News
After a dramatic court hearing, the pair were convicted for dangerous destruction of property on Thursday. Alongside prison time, they must pay nearly $25,000 in damages to the Bank of France.
In Brief
The Louvre, Centre Pompidou, Grand Palais, Musée d'Orsay, Orangerie, Palais de Tokyo, and Jeu de Paume are boarding up ahead of demonstration on December 8. The Eiffel Tower is, too.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
News
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.
Books
1668: The Year of the Animal in France by Peter Sahlins delves into the radical influence of Louis XIV's menagerie at Versailles on the art of animals.
In Brief
The French government has declared the original manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's notorious novel a national treasure and forbidden its removal from France.
Art
In the French town of Nogent-sur-Seine, the Musée Camille Claudel opened last month with 43 of the artist’s sculptures, the largest collection anywhere in the world.
Art
A visit to the 2017 Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Étienne offers an important reminder that we're surrounded by designs created to encourage some behaviors and obstruct others.
In Brief
The leap of 5.5% marks the greatest increase in government financial support for the arts since 2010.
Art
Long before it became one of New York City's most photographed landmarks — before it was even completely erected, in 1886 — the Statue of Liberty featured in countless pictures.