How should Facebook decide what's art and what's pornography? The question comes to a head in a French court case Thursday with the social network accused of censoring a 19th-century painting of a woman's genitals.
Author of "A Year in Provence" Peter Mayle was famous for his witty, insightful observations about life in France. Here, on the day his publisher announced his death aged 78, are some of his best lines about life in France and in particular sunny Provence.
A Jeff Koons sculpture given to Paris by the US artist himself in homage to the victims of the 2015 jihadist terror attacks is set to be installed in the city in the next few days. But no one in Paris appears to want it.
The French presidency is in talks to loan historical masterpiece, the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain. Here's what you need to know about the artifact and what we know so far about its possible trip to the UK.
The Bayeux Tapestry could be displayed in Britain after France agreed in principle to the historic artwork leaving the country for the first time in 950 years. But it won't happen just yet.
Rumours that a teenage Emmanuel Macron penned an erotic novel about his blooming relationship with his teacher, now wife, Brigitte Macron have started flying in France due to revelations in a soon to be published biography of the "first lady".
The French government stepped in Monday to declare the manuscript of the Marquis de Sade's "120 Days of Sodom" a national treasure as it was about to be sold at auction in Paris.
Jean d'Ormesson, an aristocrat and prolific author who was among France's most popular intellectuals, died early Tuesday, his daughter told AFP. He was 92.
France has announced the launch of a special edition lottery and scratchcard game in a bid to fund the preservation of its crumbling cultural heritage.
The outdoor weather is clearly over, so why not check out some of the best indoor treats in Paris? Here are some museums you may not have heard about before.
A French rock magazine has accepted it caused a great deal of "pain" after putting Bertrand Cantat, a singer who beat his girlfriend to death, on the front cover. The inflammatory cover had prompted Elle magazine to respond by putting his victim Marie, on their own front cover.
When Audrey Azoulay, then number two at
France's National Cinema Centre, was named culture minister last year, she
barely had a public profile - she didn't even have a Twitter account.
A hard to define but thriving part of Paris is becoming more and more popular with visitors and foreign residents in the City of Light. Here are 10 places in the French capital's so-called theatre district that are well worth a visit.
French street artist JR made headlines across the world this week with a huge installation on the US-Mexico border depicting a Mexican toddler peering over the wall. But now he's working on another project that brings him closer to home.
A mural in Calais by the British street artist Banksy, whose works can sell for hundreds of thousands of euros, has been painted over by the owner of the building because he said the house was starting to look shabby and needed an upgrade.
Police have arrested two men who allegedly posed as municipal workers and stripped Paris walls of mosaic works from a French urban artist known as Invader.
The Centre Pompidou modern art museum -- one of the biggest tourist draws in the French capital -- will remain closed this weekend because of a week-long strike by security guards, its management said.
It is one of the greatest and most visited art museums in the world, and the only one in an old railway station. But it's also almost impossible to squeeze any more visitors into its packed galleries.
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday said the Louvre could house threatened treasures from Iraq, Syria and other war-torn countries at a secure site in northern France.
