Patrick Matthiesen claims the Paris auction house was unwilling to provide painting's provenance information to comply with anti-money laundering rules

Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

Though the Parisian cathedral's nave is expected to reopen to the public by the end of 2024, work to restore the entire site could last until 2028

New York judge rules the auction house must face trial as part of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s art fraud lawsuit

Conditions outlined for gift from Claude and France Lemand for new museum at the Arab World Institute in Paris

The works were owned by influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard and will be returned to his heirs

The appellate court judges’ decision came as a surprise, as the general prosecutor had asked for the charges—which relate to the acquisition of Egyptian antiquities by the Louvre Abu Dhabi—to be dropped

The new space, spanning all seven levels of the Institute's Jean Nouvel-designed building, was made possible in part thanks to a major donation of 1,677 works

As the panel was looted in Paris, the magistrates claimed jurisdiction of the French courts over the High Court in London

Decision brings the six-year investigation into the provenance of 15,000 antiquities from Phoenix Ancient Art to an end, with only a handful found to lack proper documentation

America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state

The Paris museum has been struggling for years against over-attendance

Her relationship with her father is the subject of an ongoing exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris

After seven years of investigations, Ruffini has been handed over to French authorities, likely setting the stage for a trial in Paris

Dated to a century after Leonardo's death, the work does not come from the artist's studio

Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigation

The 77-year-old, wanted by French police for "fraud, money laundering and forgery of works of art", was released after ten days in custody

The French dealer, who is under investigation for selling a series of allegedly forged paintings, has had a warrant out for his arrest since 2019

The ruling of the examining chamber, expected next year, could overturn the investigation against both curators in a case implicating the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Metropolitan Museum

The celebrated French artist remained committed to his singular formal pursuit for decades

Verdict for the owners of Belle et Belle is expected in November

The charges, brought ten years ago by a rival gallerist, revolved around allegations that a curator at France’s national museum of Asian art had received favours in exchange for organising a Chu Teh-Chun exhibition

Lotfi addresses allegations that led to a warrant being issued for his arrest in a statement and interview, giving new details on the extraordinary story of the Metropolitan Museum's gold sarcophagus

Owner of L’Etoile d’Ishtar gallery said artefacts from Saqqara necropolis “should be restituted to Egypt” but insists he purchased them in good faith

Case has so far seen Middle Eastern works seized from New York's Met and the indictment of a former Louvre director

Georges Lotfi has been accused of handling the types of materials he helped the police recover and repatriate for years

Rybolovlev is accusing Bouvier of having swindled €1.1bn from him through the €2bn sales of 38 works of art from 2003 to 2014

Daniel Druet, who created hyperrealist likenesses of Pope John Paul II, Hitler and others for Cattelan, was seeking €6m in compensation and to be declared the works’ “sole author”

In wake of scandal involving former Louvre director, France's culture minister forms taskforce to assess acquisitions procedures at museums

Five objects worth more than €3m have been confiscated by authorities as part of a wide-ranging global investigation involving former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez