Cultural institutions in France have been clamoring to reopen for months. They found an unlikely champion in a far-right civic official in Perpignan.
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Paris Opera to Act on Racist Stereotypes in Ballet
A report said the company, which has lagged behind on issues of race, needs to do more to promote diversity.
Paris, Shuttered, Must Be Imagined
The pandemic has enshrouded and dimmed the City of Light. But there are many reasons to soldier through the fog.
Diary Sow, Senegalese Student Missing in Paris, Is Said to Be Found
The disappearance earlier this month of Diary Sow, 20, the “pride of a whole nation” and a published novelist, prompted an international outpouring of concern.
At the Louvre, Mona Lisa Is Alone, but Still Smiling
With the Louvre closed because of the pandemic, museum officials are pushing ahead on a grand restoration and cleanup.
Pompidou Center, Aging Symbol of the Future, to Close for Renovations
The striking, inside-out museum and cultural center in the heart of Paris will close for construction in 2023, France’s culture minister said Monday.
How a Historian Got Close, Maybe Too Close, to a Nazi Thief
Over nearly a decade, Jonathan Petropoulos met dozens of times with a man who helped the Nazis loot Jewish art collections, a complicated relationship he explores in “Göring’s Man in Paris.”
Another French Intellectual Falls After Comments on Abuse Accusations
A leading television network fired Alain Finkielkraut, a prominent intellectual, after he spoke about the case of Olivier Duhamel, who was recently accused of abusing his stepson.
Angst in Senegal After Its ‘Best Student’ Goes Missing in Paris
Diary Sow, a 20-year-old enrolled in an elite French school, had won top academic prizes in Senegal, where many take pride in her success and now worry about her disappearance.
Catch a Fish in Paris. Post on Social Media. Release.
A new, younger generation of fishers is taking over the banks of the Seine, transforming a centuries-old tradition into an underground culture.