Écouen Castle, undergoing restoration
Écouen (Val-d’Oise). Palmettes, foliage, winged cherubs, antique bucranes… As the Château d’Écouen finds a clean and restored facade, the decor…
The cathedral plan, a permanent construction site
France. The fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, followed by that of Nantes Cathedral, acted as catalysts, prompting the State to…
Sasha Suda ousted from Philadelphia Art Museum
Can you be fired for a bad advertising campaign? This is what just happened to Sasha Suda, executive director of…
The Court of Auditors calls into question the project for a new entrance to the Louvre
Pierre Moscovici made a point of repeating several times during the press conference this morning that there was no interference…
Saint-Denis stages the reconstruction of its spire
Saint-Denis (93). The City of Saint-Denis and its mayor Mathieu Hanotin want to rebuild the spire of the cathedral basilica…
The Hall of Mirrors regains its Grand Siècle aesthetic
Versailles (Yvelines). Built on an old terrace, the Hall of Mirrors (see ill.) had the function of a ceremonial room,…
Giacomo Balla’s house protected by the Italian state
Rome (Italy). The Italian state establishes the historic residence of the futurist artist Giacomo Balla as a public museum. He…
cracks worry Egyptian researchers
While the Egyptian government inaugurates the Grand Egyptian Museum, a study published in October 2025 by Professor Sayed Hemeda, of…
Belgium and its brutalist architecture
Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium). The town of Louvain-la-Neuve emerged from the ground in Walloon Brabant in the early 1970s to accommodate the…
After multiple postponements, the Grand Egyptian Museum finally opens its doors
After several postponements of work and openings, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) must be officially inaugurated on November 1, 2025….
A thousand objects stolen from the Oakland Museum
France is not the only one affected by the epidemic of museum robberies, the Oakland Museum of California was the…
Laurence des Cars in the breach
Paris. Black jacket over a white shirt, assertive tone but full of emotion, clear and precise verbs, the president and…