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The Museums of Orléans Issue an International Appeal: “Help Us Find 424 Missing Paintings”

Four works that have returned home over the past two years after having been lost: This is the tangible result of patient research, archival study, and international collaboration, which has now prompted the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléa...
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The grandson of a Jewish collector is asking the Musée d’Orsay to return a Van Gogh

An important work housed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, *Hôpital Saint-Paul à Saint-Rémy-de-Provence*, a painting created by Vincent van Gogh in 1889, is the subject of a restitution claim filed by 98-year-old Klaus ...
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The Pass Patrimoine is born in France: a year among more than 500 castles, museums and gardens

A new tool dedicated to the enhancement and protection of cultural heritage is about to launch in France. Starting next September, in fact, the Pass Patrimoine will be available, an initiative promoted by the Fondation du Patrimoine that will allow i...
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A brand new exhibition in Montauban investigates the relationship between Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and fashion

From July 3 to Nov. 8, 2026, the Musée Ingres Bourdelle in Montauban will present an unprecedented exhibition dedicated to the connection between Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban, 1780 - Paris, 1867) and the world of fashion. Through m...
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Louvre, two architectural firms chosen to design museum renovation

In Paris, the Louvre Museum begins a new phase in its architectural and urban history with the selection of the project signed by Studios Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects for the Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance transformation plan. The announce...
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Versailles, restored the king's chamber: the face of 1789 returns

At the Palace of Versailles , the chamber of the king's inner apartment returns to view in its 1789 configuration, at the end of a lengthy restoration project that represents the culmination of several decades of research, historical studies and craf...
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France passes law on the restitution of works stolen in colonial times

France is taking a significant step in the long and complex journey of restitution of cultural property stolen during the colonial era. On the night of April 12-13, the Assemblée nationale unanimously approved a bill concerning the restitutio...
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Contemporary cathedral gallery inaugurated in Angers

A new chapter is added to the centuries-old history of Angers Cathedral with the inauguration on Thursday, April 9, of the contemporary gallery designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. The intervention represents the outcome of a long process of st...
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