In honour of the victims and to promote the medium, the French culture ministry will create "a meeting, training and exhibition place"

Mathaf's guest show at Paris contemporary art centre marks Qatar-France 2020 Year of Culture

Exhibition space will show and sell digital reproductions of images from the archives of the Roger-Viollet agency and France-Soir newspaper

But restitution depends on the adoption of a law covering these specific items, while Benin secures a location to house them

After €13m expansion, French museum brings together works by painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and sculptor Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

Rediscovered maro 'ura will go on show at Museum of Tahiti and the Islands on long-term loan from 2021

Several institutions have closed, others have cut back their opening times as protests against Macron's retirement reforms sweep the country

Te Bourao II, which went to an international collector, was on loan to the Met in New York for ten years

Exhibition showing "unique slice" of art from Europe will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

A public spat between officials erupted this week in Paris over the reconstruction of the fire-ravaged cathedral and whether its historic spire should be restored as it was or a new spire built in its place

Brexit is a disaster for the UK, says the sculptor as he unveils his Field for the British Isles installation at Firstsite gallery in Colchester

The report made international headlines, recommending the restitution of African artefacts in French museums, but the country has not returned a single item to Africa

Italian court postpones decision over Lino Frongia's arrest and transfer to France until February

An Italian appellate court has overturned the ban on the loan of the celebrated drawing

The “art factory” will be a conservation, exhibition and storage space and is expected to open in 2025

Reservations will become mandatory at the world's most visited museum by the end of the year

The new Institut pour la Photographie is backed by the annual photography festival Rencontres d’Arles

The politician, who also served as prime minister and Paris mayor, championed the founding of the Musée du Quai Branly

Foundation secures funds from Bernard Arnault and François Pinault towards the reconstruction of the cathedral

The Vitruvian Man—normally only shown for a few weeks every six years—will travel from Venice’s Gallerie dell'Accademia to Paris

Although one Mayan relief was withdrawn, the Mexican government condemned the "illegal" sale but auctioneer Millon defends it as "perfectly legitimate"

The sculpture will now go on show near the Champs-Elysées, after previous location near the Palais de Tokyo was strongly opposed

Laser imaging comes to aid of restoration of 16th-century paintings and sculptures

These notebooks reveal how the artist discovered the "real" Orient in North Africa and southern Spain and adjusted his paintings accordingly

But attempts in the senate to ensure it will look as before the fire were dropped from the final version

Director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz would be first woman to hold the position

Suggestions from controversial Savoy-Sarr report were all-but buried at a conference held in Paris

The newly created institution will involve all 200 students of the Montpellier School of Fine Arts

Bjarke Ingels-designed culture hub will be the new home of the Frac regional contemporary art centre