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14/02/2013 - France -Switzerland

Swiss challenge French over who has first Mona Lisa

New tests on what some say is an early version of the Mona Lisa painting, suggest the claims are accurate, according to the Zurich-based Mona Lisa Foundation.

09/02/2013 - France

Graffiti removed from Delacroix's Liberty ... vandal 'unbalanced'

Restorers have managed to remove the graffiti on Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty leading the people and the 28-year-old woman who scrawled “AE911” on the would-famous ...

08/02/2013 - France

Woman scrawls 9/11 graffiti over Delacroix masterpiece in Louvre-Lens

A 28-year--old woman has vandalised one of France’s most treasured paintings, scrawling graffiti that appears to refer to 9/11 conspiracy theories over Eugène Delacroix’s ...

11/01/2013 - Report: France

Cash-strapped French cultural attractions turn to crowd-funding

French museums and monuments are some of the most visited in the world. None of them is getting any younger, and many need restoration and renovations.

French heritage group turns to crowd-funding for restoration of Pantheon
11/01/2013 - On-the-spot France

French heritage group turns to crowd-funding for restoration of Pantheon

French museums and monuments are among the most visited in the world, and none of them is getting any younger.

A new tour for teenage tourists at the Louvre
27/12/2012 - On-the-spot France

A new tour for teenage tourists at the Louvre

The Louvre in Paris is one of the world's most visited museums.

Louvre opening aims to lift Lens's flagging morale
12/12/2012 - On-the-spot France

Louvre opening aims to lift Lens's flagging morale

The new outpost of the Louvre museum opened to the public this week in the northern French former mining town of Lens.

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04/12/2012 - France

Locals hope new Louvre in northern France will reverse economic decline

A satellite branch of France’s Louvre Museum opened in the northern former mining town of Lens on Tuesday, amid hopes that it will give a boost to an area which has seen a steep economic ...

16/10/2012 - France

No wealth tax on artworks insists French PM Ayrault

The French Prime Minister on Tuesday declared that his government would block a budget amendment introducing a wealth tax on works of art, after a barrage of protests from top museums including ...

Louvre opens Islamic arts gallery
24/09/2012 - On-the-spot France

Louvre opens Islamic arts gallery

France’s most famous museum, the Louvre, has opened a new gallery dedicated to Islamic art.

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