Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is to be housed in a new underground gallery and require separate tickets. Also, non-EU ...

Under Macron’s plans, the painting will be moved to a purpose-built underground gallery with far greater capacity, accessible via a separate ticket. The new home for the “Mona Lisa” would help the ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a medieval masterpiece depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England, is set for a new chapter. Next ...

Egypt’s mediaeval Mameluke rulers are the subject of this year’s summer exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The world’s most famous painting with a secret message was stolen from the Louvre over a century ago. The criminal, Vincenzo Perugia, was a handyman working at the museum ... law was tightened up.

Sultan Abdülaziz’s groundbreaking 1867 journey to Europe not only reshaped Western perceptions of the Ottoman Empire but also ...

Marie Bracquemond, one of the three "grande dames" of Impressionism, is seeing a major institutional and market revival.

The 11th-century work depicting the 1066 Norman Conquest is to go on display in Britain next year. But Didier Rykner insisted it cannot be moved without 'tearing it, without making holes'.

Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world and makes frequent appearances in media – so you might feel like you ...

In his victory speech, President Sarkozy said France had turned "a new page" in its history. Do you agree? 2) What do you think most defines France's reputation a ...

The exhibition “Beloved Suburbs” drew more than 150,000 visitors to France’s Museum of the History of Immigration. “We really ...

In the Latin Quarter of Paris, the Art Absolument exhibition program offers insight into the cutting edge of contemporary art ...