World heritage sites also protect endangered species
A joint study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
The director of the Hermitage targeted by Canada
Mikhail Piotrovsky, director of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, was recently added by Canada to the list of people…
In Brest, an auctioneer killed in a private home
Gilles Grannec, a 55-year-old Brest auctioneer, was found stabbed to death in an apartment in downtown Brest on Tuesday morning….
Ukraine tracks Russian artwork under sanctions
The Ukrainian government has set up a database managed by the National Corruption Prevention Agency (NACP) to prevent Russian oligarchs…
British Museum director leaves earlier than expected
The director of the British Museum, Hartwig Fischer, announced Friday August 25 his immediate resignation. He admitted that he had…
Claude Ruiz-Picasso (1947-2023)
Claude Ruiz-Picasso, youngest son of the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), died in Geneva, Switzerland, at the age of 76…
American justice considers that an AI creation is not a work of the mind
To claim copyright protection, must the author of a creation be human? Confirming case law, a federal trial court ruled…
Didier Fusillier as President of the RMN-Grand Palais
It is a high-risk mission that the current president of the Grand Halle de Villette has agreed to take on….
The disappearance of General Jean-Louis Georgelin
Reactions and tributes have followed one another since Saturday August 19, 2023, after the announcement of the accidental death of…
When dogs point their muzzle at the museum
On the walls of the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, a journey in text and images retraces the history of the place…
Paloma Ruiz Picasso takes over as head of the Picasso Estate
After directing the Picasso Estate for 34 years, the family joint ownership which manages the rights of the Spanish painter,…
Venus with rags by Pistoletto victim of arson
At dawn on July 12, a 32-year-old homeless man turned the ten-meter high work installed on June 28 into a…