The ruling also suspends the wider agreement for the exchange of works of art between France and Italy

Reservations will become mandatory at the world's most visited museum by the end of the year

In an exclusive interview, Jean-Luc Martinez reveals his big plans for the museum and why 250,000 objects must leave Paris

Paris museum's attempts to secure $450m Leonardo look doomed to failure, and the loser will be art history

Italian conservationists say they may attempt to block the loan of the famous drawing

Speculation remains over whether Salvator Mundi will appear

The Vitruvian Man—normally only shown for a few weeks every six years—will travel from Venice’s Gallerie dell'Accademia to Paris

Paris deputy mayor Ian Brossat says that teaming up with the online rental giant is “disastrous and shocking”

Supported by undisclosed donation from Alwaleed Philanthropies, French museum’s newly renovated Islamic galleries reopened in full this week

We reveal the research and science behind the monograph exhibition exploring the Renaissance painter's artistic evolution

Move reignites debate over British Museum’s position on sculptures brought to Britain by Lord Elgin

Activist group Pain says Paris museum has taped over or taken down plaques dedicated to the eponymous family whose pharmaceutical company is accused of fuelling the US opioid crisis

The piece of furniture by Bernard II van Risenburgh, which left for the US almost four decades ago, was commissioned by Louis XV for his stepdaughter

Pain protestors demand that museum officials rename 12 rooms named after the Sackler family

The Leonardo painting, which is seen by thousands of visitors each day, is temporarily leaving its home during renovations to the gallery

Museum officials say they still hope to include Salvator Mundi in major autumn show

Pierre Rosenberg has pledged his collection of works by Charles Le Brun and other artists to the new museum

Paris museum closed its doors after union officials protest about angry public and poor security measures

High-level diplomacy is being used to secure the artist’s most important works for blockbuster anniversary show in Paris

The Chinese-American designer created some of the world’s most striking museum projects, including the Louvre’s glass pyramid entrance and the National Gallery of Art’s East Building

Reservations will mainly be online as French museum anticipates record visitor figures

I.M. Pei’s controversial entrance symbolises the Parisian museum’s spectacular growth

Fashion continues upward trend in the US, shooting to the top of The Art Newspaper's chart, while the British Museum slips from the top spot in the UK

The painting, thought to be the second version of the Baroque artist’s Judith Beheading Holofernes will be auctioned this June with an estimate of £86m-£129m

Claims that it had "cancelled plans" to show the work are "fake information", the museum says

But the disputed treasure, the Rosetta Stone, will remain in London

Populist government says sending paintings to French museum would put Italy 'on the margins of a great cultural event'