France

An unnamed French man has won the legal rights to sell an original drawing by the maestro Leonardo da Vinci. The work in question is a sketch of Saint Sebastian tied on a tree – a rare drawing proven to be drawn by the Italian maestro…

On Saturday morning, the Louvre Museum in Paris was evacuated and closed after receiving bomb threats. For its visitors, things seemed to go haywire as the iconic museum – as well as the underground shopping center beneath the inverted…

The Italian government is in talks with the Louvre Museum to repatriate seven artefacts, suspected to have been looted and smuggled. The report was first published by the French newspaper Le Monde. Laurence des Cars (Director, Louvre…

Louvre Museum invoked a rare legal provision to acquire a 17th-century terracotta sculpture, even after it was sold in an auction. The sculpture in question is a funerary monument created by artist François Anguier. It was commissioned…

France’s Council of State has cleared a painting by Miriam Cahn of the accusations of pedophilia, allowing it to stay on view. Titled fuck abstraction.!, the painting portrays a small figure on his knees, hands bound, fellating a larger,…

A French court has ordered Christie’s to return a Van Der Werff painting to the heirs of author Marcel Proust. The painting in question, The Penitent Magdalene, was created in 1707 by Dutch artist Adriaen Van der Werff. The painting was…

A Chinese vase - mistook to be a rare artifact - fetched almost $9 million at a French auction – far more than its $2000 estimate. The vase in question was a Chinese ‘Tianqiuping’-style vase. The vase came under the possession of the…

The Venice Biennale - the biggest art event in the world - is finally here. Let’s take a look at some of the top highlights of the event on its opening day. French Pavillion Surprises Viewers The French Pavillion is already a favourite to…

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, France has withdrawn 15 artworks set to appear in an exhibition at Kremlin Museum in Moscow. The exhibition at Kremlin Museum, titled “The Duel: From Trial by Combat to a Noble Crime”, was set…

Ahead of their scheduled repatriation to Benin, 26 artifacts went on view at the Musée du Quai Branly for one last time. The special presentation of the objects opens on Tuesday and will go on for 5 days. This was supposed to be their…