Yto Barrada to represent France at 2026 Venice Biennale
Barrada was selected for her “multidisciplinary practice that brings together various artistic and social communities in search of a new utopia”
French parliamentary elections 2024: candidates outline plans for arts and culture
Rassemblement National, New Popular Front and Renaissance politicians discuss policy areas, closing the Centre Pompidou and free entry to museums
Paris court finds billionaire dealer Guy Wildenstein guilty of tax fraud
He has received a four year prison sentence and been fined €1m for concealing from authorities a massive art collection to avoid paying inheritance tax
Perrotin pulls out of Dubai gallery and ends secondary market collaboration in Paris
The prominent French dealer has ceased his partnership with Tom-David Bastok and Dylan Lessel
Paris to get new fair for Latin American art next September
Mira will bring together around 20 galleries at the Maison de l'Amérique Latine
Art collective Slavs and Tatars curates a Central Asian-focused Asia Now fair in Paris
More than 85 galleries will show at this year's edition, which takes place at the historic Monnaie de Paris for the second-year running
Louvre interrupts sale of €2.6m record-breaking terracotta sculpture
Under patrimony laws the museum cannot intervene during the auction but can buy up works at the final price
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair returns to Marrakech after two-year hiatus
The number of galleries from Africa has more than halved since 2020, but sales were steady among the 12 new exhibitors
International buyers, from US museums to Korean collectors, boost sales at Paris+ par Art Basel—but big crowds slow down deals
Staff from the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Art Institute of Chicago were in attendance at the fair's inaugural edition
Eight must-see sculptures from Paris+ par Art Basel's Jardin des Tuileries show
The public programme, Sites, brings together contemporary works artists including Niki de Saint Phalle, Otobong Nkanga and Franz West
Paris+ par Art Basel's director on his long-term vision for the inaugural fair—and how it compares to Fiac
The fair, which opens today, sees 156 galleries gather at the Grand Palais Éphémère
Asia Now Paris, Europe's premier Asian art fair, moves to the historic Paris Mint
The relocation comes at a time "when Paris is once again a focal point for the art trade," the fair's director says
'Musée d’Orsay can no longer be a tourist factory': Christophe Leribault named new director of Paris museum
Leribault will oversee a major redevelopment of the Musée d’Orsay over the next decade
Billionaires battle it out over the Lalannes at Sotheby’s in Paris
Jose Mugrabi and Antoine Arnault among collectors bidding at "white glove" sale of works by François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne
Auction transfer season: Cécile Verdier of Sotheby's replaces Christie's France president, François de Ricqlès
Move follows a record-breaking breaking year for Paris auctions in 2017