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Hyperallergic
Two German men were arrested at the Louvre in Paris on Saturday, September 19, after taping two small paintings to a wall in the room where Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is displayed, according to...
ARTnews.com
Two visitors to the Louvre in Paris were arrested on Saturday after taping two small paintings (about 11.8 by 15.7 inches) onto the walls of the Salle des États, the gallery that houses Leonardo da...
Hyperallergic
A series of museum thefts across Europe has highlighted security vulnerabilities at institutions with limited resources, following high-profile incidents including a daytime jewelry heist at the...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Paris prosecutors have asked that Giuliano Ruffini be sent to trial on charges of commercial deception and money laundering in connection with an alleged Old Master forgery network, and they also...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
A Hamburg criminal court convicted two children of German dealer Serop Simonian—alleged to have led a trafficking ring specializing in Egyptian antiquities—of money laundering on 24 August, ordering...
ARTnews.com
Two people were convicted in a Hamburg court on Monday for money laundering in a case that ARTnews said closely matches the investigation into German dealer Serop Simonian’s alleged Egyptian...
Hyperallergic
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, will present “From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic Art,” opening September 26, featuring 26 Islamic artworks on loan from the...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Musée du Louvre will lend 26 works from its Islamic art collection to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, for the exhibition From the Louvre: Masterpieces of Islamic...
Artnet News
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, a Frank Gehry–designed museum whose contract reportedly grew to $1 billion, has set its opening for December 11, keeping it on track for a 2026 debut after being announced...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
France’s culture minister Catherine Pégard announced a “national security plan” on July 27 after a series of violent thefts from museums and churches, including the theft of French crown jewels from...
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French investigators arrested and detained a suspect in connection with the July 24 theft of a 2,500-year-old, 24-karat gold Celtic torque from the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais—Trésor de Vix in...
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A 2,500-year-old Celtic gold torque from the Vix Treasure was stolen in broad daylight on July 24 from the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais – Trésor de Vix in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Burgundy, according to...
ARTnews.com
Two suspects in the October 19, 2025 Louvre jewel heist told Paris investigating judges that a “mysterious sponsor” recruited them two or three days before the robbery, according to statements...
Hyperallergic
Thieves stole 27 pieces of fine jewelry worth about €4 million (approximately $4.5 million) during an early-morning raid on Sunday, July 5, at the Musée Lalique in Wingen-sur-Moder in France’s...
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An ARTnews.com essay examines the enduring popularity of art-heist stories in contemporary culture, blending personal reflection with references to recent and ongoing cases and entertainment trends....
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Klaus Kallmann, a 98-year-old heir of German Jewish collector Felix Kallmann (1853–1938), is seeking the return of Vincent van Gogh’s Hôpital Saint-Paul à Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889) from the Musée...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
A late-June European heatwave, with temperatures in the mid-to-high 30s Celsius, has highlighted uneven museum preparedness for climate extremes, as some institutions serve as air-conditioned refuges...
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Paris museums and major tourist sites reduced hours or temporarily closed in late June amid a record-breaking European heatwave, after France recorded its highest average temperature ever at about...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Art Newspaper revealed a previously unknown “Gachet Archive” containing extensive material from Dr. Paul Gachet (1828–1909)—Vincent van Gogh’s physician in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890—and Gachet’s...
Artnet News
A life-size bronze cast of the classical group “Laocoön and his Sons,” one of only four known full-size period bronzes, is set to be auctioned in London as a prelude to Sotheby’s Old Masters evening...
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Louvre president-director Christophe Leribault, in office since February, told the French Senate’s Committee on Culture on Wednesday that the museum is “at the end of its rope,” citing aging...
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Architect Kulapat Yantrasast, founder and creative director of WHY Architecture and a designer of major museum projects including work for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre, has been...
Artnet News
French investigators have reportedly expanded their probe into the theft of eight French crown jewels from the Louvre—valued at €88 million ($102 million)—to Belgium, nearly eight months after the...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic reports on Lebanese-born, Sydney-based artist Khaled Sabsabi and the controversy around his selection to represent Australia at the 2026 Venice Biennale, his removal within a week after...
ARTnews.com
ARTnews’s Morning Links for May 28, 2026 reports a backlash in Spain after the Galician regional government appointed Eva López Tarrío, a high school art teacher and civil servant with a PhD in Fine...
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French filmmaker Romain Gavras is set to direct a movie based on the $102 million Louvre heist, adapting the book Main Basse sur le Louvre (A Grab at the Louvre), released in France on Wednesday by...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi will stage a month-long, free, non-selling exhibition at Christie’s London headquarters in St James’s titled “The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the...
ARTnews.com
The union representing workers at the Wexner Center for the Arts has asked Ohio State University leadership to remove Leslie Wexner’s name from the institution, citing his documented ties to Jeffrey...
Artnet News
The Louvre in Paris announced that Selldorf Architects (New York), led by Annabelle Selldorf, will partner with Studios Architecture Paris to design its “Nouvelle Renaissance” expansion, a project...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
A French parliamentary commission formed after the 19 October heist of the Louvre’s crown jewels issued a report on 13 May calling for sweeping reforms to museum security and governance across...
ARTnews.com
A French parliamentary commission led by MPs Alexis Corbière and Alexandre Portier accused the Louvre of prioritizing “prestige and influence” over security ahead of the October 19, 2025 jewel heist...
Artnet News
Christophe Leribault, the Louvre’s new director and former president of the Palace of Versailles until February, outlined a post-heist vision for the museum in a May 5 interview with Le Monde. The...
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Artnet News reports that the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Raphael: Sublime Poetry” assembles what experts estimate to be art worth billions of dollars, a feat New York dealer Robert Simon...
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The Louvre Museum’s architectural competition for its “New Renaissance” renovation is expected to restart in mid-May, with the jury reportedly scheduled to meet on May 13 to review five shortlisted...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
On 13 April, the French parliament adopted a new framework law allowing the deaccession and restitution of cultural items plundered from former colonies, nine years after President Emmanuel Macron...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Musée du Louvre appointed art historian Christophe Leribault, 62, as director on 25 February, tasking him—according to French President Emmanuel Macron—with “appeasement” after a crown jewels...
Artnet News
Artnet News reported on 2 April 2026 that experts are raising alarms after a brazen heist at Italy’s Magnani-Rocca Foundation. The article frames the theft as a serious security breach at a museum...
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ARTnews’s “Morning Links” for March 30, 2026 reports that three artworks—Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s “Les Poissons (The Fish)” (1917), Henri Matisse’s “Odalisque sur la terrasse (Odalisque on the...
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The Louvre announced a four-year restoration of Peter Paul Rubens’s Marie de’ Medici cycle, calling it the “most ambitious restoration in the history of the Department of Paintings.” The 24 canvases,...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is mounting “Raphael: Sublime Poetry,” described as the Met’s and America’s first comprehensive exhibition on Raphael (1483–1520). The show assembles 237...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu appointed Catherine Pégard as culture minister on 27 February 2026, replacing Rachida Dati, who is campaigning to become mayor...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
On 25 February 2026, French president Emmanuel Macron appointed Christophe Léribault as president and director of the Musée du Louvre, replacing Laurence des Cars, who resigned on 24 February...
Artnet News
Laurence des Cars has resigned as director of the Louvre amid a series of crises at the museum. Artnet News reports her departure follows a $102 million jewel heist, a ticket fraud scheme, multiple...
ARTnews.com
ARTnews reported that a Louvre official said fraud was “statistically inevitable” after the museum revealed a counterfeit ticket scheme. The article describes the incident as involving fake Louvre...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
French authorities have made arrests in connection with an alleged decade-long ticket fraud scheme at the Musée du Louvre that prosecutors estimate cost the museum €10 million. According to Paris...
Artnet News
French authorities arrested individuals connected to an alleged $11.8 million ticket-fraud scheme involving the Louvre, according to an Artnet News report. The investigation has added to the Paris...
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The Louvre has indefinitely postponed announcing the winning architect for its planned $776 million expansion, according to ARTnews. The delay leaves the project’s next steps uncertain and pauses a...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Newly released US Department of Justice documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, made public on 30 January 2026, name several prominent art-world figures, including former French culture minister Jack...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
On 2 February 2026, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi appointed Manuel Rabaté as its first chief executive and director, marking his move from the Louvre Abu Dhabi, where he has been...
Artnet News
Artnet News reports that the Louvre is lending its marble sculpture “Sleeping Hermaphroditus” to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The work will be shown in the Rijksmuseum’s forthcoming exhibition...