Paris
Is Paris really taking London’s art crown?
Plus, Marlene Dumas at the Musée d'Orsay and Christian Boltanksi remembered
Same city, new venue: Fiac returns to Paris, but eco-conscious galleries say they plan to cut back on art fairs
Sales at the French fair were generally healthy, but David Zwirner felt it lacked "the vibrancy of Frieze"
It’s a wrap: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s final fabric project unveiled in Paris
Plus, Art Basel: are the buyers back? And Mary Beard on images of power
The rise of Paris: Larry Gagosian opens third gallery in the French capital
US dealer launches new space with giant Alexander Calder sculpture in the Place Vendôme
In Pictures | Behind the scenes of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work wrapping the Arc de Triomphe
A new book looks at the detailed preparations and 60 years of planning behind the work being unveiled in Paris
‘Laboratory of ideas’: Paris exhibition explores Sandro Botticelli's busy studio
A new show looks at the Renaissance artist’s role as a designer and head of a busy workshop as well as the inventor of an instantly recognisable style
Watch Christo's last work in action: the wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe is being filmed live
The ambitious project has been around 60 years in the making
French culture ministry names 39-year-old Xavier Rey director of Centre Pompidou’s national museum of modern art
Current director of Marseille museums will take up coveted post under newly appointed Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon on 1 October
Autumn fair calendar is fit to burst as Fiac relaunches in new temporary Paris venue near Eiffel Tower
Dealers must decide which fairs to prioritise as Art Basel in Switzerland and Frieze in London are scheduled just weeks apart
Damien Hirst's Cherry Blossom paintings to be exhibited in artist's first major Paris show
Works from the series, painted by the artist rather than assistants, go on display at the Fondation Cartier this month
Centre Pompidou in Paris names new president as Brussels branch backtracks over ‘sexist’ appointment
The Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Belgium has responded to outcry over decision to make Bernard Blistène a co-director alongside Kasia Redzisz
Date confirmed for Christo wrap of Arc de Triomphe in Paris
The artist's posthumous project was delayed due to Covid-19
Paris's landmark Hôtel de la Marine opens to visitors—and co-working offices—after four years of restoration
The 550-room palace has undergone a €132m makeover by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
Paris's indebted Fan Museum at risk of folding
Income losses during the pandemic have pushed the private museum and fan-making workshop to the brink
Gaping hole opens up under Eiffel Tower in French artist JR’s new illusion
Paris trompe l’oeil piece launches ahead of vast exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London next month
Magnum Photos announces major new Paris gallery space
News comes as the agency prepares to reopen London space with a show of German fashion photographer Herbert List
Chez Victor Hugo: author's former Paris home reopens after revamp
Closed for five months longer than planned, the renovated house-museum can finally unveil expanded spaces, restored treasures and new acquisitions
After 21 years and $194m: Pinault opens Bourse museum in Paris
The French billionaire's long awaited contemporary art space contains works that champion his values of diversity—though many of these have been shown in Venice before
French historians up in arms over plans to install Napoleon horse skeleton above his tomb
Pascal Convert's sculpture is a replica of the remains of the emperor’s horse Marengo, which was captured by the British at the Battle of Waterloo
Jean-Luc Martinez stays in post as Louvre director—for now
Museum chief is named "interim" director while President Macron decides if he should continue as head of the Paris institution
'It could have been much worse': the current state of play of Notre Dame's restoration, two years after the fire
Philippe Villeneuve, the lead architect of the cathedral, is confident the Parisian landmark will reopen for the Olympic Games in 2024
France's planned slavery memorial on hold over debate about naming 200,000 freed slaves
Shortlisted proposals by artists including Adrian Piper, Julien Creuzet and duo Sammy Baloji and Emeka Ogboh did not adequately adhere to the requirements, campaign group says
Musée d’Orsay in Paris renamed after late French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
The formal name change—an administrative move—also means the Musée de l’Orangerie will be rebranded
Selling, selling, sold...and sold again. The truth about the bungled sale of a Van Gogh at Sotheby's
Rare painting of a Montmartre street scene sold three times in the same auction
Bought for around $1,000, now worth $10m: where was the newly unveiled Van Gogh landscape hidden away?
Montmartre windmill painting is on view with Sotheby’s for the first time since it left the easel
Can Paris snatch the art market crown from London?
The French capital seems resurgent, but other elements may intervene
Centre Pompidou will close from the end of 2023 for three-year renovation
The plan is to finish essential maintenance on the building in time for its 50th anniversary in 2027
Galleria Continua opens new Paris space with JR-curated show
Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Italian gallery hopes to "generate smiles" with second outpost in France
Champs Élysées—one of Paris’s most polluted roads—to be transformed into ‘extraordinary garden’
The major avenue will undergo a €250m makeover to restore its former splendour, following the 2024 Summer Olympics
Bourse de Commerce: opening of Pinault's long-awaited Paris museum is—pandemic permitting—finally around the corner
Two decades since the billionaire started planning a home for his collection in the French capital, the spectacular space is due to open on 23 January