Maison Ruinart creates a bubbly pavilion for art
The world's oldest champagne house has upgraded visitor facilities at its production site in Reims, adding a new building to display part of its art collection
Troubled Brussels fine arts museums pin hopes on new director
The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Brussels was hit by scandal last year when its longstanding director stood down following allegations of inappropriate behaviour and bad management
Previously unknown Cézanne work discovered in artist’s family home
Fragments of a mural were found under wallpaper and plaster at Bastide du Jas de Bouffan in Aix-en-Provence, France
Renoir portrait once owned by art dealer Ambroise Vollard could fetch €650,000 at Paris auction
Painting was sold by Vollard in 1930 and has never been publicly exhibited before
Unusually large Brueghel the Younger painting—rediscovered in France—offered at Paris auction for €600,000
The work, depicting a village scene, is being sold at Hôtel Drouot
Acquisitions round-up: National Museum of Women in the Arts receives bequest of more than 60 works
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Aboriginal art to take centre stage at $225m expansion of Sydney's Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Sydney Modern Project—due to open in December—is the Australian city’s largest cultural development since the creation of its opera house
Rodin's The Thinker to sell for up to €14m
Christie's Paris will offer the posthumous cast of the famous bronze at auction in June
Versailles restores Royal Tennis Court—where French democracy was founded—to its former glory
Modern-day politicians in France's National Assembly helped to crowdfund the €1.8m restoration at the Château de Versailles
Sophie Calle revisits the empty corridors of the Musée d’Orsay four decades after she stalked the then abandoned building
The conceptual artist took up residency in the Parisian landmark in 1978, when it was a derelict hotel
With art therapy on the rise, France's museums are beginning to take mental health seriously
Palais de Tokyo is building a “care centre” for art and wellbeing programmes, while new workshops launch at Louvre-Lens
Acquisitions round-up: Versailles acquires a previously unpublished painting of a young Marie-Antionette by Joseph Siffred Duplessis
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
Object lessons: from a 16th-century angel to a jaunty walking stick
Our pick of the highlights from upcoming fairs and auctions
Rediscovered Bernhard Strigel painting found in a Toulouse home expected to sell for up to €800,000
The panel is thought to be the pair of Strigel's Thurifer Angel, which was bought by the Louvre Abu Dhabi in Paris in 2008
Acquisitions round-up: Tate buys Hew Locke's airborne flotilla ahead of his major new commission in March
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide
French art foundation unveils plans for mobile museum on board a €32m catamaran
Art Explora, set up by the tech entrepreneur Frédéric Jousset, will launch the vessel in 2023 with a tour around the Mediterranean
A sneak peek at France's first cultural venue celebrating stained glass
The Cité du Vitrail will open in the medieval town of Troyes in spring 2022, but preview tours are running this weekend for the European Heritage Days
Christie's to sell €5m Chardin painting for the first time in nearly 200 years
Descendants of François Marcille will sell 27 paintings and drawings from his collection in Paris this November, including Woman Drawing Water from a Water Urn
Please do touch the works: visitors to Prune Nourry’s show can only experience her sculptures using their hands
The busts of visually impaired models have never been seen by the artist who sculpted them blindfolded
Paris's landmark Hôtel de la Marine opens to visitors—and co-working offices—after four years of restoration
The 550-room palace has undergone a €132m makeover by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
Paris's indebted Fan Museum at risk of folding
Income losses during the pandemic have pushed the private museum and fan-making workshop to the brink
Chez Victor Hugo: author's former Paris home reopens after revamp
Closed for five months longer than planned, the renovated house-museum can finally unveil expanded spaces, restored treasures and new acquisitions
As French museums reopen, Loire region unveils Modern art collection in a Medieval abbey
The Fontevraud Modern Art Museum, housed in a 12th-century monastery’s former stables, will preserve more than 800 works donated by collectors Martine and Léon Cligman
May auction highlights: from a rare Cubist Hockney portrait to a playful piece by Alexander Calder
Our pick of the best objects up for sale in New York, Dallas and Paris
Curate-it-yourself: French museums take to social media to ask the public what they want to see in their galleries
Spurred on by the pandemic, several institutions are inviting art lovers to choose works for display
Call My Agent: the rise of the artist talent agency
A growing number of agencies are popping up in the art market, providing an alternative to the traditional gallery model
Far-right mayor reopens four museums in southern France—without government’s permission
Although national museums are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Perpignan's Musée Rigaud, Casa Pairal, Musée Puig and the museum of natural history are open to the public again
Pack your goggles! France to open three underwater sculpture parks this autumn
Visitors will need to swim to see new exhibits submerged off the coast of Corsica, Marseille and Cannes
Impressionism and contemporary art meet for festival in northern France
Around 50 contemporary artists will feature in Normandie Impressionniste, shedding new light on one of art history’s major movements
Lockdown drives digital boom at French museums—but where's the business model?
Podcasts, social media channels and virtual exhibitions are experiencing unprecedented traffic but do not make up for lost revenue