Serop Simonian was arrested in his hometown of Hamburg and transferred to France

The former defence attorney is accused of using his position to settle scores, including against a judge who investigated the Russian oligarch in Monaco.

The French government raises security alert to its highest level

The probe concerns a convoluted financial transaction around properties in the French luxury ski resort Courchevel

France's culture minister said the country “never boycotts artists”, but artists and performers from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso will no longer be granted visas

The death of Jean-Louis Georgelin might hamper efforts to reopen the cathedral by the end of 2024

93-year-old Jean Lupu, who allegedly faked 17th- and 18th-century royal furniture, and his wife say they are unable to stand trial due to illness and stress

Lino Frongia is suspected of producing the fakes that sold for millions of euros

The French neon artist was previously under investigation for allegations dating back to the 1980s

Guidelines for returning objects looted from former colonies and during the Nazi period are laid out in a report commissioned by Emmanuel Macron and written by former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez

Though the Parisian cathedral's nave is expected to reopen to the public by the end of 2024, work to restore the entire site could last until 2028

New York judge rules the auction house must face trial as part of Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev’s art fraud lawsuit

Conditions outlined for gift from Claude and France Lemand for new museum at the Arab World Institute in Paris

The works were owned by influential French dealer Ambroise Vollard and will be returned to his heirs

The appellate court judges’ decision came as a surprise, as the general prosecutor had asked for the charges—which relate to the acquisition of Egyptian antiquities by the Louvre Abu Dhabi—to be dropped

The new space, spanning all seven levels of the Institute's Jean Nouvel-designed building, was made possible in part thanks to a major donation of 1,677 works

As the panel was looted in Paris, the magistrates claimed jurisdiction of the French courts over the High Court in London

Decision brings the six-year investigation into the provenance of 15,000 antiquities from Phoenix Ancient Art to an end, with only a handful found to lack proper documentation

America left the United Nations heritage organisation in 2019 after its members voted to accept Palestine as a member state

The Paris museum has been struggling for years against over-attendance

Her relationship with her father is the subject of an ongoing exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris

After seven years of investigations, Ruffini has been handed over to French authorities, likely setting the stage for a trial in Paris

Dated to a century after Leonardo's death, the work does not come from the artist's studio

Belle et Belle gallery has now been dissolved, closing the chapter on a decade-long criminal investigation

The 77-year-old, wanted by French police for "fraud, money laundering and forgery of works of art", was released after ten days in custody

The French dealer, who is under investigation for selling a series of allegedly forged paintings, has had a warrant out for his arrest since 2019

The ruling of the examining chamber, expected next year, could overturn the investigation against both curators in a case implicating the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the Metropolitan Museum

The celebrated French artist remained committed to his singular formal pursuit for decades

Verdict for the owners of Belle et Belle is expected in November

The charges, brought ten years ago by a rival gallerist, revolved around allegations that a curator at France’s national museum of Asian art had received favours in exchange for organising a Chu Teh-Chun exhibition