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Macron-Backed Bill to Return Colonial-Era Art Passes French Senate

01/30/2026

French senators have unanimously adopted a bill designed to simplify the return of artworks looted during the colonial era, a move that advances President Emmanuel Macron’s long-running effort to recast France’s relationship with its former colonies. The legislation now heads …

Метки : искусствофранцияколониализмартефактывозвращение культурного наследиязаконодательство

Sale of Chinese Vase Canceled By Court Over Question of Provenance

01/17/2026

A French court ordered the high-profile Galerie Kraemer in Paris to return €2.8 million (around $3.25 million) to collector Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani over questions about a Chinese vase. The decision follows eight years of legal wrangling over …

Метки : искусствоантиквариатсудебное делоgalerie kraemerфранцияколлекционеры

Louvre Closes as Staff Strikes Continue

01/12/2026

The Louvre Museum closed to visitors on Monday, January 12, after staff launched another strike over pay, staffing levels, and working conditions, according to Le Monde. The closure marks the latest in a string of disruptions at the world’s most …

Метки : луврзабастовкаискусствомузей#культурафранция

See the 2026 Nominees for France's Prix Marcel Duchamp

01/09/2026

The Prix Marcel Duchamp, France’s most esteemed art prize, has named the artists nominated for its 2026 award. While there are normally four nominees, this year there are technically five. Those nominees include Joël Andrianomearisoa, a Malagasy artist whose vibrant …

Метки : искусствонаградывыставкафранция#культурасовременное искусство

France and Mexico Agree to Exchange Pair of Pre-Hispanic Manuscripts

01/07/2026

In May 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Mexico City. It was Macron’s first official visit to Mexico, and was an important step in Mexico’s recent attempts to bolster trade relations with Europe. While …

Метки : #культурарепатриацияискусствомексикафранциякодексы

Louvre Reopens After Delay as Staff Resume Strike in Paris

01/05/2026

The Louvre Museum in Paris reopened to the public on Monday after a three-hour delay, though several areas remained closed as staff resumed strike action over pay, working conditions, and staffing levels. According to Reuters, museum workers met earlier in …

Метки : луврзабастовказарплатыусловия трудафранция#культура

Two Days Into Walkout, Louvre Staff Unions Vote to Continue Strike

12/18/2025

The world’s most-visited museum, it seems, cannot catch a break lately. Unionized staff at Paris’s Louvre Museum voted unanimously on Wednesday to continue a strike that began Monday, when hundreds walked out in protest over “increasingly deteriorated working conditions,” the …

Метки : луврзабастовкаусловия трудафранция#культураискусство

Louvre Temporarily Closes as Employees Protest Working Conditions

12/16/2025

Louvre Temporarily Closes as Employees Protest Working Conditions TheLouvreclosed its doors to visitors on Monday, December 15, as staffersstruckin protest of what they have characterized as intolerable working conditions at theParisinstitution. TheNew York Timesreports that about four hundred of the …

Метки : луврпротестусловия трудаискусствофранциязабастовка

Louvre Staff Vote to Strike, in Latest Blow to French Museum

12/09/2025

At a meeting of 200 Louvre staffers from three unions, employees voted “with unanimity” in favor of a strike set to start on December 15, the Agence France-Presse reported Monday. A strike notice was filed by the CGT, CFDT, and …

Метки : луврзабастовка#культураискусствофранциянедовольство

Louvre Workers Vote to Strike as Holidays Approach

12/09/2025

Louvre Workers Vote to Strike as Holidays Approach Earlier today, some two hundred employees representing threeunionsat theLouvrevoted unanimously to begin rolling walkouts on December 15 in response to “insufficient staff numbers as well as technical failures and the building’s aging …

Метки : луврзабастовкаискусствофранциябезопасностьмузей

Christie’s Paris Suspends Its Sale of the First Calculating Machine

11/20/2025

Christie’s suspended its sale of the first calculating machine after an export ban kept it from leaving France, according to the South China Morning Post. One of only nine surviving examples of calculators built by 17th-century French mathematician and inventor …

Метки : искусствоаукционнациональное достояниеблез паскалькалькуляторфранция

French Art World Up In Arms Over Proposal to Impose New Taxes on Art

11/15/2025

In an attempt to increase revenue, two French parliamentarians are proposing that the government put in place a new tax regime on art in its 2026 budget. The French art world has risen up to oppose it, including issuing a …

Метки : искусствоналогифранция#культураart baselпротест

French State Auditor Issues Damning Report on Louvre Security

11/07/2025

French State Auditor Issues Damning Report on Louvre Security France’s court of auditors on November 6 released a report on security at theLouvreaccusing theParismuseum of prioritizing “visible and attractive” projects over upgrades to security. In publicly presenting the document at …

Метки : луврбезопасностьотчёт#культурафранцияискусство

French State Auditor Report Compiled Before Louvre Heist Released

11/07/2025

The French national audit has published its report on the Louvre‘s security, excerpts of which were leaked to press shortly after a trove of crown jewel were stolen from the museum. The report, known as the Cour des Comptes, found …

Метки : луврбезопасность#культуракражирасследованиефранция