Case involves "hundreds of objects worth millions" looted from the Near and Middle East

Culture ministry launches open call for monument that will be sited near the Musée du Louvre

Louvre is "is working towards a planned reopening on 6 July" with strict rules for social distancing and 70% of the museum open to the public

From capped visitor numbers to surgical gloves and temperature checks, here's how cultural institutions are getting ready to leave lockdown

Artcurial, the first auction house to reopen, doubled its sale estimate as lockdown seems to have "sharpened" buyers' appetite

Pressure on resources play a part as well as ethical issues in the wake of coronavirus

French president says artists will be invited into schools and asked to create new commissions, but many art professionals say it is not enough

Move prompts fears that works from national museum collections could be sold off too

Podcasts, social media channels and virtual exhibitions are experiencing unprecedented traffic but do not make up for lost revenue

Larger museums are unlikely to be accessible until June

German cathedral glass workshops have the expertise and experience necessary to undertake the restoration

Rebuilding the roof will be among the main challenges, and the reconstruction of the spire will be among the most controversial

The culture ministry and southwest region provides grants for projects, while Paris-based collector Antoine de Galbert appeals to private donors through his foundation

Survey issued by the Comité professionnel des galeries d'art reveals the economic damage already done, with members estimating a total loss of €184m for this quarter

Paris-based auction house Piasa hosted online sale of 370 works donated by artists, designers and galleries

Exhibitors at the art and antiques fair in September will not have to pay the usual advance deposit and allowed to spread out payment over four months

Devedjian was leading plans for a museum project in Saint-Cloud, west of Paris, about the reign of Louis XIV

Drunk perpetrators may have wanted to sell the items on the black market

Plans to remove the scaffolding around the fire-damaged cathedral have been put on hold

Franck Riester was due to meet with representatives from the country’s arts and culture spaces about the impact of the coronavirus epidemic, but is now resting at home

Radical revelopment of former train station building will make way for more Impressionist works and visitors

One of the world's oldest rock art sites is now accessible through virtual reality

Lino Frongia was arrested in September as part of a major investigation involving works purportedly by Lucas Cranach, Frans Hals, Parmigianino, Gentileschi and Bronzino

Italian officials say cultural institutions can open to the public so long as they ensure “visitors respect a distance of at least a metre between each other”

Two women who are part of the Ukrainian feminist group Femen were charged for topless protests, one of which was in a Paris museum

After a long-running debate, the picture, going on show at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam today, has been attributed to Charles Giron

Pro-Israel arts group protested to French culture ministry about her appointment

Musée du Domaine Royal de Marly is dedicated to the château where Louis XIV partied with his favoured courtiers

The artist is the first of Algerian descent to be selected by France for the international exhibition, according to Le Monde

French customs officials have barred the return of Saint Cosmos to the US following its inclusion in a show at the Jacquemart André Museum in Paris