Paris
Paris's indebted Fan Museum at risk of folding
Income losses during the pandemic have pushed the private museum and fan-making workshop to the brink
Gaping hole opens up under Eiffel Tower in French artist JR’s new illusion
Paris trompe l’oeil piece launches ahead of vast exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London next month
Magnum Photos announces major new Paris gallery space
News comes as the agency prepares to reopen London space with a show of German fashion photographer Herbert List
Chez Victor Hugo: author's former Paris home reopens after revamp
Closed for five months longer than planned, the renovated house-museum can finally unveil expanded spaces, restored treasures and new acquisitions
After 21 years and $194m: Pinault opens Bourse museum in Paris
The French billionaire's long awaited contemporary art space contains works that champion his values of diversity—though many of these have been shown in Venice before
French historians up in arms over plans to install Napoleon horse skeleton above his tomb
Pascal Convert's sculpture is a replica of the remains of the emperor’s horse Marengo, which was captured by the British at the Battle of Waterloo
Jean-Luc Martinez stays in post as Louvre director—for now
Museum chief is named "interim" director while President Macron decides if he should continue as head of the Paris institution
'It could have been much worse': the current state of play of Notre Dame's restoration, two years after the fire
Philippe Villeneuve, the lead architect of the cathedral, is confident the Parisian landmark will reopen for the Olympic Games in 2024
France's planned slavery memorial on hold over debate about naming 200,000 freed slaves
Shortlisted proposals by artists including Adrian Piper, Julien Creuzet and duo Sammy Baloji and Emeka Ogboh did not adequately adhere to the requirements, campaign group says
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
Selling, selling, sold...and sold again. The truth about the bungled sale of a Van Gogh at Sotheby's
Rare painting of a Montmartre street scene sold three times in the same auction
Bought for around $1,000, now worth $10m: where was the newly unveiled Van Gogh landscape hidden away?
Montmartre windmill painting is on view with Sotheby’s for the first time since it left the easel
Can Paris snatch the art market crown from London?
The French capital seems resurgent, but other elements may intervene
Centre Pompidou will close from the end of 2023 for three-year renovation
The plan is to finish essential maintenance on the building in time for its 50th anniversary in 2027
Galleria Continua opens new Paris space with JR-curated show
Amid Covid-19 pandemic, Italian gallery hopes to "generate smiles" with second outpost in France
Champs Élysées—one of Paris’s most polluted roads—to be transformed into ‘extraordinary garden’
The major avenue will undergo a €250m makeover to restore its former splendour, following the 2024 Summer Olympics
Bourse de Commerce: opening of Pinault's long-awaited Paris museum is—pandemic permitting—finally around the corner
Two decades since the billionaire started planning a home for his collection in the French capital, the spectacular space is due to open on 23 January
Botticelli bonanza in Paris next year with major show of masterpieces
New exhibition at Musée Jacquemart-André presents 15th-century artist as an entrepreneur and prolific designer
Clearing the 'voice' of Notre Dame: Paris cathedral's great organ meticulously removed for refurbishment
Huge operation to hoist the instrument out of the fire-ravaged building has taken four months
Vivian Maier, reclusive nanny turned photographer, gets biggest ever show in Paris next year
Unseen works and Super 8 films reveal new aspects of her practice
Anselm Kiefer makes first new works for Paris's Pantheon in almost a century
President Emmanuel Macron chose the German artist for the commission that commemorates the French writer and First World War soldier Maurice Genevoix
Asia Now fair swoops up would-be Fiac exhibitors
Paris fair makes up for lack of Asia-based exhibitors with some blue chip galleries who were meant to be participating at the larger, cancelled fair
Judge a book by its cover: Centre Pompidou looks at Henri Matisse through a literary lens for new show
One of the most expansive museum surveys on the French artist in 50 years will present his book and magazine designs—and even some of his own writing
Fancy a free Takashi Murakami work? Perrotin gallery launches art treasure hunt in Paris
French gallery is hiding 20 valuable works in the empty nave of the Grand Palais—and the public have 48 hours to find them and take them home
How about an €8m Chanel makeover? Paris fashion museum reopens with help of luxury brand
Palais Galliera opens its doors during a hybrid physical and digital Paris fashion week with a major Chanel exhibition
Centre Pompidou could close for three years for 'essential' renovations
French government also considering option of a seven-year overhaul that would allow the Paris gallery to stay partially open
Controversy erupts over Fiac cancellation
Paris's major contemporary art fair has been scrapped due to Covid-19 fears, but galleries are divided over whether the decision was wise or "lacking courage"
Saving Notre Dame's 'voice': mammoth restoration begins on cathedral's fire-damaged organ
Beginning today, the piece by piece removal and cleaning of the instrument is the latest stage of the building's reconstruction
Artist Kader Attia 'heartbroken' as Covid-19 forces closure of his decolonial Paris art hub
The French-Algerian is now looking for a new, smaller space in the city's suburbs
Where we are now with the restoration of Notre Dame after the rejection of modern architectural gestures
An insider report from the site on the latest discoveries and re-building techniques