France
Musée D'Orsay ordered by Paris court to return four masterpieces by Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin stolen during Second World War
The works were owned by influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard and will be returned to his heirs
France makes art inroads in Saudi Arabia with Centre Pompidou project allegedly on the horizon
The outpost would be the gallery's latest international satellite and the latest of many France-driven arts initiative in the Middle Eastern country
Paris auction house Artcurial reports best year of sales—despite a downturn in trade of 20th- and 21st-century art
A record year for the French market was shored up by a particularly strong crop of Old Master work
And they’re off—France, Estonia and Lithuania first to announce artists for 2024 Venice Biennale
Caribbean-born Julien Creuzet and sculptor Edith Karlson will fly the flag at the 60th edition of the exhibition
New book on Martine de Béhague shines light on a great collector who turned to art as solace for personal loss
The first scholarly study of a true dilettante of Old Masters, antiquities and new works, reveals an indomitable, questing soul
Climate activists target billionaire François Pinault's private collection in Paris
Demonstrators poured orange paint over the US artist Charles Ray's Horse and Rider
Who added the pearl on Musée d’Orsay's Paul Gauguin sculpture? Diary reveals it was not the artist
Jewel that gives its name to an 1892 Tahitian carving was added to the work years after the French artist’s death, researcher discovers
Feeling fragile? Lyon Biennale returns after a three-year break and forges ties to the city and its past
Works by more than 200 artists are on show across French city, in sites that range from Renaissance courtyards to a former household appliance factory
French art dealer Didier Wormser stands trial for trafficking looted Egyptian antiquities
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
New book reveals how women artists in the 'Age of Revolutions' confound stereotypes
This statistics-driven investigation shows that many of the hundreds of women exhibiting in London and Paris between 1760 and 1830 eschewed the still-life
Antiquities trafficking case escalates as Louvre Abu Dhabi joins civil action and Swiss collector files criminal complaint
In wake of scandal involving former Louvre director, France's culture minister forms taskforce to assess acquisitions procedures at museums
Eight men accused of stealing a Banksy from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris go on trial
The crooks removed the mural that was painted on an emergency exit door of the Parisian concert hall, though there is disagreement over who ordered the theft
What has happened to France’s grand plans to return Africa's heritage?
Five years ago President Macron took the museum world by surprise when he announced a then-revolutionary restitution plan. Now the country’s politicians are at odds about how to implement it
Anselm Kiefer’s vast studio complex and former home in southern France—likened to a 'human ant hill'—opens to the public
Subterranean tunnels and towers pepper the 40-hectare site of La Ribaute in Barjac
President Macron appoints Rima Abdul Malak as France’s new minister of culture
Culture pass, restitution issues and metaverse will be on her agenda
Macron wins: what now for the French art scene?
Plus, Walter Sickert at Tate Britain and Gordon Parks at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
French elections: what's at stake for culture and the arts?
As Macron and Le Pen face off in the second round of the presidential battle, cultural policy is likely to continue taking a back seat
French pavilion: Once-banned movie about Algerian war of independence inspires cinematic installation
Artist Zineb Sedira puts Algerian film under the spotlight, as country marks 60 years as a sovereign state
France seeks to protect Russia's Morozov collection from seizure as masterpieces return home
Works were on loan to a blockbuster exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris
Versailles restores Royal Tennis Court—where French democracy was founded—to its former glory
Modern-day politicians in France's National Assembly helped to crowdfund the €1.8m restoration at the Château de Versailles
French museums survived a drastic fall in tourism but may face uphill struggle as state support dries up
France’s status as a honeypot for tourists from Asia and the US has taken a huge hit, from which its cultural institutions are still reeling. Now the country’s museums hope that French and European visitors can restore their finances
French museums rally to protect art collections in Ukraine with truckload of emergency supplies
A delivery of 15 tonnes of donated packing and conservation materials was organised by Icom France
Rising sea levels imperil French church that inspired the Impressionists, including Monet
Coastal erosion in Normandy means that the Saint-Valery church in Varengeville-sur-Mer may soon disappear
France launches €1m fund to help Ukrainian and ‘dissident Russian’ artists fleeing war
Culture ministry initiative will offer three-month residencies and an emergency telephone service
Lebanese patron donates €2.8m—and two Gormleys—to prestigious art history college École du Louvre
Majid Boustany founded the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation in Monaco
Why Macron's radical promise to return African treasures has stalled
Four years after a landmark pledge to hand back colonial loot, French government has opposed a new restitution bill backed by the Senate
French National Assembly approves return of 15 Nazi-looted works—including paintings by Chagall and Klimt—to Jewish heirs
The mass restitution is expected to be endorsed by the French Senate on 15 February
Rediscovered Bernhard Strigel painting found in a Toulouse home expected to sell for up to €800,000
The panel is thought to be the pair of Strigel's Thurifer Angel, which was bought by the Louvre Abu Dhabi in Paris in 2008
Louvre's attendance last year dropped to 1986 levels
Covid continued to impact on French museum visits, but the government provided a much-needed financial safety net
Remarkable new book reveals the dark side of the Sun King
'The Sun King at Sea' shows how Louis XIV, known for his long reign, and cultural and political power, was also a cruel slave-keeper