Works were on loan to a blockbuster exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris

Modern-day politicians in France's National Assembly helped to crowdfund the €1.8m restoration at the Château de Versailles

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

A delivery of 15 tonnes of donated packing and conservation materials was organised by Icom France

Coastal erosion in Normandy means that the Saint-Valery church in Varengeville-sur-Mer may soon disappear

Culture ministry initiative will offer three-month residencies and an emergency telephone service

Majid Boustany founded the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation in Monaco

Four years after a landmark pledge to hand back colonial loot, French government has opposed a new restitution bill backed by the Senate

The mass restitution is expected to be endorsed by the French Senate on 15 February

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

Covid continued to impact on French museum visits, but the government provided a much-needed financial safety net

'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

Renewal of Abu Dhabi deal means the Louvre can partner with the network of museums planned for Saudi Arabia's AlUla region

Plans to revamp the fire-ravaged cathedral with contemporary art and multilingual projections of Bible quotes have been compared to Disneyland

After a media campaign, French art historians and scholars sign a petition accusing the Villa Medici of "cancelling culture"

A farewell exhibition, due to be visited by French President Emmanuel Macron this week, is being hosted at the French museum. But the West African nation is "not satisfied" with the partial restitution

The Louvre-led government initiative aims to shatter clichés and encourage a deeper understanding

The Cité du Vitrail will open in the medieval town of Troyes in spring 2022, but preview tours are running this weekend for the European Heritage Days

Former head of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris replaces Jean-Jacques Aillagon

Controversial “health pass” introduced to fight a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the Delta variant

Uffizi Galleries in Florence among major lenders to show marking 200 years since his death

Musée Champollion in the south east of France—once owned by descendants of Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion’s family—is also exhibiting 82 artefacts on loan from the Louvre

The artist, who was born just two weeks after Paris was liberated from Nazi control, was known for work that explored memory, loss and personal as well as cultural history

Plein Sud includes 66 venues spanning from the Mediterranean coast to the Alps

An exhibition at the Pompidou in Paris is currently paying tribute to the Jewish collector

The country’s Foreign Ministry is launching an innovative cultural residency that will exist beyond any walls

The Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Belgium has responded to outcry over decision to make Bernard Blistène a co-director alongside Kasia Redzisz

Provençal offshoot of Hubert Bonnet’s Brussels art space doubles as a five-room guest house

From Roman architecture to medieval streets that inspired Van Gogh, the historic city in the south of France is becoming a go-to destination

The 550-room palace has undergone a €132m makeover by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux