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Restorations at Hôtel-Dieu in Toulouse, France, unearth a walled medieval mullioned window

In the context of the restoration campaigns of the facades of theHôtel-Dieu in Toulouse , France, overlooking the Garonne River and started in 2023, the third tranche of the work, which began in 2025, revealed a remarkable archaeological discov...
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Indemnity cover of £800 million for loan of Bayeux tapestry to British Museum

When it is loaned to the British Museum in 2026, theBayeux Tapestry will be covered by an indemnity from the British Treasury of about £800 million, reflecting the exceptional value attributed to this extraordinary 70-meter-long textile artifact tha...
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Farewell to Brigitte Bardot: the iconic French film actress and activist passed away at age 91

Brigitte Bardot has passed away at the age of 91 in Saint-Tropez. This was announced by the Foundation that bears her name: "The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the passing of its founder and president, Mrs. Brigitte Bardot,...
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Louvre increases tickets by 45% for non-EU visitors

The Louvre, one of the world's most visited museums, has decided to increase ticket prices for visitors from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), marking a change in the historic Parisian institution's pricing policy. The decision, app...
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France, record at auction for Guido Reni: the David sold for 12.4 million euros

Record highs at auction for a Guido Reni painting with adjudication at 10,100,000 euros, rising to 12.4 million with royalties, for the David with the Head of Goliath thatresurfaced last June and went to auction yesterday at Artcurial in Paris, star...
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Two young Belgian creators mock the Louvre: they hang one of their works behind the Mona Lisa (video)

There is no peace for the Louvre's security system, which has registered yet another breach in recent hours. Last Nov. 13, two young men of Belgian nationality posted on their widely followed social channels a video showing that they had managed to h...
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France, art world rises up against new patrimonial property, which includes works of art

The art sector in France is rising up against a bill that could significantly affect art: it is the proposed revision of the Tax on Immovable Property (IFI, impôt sur la fortune immobilière), which is now expected to become, keeping the ...
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Jacques-Louis David political: in Paris the revolutionary painter. What the Louvre exhibition looks like

It is surprising that there is little or no talk in Italy about the muscular exhibition that the Louvre has organized to reconstruct the story of Jacques-Louis David exactly two hundred years after his death. In terms of completeness and volume of ma...
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