Art
See a 4,000-Year-Old 3D Map of France
Researchers believe the Bronze Age stone bears a crude map of an area in France’s Brittany region.
France
News
The Louvre Digitizes 482,000 Artworks From the Depths of Its Collection
"The Louvre is dusting off its treasures, even the least-known," said the museum's director.
Art
Kubra Khademi’s Erotic and Coded Paintings of Women
Kubra Khademi honors the “below-the-belt” language used by many Afghan women.
Film
The Latest French Films, From Trans Stories to a Travelogue With a Donkey
The virtual 26th edition of Film at Lincoln Center's Rendez-Vous with French Cinema presents both the latest popular and arthouse movies from France.
Art
The Seductive Misogyny of Man Ray
There’s something deeply violent lurking below the surface of Man Ray and Fashion, an aspect made all the more troubling by a curatorial strategy of omission.
News
Paris’s Centre Pompidou Will Close for Nearly Four Years During Restoration
“We don’t have a choice, the building is suffering,” said Serge Lasvignes, the museum’s president, of the €200 million renovation.
Art
Antibodies and Oppositions: Artwork That Addresses Our New Normal
At the Palais de Tokyo, mounting an exhibition loosely about infection, during a pandemic, presents its challenges.
News
Massive Protests Sparked by Proposed Ban on Publishing Photographs of French Police
The now discarded bill follows condemnation by the French government of hacker-artist Paolo Cirio, who featured the profiles of police officers in an exhibition to raise awareness about the threat of facial recognition technology.
News
Repatriation Activists Acquitted for Removing Ceremonial Spear From French Museum
The lawyers for the defense made a successful case for the action as an act of free speech, not theft.
News
After Years of Repatriation Debates, France’s Benin Restitution Bill Approved
Meanwhile, a new report commissioned by the Dutch culture minister suggests the return of “any cultural objects looted in former Dutch colonies if the source country so requests.”
News
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.
In Brief
Activists Fined After Anti-colonial Protest at Quai Branly Museum
Four activists were fined for their live-streamed protest at the Paris museum, in which Mwazulu Diyabanza removed a 19th-century funerary post from its display.