The arrests come as two men are charged for gang theft and criminal association

Lanvin’s artistic director Peter Copping and the Louvre’s Olivier Gabet share their deep admiration for the fashion legend

The delays to updating the museum’s apparently lacklustre surveillance infrastructure, meanwhile, have been blamed on its ambitious renovation plans

Social media users have been left—largely—amused by the German company's tongue-in-cheek approach

The museum has reopened today following the heist, although the gallery which housed the objects remains closed

Politicians and unions have criticised the government after the world’s most visited museum was robbed in broad daylight on Sunday

The work, ‘Les 4 temps’, by the Algeria-born artist Mohamed Bourouissa, will go on display later this month

Cultural sites including the Musée Picasso and the Château de Versailles were closed Thursday 18 September due to an action against budget austerity

The Louvre and the National in Edinburgh loaned works by the 18th-century artist

Workers at the world's most popular museum launched a strike over “worsening visiting conditions”

Items from Adèle de Rothschild's cabinet of curiosities will be returned to the foundation after they erroneously ended up in the collection of the Paris museum

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

Painters have learnt by copying works in the museum for centuries. Now a group of high-profile contemporary artists have been invited to create entirely new works

Martin Kemp, one of the world’s leading experts on the polymath, provides a personal guide to all 17 existing paintings—from ‘The Last Supper’ to two versions of ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’

A violent hailstorm on Saturday caused water to drip into the room hosting the important show, but “no works were damaged”, a spokesperson says

The mid-17th-century painting, titled 'Confirmation', is a key work from the vast collection of the emirate's Department of Culture and Tourism, which is now being made public

Shoppers will get the chance to see a version of the Mona Lisa while rifling through the racks

President Macron’s pledge to rescue “jewel of the nation” meets scepticism and derision amid the country's fiscal squeeze

Emmanuel Macron has thrown his weight behind a grandiose €800m renovation plan, including building a subterranean complex around Leonardo's Mona Lisa

The Paris museum’s leadership is hoping to raise money for a grand project involving reimagined exhibition and hospitality spaces and a subterranean tunnel under the museum to connect it all

How can Palestinian artists rebuild after a devastating war? Plus, a discussion about Cimabue’s radical innovations in painting and three works from a family business of printmakers

The Louvre’s conservation of La Maestà sheds new light on the painter’s techniques and influences

Years in the making, plans for the department were shelved a decade ago; now it is due to open in 2027

Paris museum plugs forthcoming 'Madman' show in canny marketing move

The French architect will modernise the historic site, which is due to open next year near the Louvre

The Paris museum should forget about the hugely costly move of the Leonardo painting and focus instead on the myriad other masterpieces in its collection

Security measures and transport upheaval prompted 22% decrease in attendance at the world's most visited museum

An archaeologist’s recent claim that illicit actions have led the painting to be in France mirrors that made by the man who stole it more than a century ago—and it is entirely false

Whether you're looking for a culture hit while taking in the Olympics or strolling along the Seine on a weekend break, make sure not to miss out on these masterpieces in the City of Light

Model roams the museum, taking in the Mona Lisa (alone)