Quick Picks

Recent news, old bits and bobs, and other quick picks for your Marie Antoinette fix!

• The Chateau de Versailles is hosting another Instagram contest from July 1st through July 31st. More information and contest rules can be found here.
• Olafur Eliasson's art exhibition at Versailles is now installed.
• The Chateau de Versailles announced that the external restoration of the Chapelle royale will begin in 2017, thanks to the Philanthropia Foundation.
• The National Gallery of Canada is hosting the Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun exhibition through September 11th, 2016.

Quick Picks

Recent news, old bits and bobs, and other quick picks for your Marie Antoinette fix!

• The expansive and luxurious collection of carriages owned by the Chataeu de Versailles is once again open to the public. The collection has been closed to the public for almost a decade, and includes carriages from the 17th century onward. 
• Sketch Daily (Reddit) hosted a 'Marie Antoinette' theme on March 29th. 
• The Chateau de Versailles Facebook posted the 5 winners of the Versailles Spring Instagram contest.
• The National Gallery of Canada is hosting a limited exhibition called Masterpiece in Focus: The White Dress, which explores the social, political and financial world behind the rise of the "white dress" in the 18th and 19th century.