In Brief
Benin Receives $22.5 Million Loan From France for New Museum
The new museum will house the return of 26 cultural artifacts on long-term loan from France. The objects were originally seized by French troops from Benin in 1892.
France
In Brief
Louvre Removed Sackler Name From Its Walls and Website
President of the Louvre Museum Jean-Luc Martinez denied any connection between the decision and a recent PAIN Sackler protest outside the museum.
News
Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre "Take Down the Sackler Name"
The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum's iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler's name from one of its wings.
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Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre "Take Down the Sackler Name"
The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum's iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler's name from one of its wings.
In Brief
Sotheby's Auction House Goes Private After $3.7 Billion Sale
French-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi will soon own one of the world's largest auction houses after it spent 31 years on the stock exchange.
In Brief
The French Senate Won't Let Ambitious Architects Near Notre Dame’s Spire
Legislators have passed a resolution that demands the cathedral be rebuilt “in the same way visually as before.”
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The Louvre Closes As Staffers Strike and Demand Solution to Overcrowding
Record attendance numbers at the Paris museum have not scaled with security personnel on staff, and employees say the situation is now dangerous.
Art
A Creative Colony of Modernists in Coastal France
The Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen's display of artists living and working independently, but together, reinforces the modernist commitment to internationalist values.
Art
An Artists' Residency Provides the Chance to Rethink Sustainable Practices of Art Making
Eight international artists selected for a month-long residency in the South of France find new ways to reconcile their art with environmental aims.
News
Today in Notre-Dame News: Angry Bees and Zombie Gargoyles Edition
Nothing gets creative cogs churning quite like an 850-year-old cathedral on fire.
Art
A Tacky Tech Take on Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh, Starry Night degrades the work of the daring painter while underusing the awesome powers of immersive digital technology.
Art
The Politics and Limits of Transportation Systems Around the World
An exhibition presents a decade’s worth of research on how people get around with transportation systems that can both lead to and help resolve social inequalities.