Museums & Galleries

Mediterranean Reverie In the 1880s, artists flocked to the Mediterranean and plunged into a magical new approach to light and colour. Now you can lose yourself inside a different paradise, seen through the eyes of...

To say that French artist JR’s Chronicles of San Francisco mural is moving is an understatement. It actually moves. Not only does each person in the mural move, but the mural itself continuously scrolls...

Cosmetics mogul Helena Rubinstein was as intuitive an art collector as she was a savvy entrepreneur. Her pioneering role in the recognition of art from Africa and Oceania helped elevate such works from being considered...

Over 100 works by the celebrated artist are now on view in Washington D.C. through July 5, 2020 Edgar Degas (1834-1917), one of the most beloved French artists, was passionate about everything at the Paris...

Marie-Laure de Noailles and Natalie Clifford Barney were both famed for their patronage of the arts but, as Lanie Goodman writes, even within the context of early 20th-century Paris, they were also notorious for...

Gillian and the Chocolate Factory... Correspondent Gillian Thornton throws calories to the wind at Valrhona’s discovery centre France has never been coy about its love affair with the cacao bean. Every town seems to have...

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has been toiling tirelessly in the shadows since the First World War. At long last, its incredible restoration work is being thrust into the spotlight at a new visitor...

How a former coal pit was transformed into France’s third most-visited provincial museum For nearly three centuries, the Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin was home to an industry so important it employed hundreds of thousands of people...

Confronted with the most destructive times in history, artists interpret armed conflict through photography, painting, sculpture and film, and also in applied forms depicted in the artefacts of warfare. DEPARDON, MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHER Celebrated photographer Raymond Depardon...

From rocky mountains to underground caverns and beautiful villages, there’s plenty to explore Related article: Ardèche, A World of Picture-Perfect Wonders LE PARTAGE DES EAUX Walk it or drive it, bike it or travel on horseback, this...