Paris
Remembering Julio Le Parc, a pioneer of kinetic art
The Argentine-born, Paris-based artist, who died at age 97, had been hoping to attend the opening of his retrospective at Tate Modern next week
JR's wrapped Pont Neuf installation in Paris damaged in storm
The opening of the French street artist's newest public work and tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude has now been delayed
M+ and Centre Pompidou announce multi-year partnership
The Hong Kong and Paris institutions will stage a major exhibition with work from both collections, to open at the revamped Centre Pompidou in 2030
‘Every minute was a minute to create’: Paris show presents Henri Matisse’s dazzling finale
The exhibition at the Grand Palais includes more than 300 works from the last 13 years of the artist’s life
Paris to host first museum devoted to Alberto Giacometti with more than 10,000 artworks and objects
The Giacometti Museum and School will open in 2028 with a vast collection of masterpieces, many of which have never been exhibited
Museum dedicated to the Romantic movement reopens in Paris on Valentine’s Day
Former home of painter Ary Scheffer celebrates the Romantic period through art, music and soundscapes
Fifty-year restoration of Sainte-Chapelle's monumental stained glass inches closer to completion
Long-haul conservation project contrasts with the speed of neighbour Notre-Dame’s repair after the 2019 fire
Paris exhibition provides a new canon-busting vision of Minimalism
Bourse de Commerce show celebrates the movement's unsung stars such as Meg Webster
Paris exhibition presents exceptional jewels—but Louvre heist treasures missing from line up
Three major pieces, stolen in the October robbery, are absent from the otherwise glittering presentation
Inside the 19th-century Parisian club that became a safe haven for female artists
A new book tells the story of The American Girls' Club in Montparnasse, which provided studios and solidarity—though not for all
Francis Bacon’s Paris pad honoured with plaque
The artist had “a very full existence” in the French capital during the 1970s
A tale of two philanthropies: why private foundations differ in London and Paris
While the new Fondation Cartier exemplifies the heft of corporate giving in Paris, the additions of YDP and Ibraaz bring London greater diversity
What to expect from Fondation Cartier's new Parisian home
The gallery's launch exhibition, due to open later this month, will feature over 600 works by more than 100 artists
Georges de La Tour, once a victim of the academy’s collective amnesia, can be seen in a new light in Paris
Musée Jacquemart-André stages city’s first show in decades dedicated to the artist once favoured by Louis XIII, who later fell into relative obscurity
The story behind the Van Gogh still life that looks destined to become his most expensive Paris painting
‘Parisian Novels’ from the Pritzker collection is going on sale at Sotheby’s— along with a drawing that has not been exhibited for more than a century
'The idea is to breathe new life into the space': Didier Fusillier, the president of the newly reopened Grand Palais, on his vision for the Parisian institution
Following a four-year restoration project, the French palace is staging a “Grand Palais d’été” programme, to attract "the widest possible audience"
Pompidou moves in as Grand Palais reopens after £395m revamp
As the contemporary art museum begins a five-year renovation, the historic building steps in as its temporary home—testing a new, collaborative institutional model in the heart of Paris
‘It's offered me such great joys’: gallerist Kamel Mennour to give Paris’s Musée d’Art Moderne 180 works by leading artists
Anish Kapoor and Zineb Sedira are among the artists whose work is represented on the provisional list
The Big Review | Paris Noir at the Centre Pompidou ★★★★
This carefully paced show—one of the last before the Centre Pompidou’s five-year closure—marks a turning point in French exhibitions addressing the country’s colonial past
Jeu de Paume puts on wide-ranging survey of work created by artists working with artificial intelligence
With “Le Monde Selon L’IA”, the Paris media art centre takes a broad look at work made using both analytical AI and generative AI
Paris Metro stubs out exhibition ad featuring smoking David Hockney
The octogenarian and cigarette evangelist has called the decision “complete madness”
How many visitors is too many? Paris museums confront ‘over-attendance’
Visitors have streamed back after Covid-19, but the influx has been a double-edged sword, forcing some institutions to consider their long-term sustainability
Sotheby's to sell art belonging to Brazil's Lady of the Resistance
The journalist and collector Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt, who established the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, was exiled after speaking out against Brazil's military dictatorship
French president calls for a ‘new renaissance’ of the Louvre
Emmanuel Macron has thrown his weight behind a grandiose €800m renovation plan, including building a subterranean complex around Leonardo's Mona Lisa
Paris show reveals Francis Picabia's late-in-life change of direction
An exhibition at Hauser & Wirth explores how the master of genre hopping embraced an entirely different style during his final decade
Did a video game help rebuild Notre-Dame after the fire?
'Assassin’s Creed Unity' boasts a detailed virtual model of the cathedral—but not detailed enough for the restorers of the building
‘Notre-Dame still retains some of its mystery’: the surprises revealed in the restoration
The painstaking work of archaeologists has uncovered two lost tombs and rare medieval masons’ marks
Green wood, axes and oaks: how ancient skills helped to raise Notre-Dame's new roof
A small army of carpenters combined traditional craftmanship with digital design tools to rebuild the medieval roof frame known as "the forest"
Out of the ashes: how Notre-Dame has been resurrected in a miraculously short time
Faith, politics and emotion have fused in the rebuilding of the Paris cathedral partially destroyed by a fire in 2019
Comment | Paris vs London debate is a 'non-troversy', says Christie's Guillaume Cerutti
Auction house chief executive argues that of greater concern is the decline of Europe's art market as America and Asia charge ahead





























