Paris

Water leaks through the glass ceilings at the Louvre in Paris put many artworks at risk last week. On Saturday, towards the evening, visitors noticed that water was dripping on a section of the glass ceiling inside the Louvre. This…

The famed collection of the founder of the Museu de Arte Modern in Brazil will be auctioned at Sotheby’s Paris sale. In an evening thriving with Brazilian Modernism, Sotheby’s Paris has organized an auction on April 10. The sale would be…

Beyond the London-Paris debate, the 2024 edition of Frieze London opened to great enthusiasm from dealers and buyers alike. For years, there has been an ongoing debate about whether London or Paris is the art capital of Europe. For…

The Louvre Museum has geared up for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris – with yoga classes for all. The Louvre is perhaps the most popular museum in the world. It is also the last place you might associate with sports. But for…

The Eiffel Tower has reopened to visitors after a six-day strike by workers led to lost revenue of about $2 million. Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE), the agency responsible for operations at the monument, announced that…

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…

Even as U.N. Climate talks were underway in Egypt, protestors continued targeting artistic and cultural sites in Europe last week. The attacks occurred on Friday, around the same time, in the cities of Paris, Milan, and Oslo. The…

Fake blood was thrown at a Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Painting at Berlin Museum, while another attack at Musée d’Orsay was stopped by museum authorities. On Sunday, an unidentified individual threw fake blood at the Alte Nationalgalerie…

Eight people have been sentenced for a 2019 theft of a Banksy mural dedicated to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack in Bataclan. In 2015, terrorists opened fire at a concert in Bataclan, Paris. While many tried to escape through an…

Musée d’Orsay curator Claire Bernardi has been selected as the new head of the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. The Musée de l’Orangerie, established in 1852, is famed for its collection of 19th and 20th-century art history. It is most…