France

On Sunday, two protestors threw soup at the Mona Lisa – the latest in a series of attacks on the famous painting. The two female protestors entered the museum on Sunday morning, though it remains unclear how they managed to sneak in soup…

After the French government proposed adding modern art to the Notre Dame Cathedral, criticism has been piling up. In 2019, the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral – one of the most visited cathedrals in the world – caught fire. The devastating…

The year 2023 was also an eventful year for archaeology, as some landmark discoveries were made throughout the year. Let's take a look at some of the most important finds: New Moai Statue On Easter Island On the Chilean island of Easter,…

Controversy arose after a 17th-century painting, featuring nude figures, was shared in a French school. The incident occurred at Jacques Cartier School at Issou on December 7. Reportedly, a teacher showed the 1603 painting  Diana and…

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…