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

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