France's president also plans to install Modern and contemporary works at the Élysée Palace

Former Art Deco swimming pool in Roubaix dives into Modern French sculpture

Françoise Nyssen—who introduced a youth culture pass and lobbied for copyright reform—is out in cabinet reshuffle

The work, seized by the pro-Nazi Vichy government, had been lent to an exhibition at the Musée Marmottan

Move follows a record-breaking breaking year for Paris auctions in 2017

Femen activists showed their support outside the courthouse by sewing their lips shut in a recreation of his first performance

The French President has commissioned a report identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the current programmes

Franco-American scion of art dealing dynasty was accused of hiding art and other property worth hundreds of millions of euros from French authorities

The french artist tells The Art Newspaper about her new Palais de Tokyo show, her Venice Biennale plans and why play is important

Exhibition at Domaine de Chantilly is the first on the development of the painting tradition

Chinese artists unveils new commissions alongside 50 works at the Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée

Works by Manet, Van Gogh and Cézanne will return to France for the first time in more than 60 years

Aguttes sold the fossil to an anonymous buyer, who may name the new species, despite protests from paleontologists

New home for the Paris-based corporate collection, established by billionaire financier, is inaugurated after years of delays

Al-Ula, the most important cultural heritage site in the north-west of the kingdom, will benefit from international standards in heritage preservation and planning

Musée de la Romanité, dedicated to the city's Roman history, cost almost €60m to build

The work will be located elsewhere in Paris, French culture minister says

For its 30th anniversary, the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain invited the artist to show his monumental sculpture The Big Wave as part of a major retrospective

France's latest deal with the Kingdom reveals the close connection between culture and foreign affairs

We exclusively reveal the details of the plans for a “historic” collaboration

Heritage expert calls for new government taskforce to guide provenance research and even rule on restitution cases

Anne Hidalgo’s plan, which has drawn fire, involves storing items threatened by conflict in buildings owned by the city authority

The complex issues behind returning cultural goods to their place of origin

As museum's teaser show opens in the Belgian capital, its president, Serge Lasvignes, tells us about branching out from Paris

Institutions remember the turbulent period and consider its legacy

The country is due to sign a massive contract with the kingdom to turn Mada’in Saleh and the Al-Ula region into a cultural tourism destination

Hauteville House revamp includes overhaul of furniture and facades overseen by the Les Misérables creator

Françoise Nyssen proposed lending the work as a way to fight “cultural segregation”

Charles Le Brun project at Vaux-le-Vicomte, halted by a financial scandal at Louis XIV’s court, will be completed with video projection

The 27th edition of Salon du Dessin at Palais Brongniart assembles 39 dealers from Europe and the US