Around 18,000 people invested in the now bankrupted company's manuscripts collection, but state says many items of historical importance should never have been sold

Paris museum closed its doors after union officials protest about angry public and poor security measures

We talk about the effects of the fire at Notre Dame, the building’s history, and what happens next. And we speak to satirical artist Christopher Spencer, the man behind Cold War Steve. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

The Belgian, known for his sculptures in a Northern European Gothic style, is already devising a new spire

From Jean Fouquet and Jacques-Louis David to Picasso and Damien Hirst, artists across the ages have captured the French cathedral

Crown of Thorns and St Louis tunic are among the artefacts to have been saved, while paintings inside the cathedral will be removed and restored

US President proposed water bombing the cathedral but this risks weakening the structure, say experts

The country possesses more than 32,000 churches, 6,000 chapels and 87 cathedrals. Their dual administration has caused serious problems of management and conservation

As the extent of the damage continues to be assessed, investigation into cause of devastating fire begins

Competitive philanthropy can help save France’s flagship cathedral

The 19th-century spire has collapsed on the medieval landmark

Artist Hervé Di Rosa describes the demand as "censorship"

Her imaginative works inspired by flora and fauna sometimes carried a Surrealist touch

Book looks at the former official darling of the American republic

A sign of the times, two of London and Paris’s oldest firms closed their premises in the traditional art heartlands of the cities

French museums operator Culturespaces has launched a space in South Korea and is planning another in Bordeaux in 2020

From Paris to Chartres, US philanthropy makes its mark

Now the export ban has been lifted, the work may go on the market after restoration

A petition protesting his appointment at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts has been signed by 60 arts professionals

Jeu de Paume photography gallery and Arc de Triomphe caught up in violent demonstrations

The memoirs of the Pontormo expert and director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ajaccio

A new report on the status of African objects in French museums will urge the president to return works taken “without consent” in the colonial period

More than 30 conservators will treat paintings and sculptures, seven years after French culture ministry halted reckless cleaning of two panels

Gallerist Claude Lemand and his wife France also set up a fund to support the museum

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