French art news

Fondation Custodia aims to be the place to see drawings in Paris

New exhibition programme is helping to put the institution on the cultural map

Published online: 09 April 2015
Slow start for fledgling Paris fair

Paris Beaux-Arts’s first edition was handicapped by awkward timing and a
vague concept

Published online: 07 April 2015
Alain Seban says adieu to Beaubourg, but will his global vision be realised
by his successor?

Serge Lasvignes takes the reins at Centre Pompidou after pop-up opens in Málaga

Published online: 04 April 2015
Picasso’s former electrician sentenced to two-years in prison for holding
stolen art

French court finds Pierre Le Guennec guilty of possessing a 271-strong stash
of works by the artist

Published online: 20 March 2015
French President vows to block terrorist attacks on cultural heritage

François Hollande spoke at the Louvre, which is helping Iraq museums assess
damage by Islamic State and organising Mesopotamia show in Lens

Published online: 19 March 2015
French police widen net in manuscripts investigation

In case against dealer charged with fraud, authorities are now looking at
suppliers and other booksellers

Published online: 17 March 2015
Little-known civil servant in line for top Pompidou job

Serge Lasvignes named as Alain Seban’s successor

Published online: 03 March 2015
Siamese crown stolen from Château de Fontainebleau

Smash and grab raid of around 15 historic Asian artefacts happened on Sunday
morning

Published online: 02 March 2015
Forgotten Portuguese Modernist gets Grand Palais show

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso’s survey in Paris will be largest ever outside Portugal

Published online: 19 February 2015
Musée Maillol shuts its doors as management company files for bankruptcy

The Paris museum’s abrupt closure this weekend comes after falling attendance
and rising debts

Published online: 18 February 2015
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Prosecutor asks for five-year suspended prison sentence for Picasso’s former
electrician

A final verdict is due next month in the trial against Pierre Le Guennec, who was
found to have kept a box of the artist’s works in his garage for 40 years

Published online: 13 February 2015
Pompidou to pop up all over France

Paris museum plans to open temporary branches across the country

Published online: 12 February 2015
Vence prepares to house part of Yvon Lambert’s historic collection

As the French city holds talks with the dealer, the city authorities in Avignon
remain tight-lipped about the future of their 15-year-old partnership with Lambert

Published online: 03 February 2015 http://old.theartnewspaper.com/country/France
Battle royale: Fontainebleau aims to rival Versailles after €115m funding boost

The French stately home Bonaparte called “the true abode of kings” is about to get a 12-year overhaul

Published online: 29 January 2015
French artist withdraws prayer rug installation from show after threats from Muslim group

Curators ask Clichy’s mayor to support the display of Zoulikha Bouabdellah’s Silence
or shut the exhibition down entirely

Published online: 28 January 2015
Click here to enlarge: Paris’s Modern art museum to grow its photo holdings

The Musée d’art moderne is the first in France to establish a patrons group for
the medium

Published online: 22 January 2015
Renewal in the Arab world to come from women and the young, says French president

Conference at the Institut du Monde Arabe acquired special meaning after Charlie
Hebdo

Published online: 21 January 2015
President Hollande opens conference in Paris for progressive Arab voices

Institut du Monde Arabe forum has extra relevance after Charlie Hebdo attack

Published online: 15 January 2015
French art organisations respond to the Charlie Hebdo attacks

Cultural officials and institutions show their support for the satirical
magazine

Published online: 15 January 2015
Appeal seeks to halt changes to gardens at Albert-Kahn Museum near Paris

Campaigners claim Japanese style will dominate after construction of new
building

Published online: 14 January 2015
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