Musee d'Orsay
Who was buried in Ornans? Restoration of Gustave Courbet’s intriguing masterwork may offer clues
The Musée d’Orsay hopes the restoration of ‘A Burial at Ornans’—once a Salon scandal, now a pride of the Paris museum—will unlock some of its secrets and reveal the painting to be even bigger and bolder than it appears now
Monet is back in Vogue thanks to editor’s makeover
Edward Enninful is partnering with the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie to create prints inspired by the artist
Acquisitions round-up: Louvre acquires Jean-Siméon Chardin's Basket of Wild Strawberries after fundraising campaign
Plus, Morel cup enters the Musée d'Orsay and non-profit Joy of Giving Something gifts photography collection to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Sylvain Amic is appointed chairman of the Musée d'Orsay in Paris
Former head of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen takes over at a time of central government cuts to cultural institutions in Paris
A Van Gogh self-portrait goes to Wales
An American almost bought the painting for London’s National Gallery in 1924—but it sold to a French buyer and is now coming to the UK on loan
Former Musée D’Orsay director announced as new chair of Versailles
Christophe Leribault’s move ends a controversy around the extended tenure of his predecessor
Van Gogh exhibitions coming up in 2024, a blockbuster and a surprise
London’s National Gallery will top the bill, with a spectacular display of paintings from Provence
Experience Van Gogh’s final weeks—through a blockbuster exhibition in Paris
After seeing the Musée d’Orsay show, continue on to Auvers, to enter the room where Vincent lived and died
Gauguin, Renoir and Cézanne works restituted by Musée d'Orsay head to auction at Sotheby's
Four works recently returned to heirs of the influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard will go under the hammer in New York next month
Are visitors finally returning to museums? We dive into our latest visitor figures survey
Plus, the Manet/Degas rivalry in Paris and one of the most significant female Impressionists
Louvre retains its place as the most-visited art museum in the world
Paris institution tops our visitor figures survey yet again, while the city’s other museums do well too
Musée D'Orsay ordered by Paris court to return four masterpieces by Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin stolen during Second World War
The works were owned by influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard and will be returned to his heirs
Who added the pearl on Musée d’Orsay's Paul Gauguin sculpture? Diary reveals it was not the artist
Jewel that gives its name to an 1892 Tahitian carving was added to the work years after the French artist’s death, researcher discovers
Seven shows to see during Paris + par Art Basel
From Monet and Mitchell at Fondation Louis Vuitton to Munch at the Musée d’Orsay
A legendary woman artist and her beautiful beasts: show on Rosa Bonheur's naturalist paintings opens in Paris
Exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay shows how the 19th-century French artist's realism was a way of respecting the animals she painted
Musée D’Orsay takes a trip through Gaudí’s fantastical world in new exhibition
Immersive show at the Parisian museum aims to show the varied output of the master of Catalan Modernism and go beyond his most famous work, the Sagrada Família
Sophie Calle revisits the empty corridors of the Musée d’Orsay four decades after she stalked the then abandoned building
The conceptual artist took up residency in the Parisian landmark in 1978, when it was a derelict hotel
French National Assembly approves return of 15 Nazi-looted works—including paintings by Chagall and Klimt—to Jewish heirs
The mass restitution is expected to be endorsed by the French Senate on 15 February
The secret behind Van Gogh’s satirical herring still life: they represent policemen
Vincent told his artist friend Paul Signac that the fish stood for the gendarmes who hassled him after he mutilated his ear
Musée d’Orsay in Paris renamed after late French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
The formal name change—an administrative move—also means the Musée de l’Orangerie will be rebranded
Visitor Figures 2020: top 100 art museums revealed as attendance drops by 77% worldwide
The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings
Seeing Chaïm Soutine through the eyes of Willem de Kooning
A side-by-side show at the Barnes Foundation brings together two Expressionist greats who fused the figurative and the abstract in their work
French politicians want Musée d’Orsay named after late French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing
Former minister Rachida Dati calls on Emmanuel Macron to authorise the change
The Big Review: Félix Fénéon at the Museum of Modern Art
A collaboration between New York and Paris explores the dealer who championed both Neo-Impressionism and home-grown terrorism
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts placed on 'concerned status' over sacking of director
Canada Council for the Arts will monitor the crisis following Nathalie Bondil’s dismissal, which could put the museum's public funding at risk
French museums reveal plans to re-open in June and July
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
What are some of Tracey Emin's favourite works? Musée d'Orsay invites artists to delve into its collection on Instagram
British artist chooses some of the Paris museum's sexiest art in new lockdown project
Anonymous €20m donation kickstarts Musée d’Orsay transformation
Radical revelopment of former train station building will make way for more Impressionist works and visitors
What if 19th-century artists had used Instagram? asks Musée d’Orsay's new artist-in-residence
French illustrator and painter Jean-Philippe Delhomme will post a new image on Paris museum's Instagram account every week for a year
Climate protest designs, an authentic Banksy fake and radical collection updates: the year in acquisitions
Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019