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Anne Hidalgo’s plan, which has drawn fire, involves storing items threatened by conflict in buildings owned by the city authority
The complex issues behind returning cultural goods to their place of origin
As museum's teaser show opens in the Belgian capital, its president, Serge Lasvignes, tells us about branching out from Paris
Institutions remember the turbulent period and consider its legacy
The country is due to sign a massive contract with the kingdom to turn Mada’in Saleh and the Al-Ula region into a cultural tourism destination
Hauteville House revamp includes overhaul of furniture and facades overseen by the Les Misérables creator
Françoise Nyssen proposed lending the work as a way to fight “cultural segregation”
Charles Le Brun project at Vaux-le-Vicomte, halted by a financial scandal at Louis XIV’s court, will be completed with video projection
The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US
Japanese collector was catapulted into the limelight when he spent $110m on a Basquiat, which is currently on 'world tour'
Digital publication will draw on team of journalists in Paris and a network of global correspondents
Guillaume Houzé says that his new Marais venue will be less corporate and more creative
French museum became first cultural institution to secure ties with Islamic regime after sanctions lifted in 2016
One attempt was made in 1953 to mark the coronation of Elizabeth II and another for the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings in 1066
The British Museum has the space and facilities to restore the embroidery, which is returning to England for first time in 940 years
Exhibition of 50 Greek, Roman and Persian artefacts is "first large-scale exhibition by a major Western museum in Iran"
Known as the Bangwa Queen, the object was either given to or looted by the German colonial agent Gustav Conrau
State stepped in and purchased major pieces by important female sculptor at auction
Single-owner consignments and a €13.5m portrait by Modigliani help Sotheby’s emerge ahead of its rivals in a stagnating market
Also, Meyer Vaisman's grandiose taxidermies and Elaine Strutevant's almost-replicas
Paris museum is on a mission to collect Latin American art—and a show of colonial-era paintings is the overture
President Hollande plans to implement 75% tax rate on income above €1m a year
French heritage authority wants Gehry-designed towers moved to reduce their impact on the city’s archaeology.
Longtime arts and heritage patron Olivier de Rohan denounces the increasing influence of external bodies on museums' creative decisions
How artists and the arts fared under the Vichy regime and the German occupation of France, 1940-44
Russian gallery directors handcuffed by police, but case dropped
The owner of Christie's to show works from his personal collection for the first time
Iranian lawyers argued that any rights to the fifth-century bas-relief should be relinquished to its country of origin
Two heads are better than one, as the question of how best to preserve historic ruins is yet to receive a definitive answer
President Aznar of Spain stated that cultural protectionism was “the refuge of a country whose culture is in decline”