The exchange may have been a diplomatic failure, but it has yielded one of the best memes of the year so far.
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Notre Dame Cathedral May Reopen in 2024, Ahead of Paris Olympics
The iconic gothic church has been closed since a devastating fire in 2019.
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French Teacher Beheaded After Showing Muhammad Cartoons in Class
The killing happened amid controversial trials of suspected accomplices in the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo’s Paris headquarters in 2015.
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Parisian Strikes Bring City’s Art Scene to a Halt
As protesters take to the streets to oppose President Macron’s proposed retirement reforms, a number of art institutions have partially or fully closed.
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As “Yellow Vest” Protests Rip Through France, Paris Museums and Galleries Close
The Arc de Triomphe was vandalized and had one of its sculpture’s smashed by protesters while cars burned outside the Jeu de Paume and Orangerie.
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French President Wants to Return Benin’s Artifacts, But Will French Law Allow Him?
Emmanuel Macron’s decision is a gesture of goodwill, but these objects comprise just 0.5 percent of the objects requested for restitution by the West African country.
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President of France Will Recommend Full Restitution of Looted African Works
The proposed guidelines would bristle the French art world, but they could also endear the French president to the African countries he’s trying to build stronger economic partnerships with.
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Who is Franck Riester, France’s New Culture Minister?
The rightwing politician launches his mandate with a focus on popular culture and public broadcast corporations, but French culture leaders and diplomats worry his appointment was an empty political move by Macron.
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French President Takes Next Step Toward Repatriating African Artifacts
Emmanuel Macron appointed a Senegalese economist and French art historian to study the repatriation of African artifacts held in museum collections in France.
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French President Emmanuel Macron Promises Restitution of African Art
In a speech in Burkina Faso, Emmanuel Macron bemoaned the fact that so much of Africa’s cultural patrimony is held by European collectors and museums.