Julie Mehretu Honoured With France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
The celebrated Ethiopian-born artist Julie Mehretu, known for her dynamic abstractions and deep engagement with contemporary social and political themes,… Read More
13 January 2025
France
France Set To Release Recommendations On Cultural Restitution
France is set to release their long-awaited policy report on the restitution of cultural property—the guidelines for returning looted artworks from Nazi occupation and stolen artefacts from the colonial period.
4 May 2023
Jeff Koons And Pompidou Center Lose Plagiarism Lawsuit In France
Jeff Koons and the Pompidou Center have been found guilty of plagiarism in a legal dispute over the artist’s work Naked (1988) The work of art was part of Koons’s Banality series
10 March 2017
Wildenstein Tax Evasion Trial Expected In New Year
Prominent figures from the Wildenstein art dealing dynasty are expected to go on trial in France for tax evasion and money laundering
24 December 2015