Jewel that gives its name to an 1892 Tahitian carving was added to the work years after the French artist’s death, researcher discovers

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

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

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

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

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

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

Subterranean tunnels and towers pepper the 40-hectare site of La Ribaute in Barjac

Culture pass, restitution issues and metaverse will be on her agenda

Plus, Walter Sickert at Tate Britain and Gordon Parks at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

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

Artist Zineb Sedira puts Algerian film under the spotlight, as country marks 60 years as a sovereign state

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