guests attended a before-hours curatorial tour of Liberty to the Imagination: Drawings from the Eveillard Gift. This exhibition was part of a series celebrating the Morgan’s 100th anniversary and is devoted to showcasing significant promised gifts to the
Referred to as the Musée du Louvre’s own art sleuth by the New York Times, Dr. Polack has been the public face of the Museum’s efforts to return artwork that was stolen during World War II by the Nazis. The Louvre
In 2024, AFL International Council and Chairman’s Circle members’ annual trip to Paris took place from October 6-10. Highlights included private access to the Louvre while it was closed to the public, access to collections and private homes throughout the
From June 11-15, International Council and Chairman’s Circle members will visit the Berkshires, MA, to celebrate a historic partnership between the Clark Art Institute and the Musée du Louvre for the co-organization of the first major exhibition to focus on
The Young Patron’s Council and select guests attended a private viewing and tour with artist Chris Watts of his exhibition, Integration, at Galerie lelong. Drawing upon four of the artist’s ongoing series, the exhibition highlighted Watts’s practice of creating spaces
The annual gala was hosted on a beautiful Sunday evening in New York City’s iconic Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center. The sun was shining and so were our guests, all decked out in a black-tie array of spring colors. Everyone
In March, the International Council of the Louvre will visit Maastricht on the occasion of TEFAF. Maastricht is a historic city located in the southern part of the Netherlands on the banks of the Maas River with a unique European
AFL was pleased to invite members for a private tour of the exhibition Africa & Byzantium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art before it opens to the public. The tour was led by Dr. Andrea Achi, the Mary and Michael
American Friends of the Louvre and the Directors of Christie’s had the pleasure to invite AFL patrons to a reception and lecture on Ancient Arms and Armour by Lillian Bartlett Stoner, award-winning American scholar of Classical Antiquity, and Christian Levett, collector and founder
Following the success of Grands Châteaux of the Loire and Ile-de-France , The Making of the French Gardens and The Great Churches of Paris, Russell Kelley offered an enthralling new Zoom series about an essential pillar of France’s cultural heritage:
American Friends of the Louvre and White Cube New York were pleased to invite members to a reception celebrating the gallery’s UES flagship and its inaugural exhibition: Chopped & Screwed. Curated and presented by Courtney Willis Blair, US Senior Director
This fall, the International Council of the Louvre visited Florence, the most populated city of Tuscany and the capital of the region located in the heart of Italy. Nestled along the banks of the Arno River and surrounded by rolling
Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Laurence des Cars, President-Director of the Louvre, invited members to a preview and reception to celebrate the opening of Manet/Degas at the MET.
American Friends of the Louvre and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden are pleased to invite AFL members to a preview reception for the opening of Jean-Michel Othoniel: The Flowers of Hypnosis at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This exhibition of six new sculptures is the artist’s
American Friends of the Louvre invited Young Patrons for a private viewing of the exhibition Thirty Are Better Than One at the Brant Foundation to celebrate Bastille Day. This solo exhibition of over 100 artworks by Andy Warhol spanned the entirety
In June, members of the International Council and Chairman’s Circle went to Paris and Lyon for their annual summer trip. After special activities in Paris, members experienced the culinary and cultural heritage of Lyon, known as the capital of French
In April, members of the International Council and Chairman’s Circle were invited to travel to Washington, D.C. to explore the cultural jewels of the city, including some of the more recently opened venues. The nation’s capital boasts more than 75
For millennia, the beauty and variety of colored stones have inspired men to carve images on them; thus, the art of the glyptic was born more than five thousand years ago. Worn on the finger, the neck, a brooch or
The exhibition presented a comprehensive selection of artworks, some coming directly from the Louvre, that captured rich and shifting expressions of women’s lives in ancient Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium B.C. These works bear testament to women’s roles in religious
This fall, in recognition of the France-Portugal Season scheduled from February – October 2022, the International Council of the Louvre visited Lisbon and Porto. International Council members discovered the rich cultural history of Portugal firsthand and learned about the latest
Introduced by Guillaume Kientz, director and chief executive of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, the tour was led by senior curator Dr. Marcus B. Burke. The exhibition focused on major watercolors by American artists that were painted in Spain,