Picasso's "Young Girl With Basket of Flowers," recently sold at a New York auction for $115 million, will be loaned to Paris's Musee d'Orsay for a Picasso exhibit opening in September.
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.
The Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay on the banks of the River Seine in Paris have been forced to close in order to evacuate artworks as flood waters rise.
The famous Musée d'Orsay in Paris has had to drop its ban on visitors taking photos of its artworks after the country's own Culture Minister openly flouted the restriction.
A new exhibition at Paris's famous Musée d'Orsay explores how the notorious libertine/depraved French philosopher the Marquis de Sade influenced artists. Visitors to the gallery have been warned about the "violent nature of some of the works".
This week The Local is handing its prestigious "Only in France" award to Paris's famous Musée d’Orsay, whose promotional video for its new exhibition has got pulses racing beyond the French art world. Let's just say it's "Not Safe For Work".
The Musée d'Orsay in Paris, known for its traditional masterpieces, opened a controversial exhibition this week featuring nothing but male nudes through the ages. For those who can't make it or simply can't wait here's a few glimpses of what to expect.
Visitors to the famous Musée d'Orsay in Paris will be able to see art stripped down to its bare bones when a new controversial exhibition goes on display later this month featuring hundreds of naked men.
The famous Musée d'Orsay in Paris has been accused of damaging a Venetian palace after installing air-conditioning to protect paintings on display in a rare exhibition by French painter Manet, which closed on Sunday. One politician has filed a complaint with police.
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A publicity stunt by a French lingerie company in which three models stripped off and paraded around one of Paris' premier art galleries has not been welcomed by officials.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Figures released on Wednesday show a 5 percent increase in the number of visits to France's 1,000 plus museums and galleries this year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A strike at the newly-revamped Musée d'Orsay kept it closed to the public for a sixth day on Tuesday by a strike launched to demand extra manpower to staff the larger, renovated space, the museum said.</span></p>
