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Musée d’Orsay

The Musée d’Orsay, established in 1986, is located in Paris, France. Housed in a Beaux-Arts railway station built between 1898 and 1900, it is renowned for its extensive collection of 19th and early 20th-century art. The museum features works by notable artists such as Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh and Degas, focusing on the period from 1848 to 1914. It offers dynamic exhibitions, educational programs, and public events, making it a major cultural institution dedicated to the appreciation and study of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. Read more about Museums.

A Christie’s auctioneer gestures from the podium as Mark Rothko’s No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) and its multimillion-dollar currency conversions are displayed on large screens before a packed salesroom.

Christie’s Opens New York’s Marquee Auctions Week With a $689 Million Single-Night Total

In one evening, the auction house matched totals across all marquee sales during the same week last year, providing a reassuring jolt of confidence to the market.
By Elisa Carollo
A wide shot of the rotunda at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris shows visitors walking among large minimalist installations: a golden rectangular wall, a white conical mound, an orange-red dome, and an earthy beige mound set against Tadao Ando’s smooth concrete circular wall and the ornate painted dome above.

12 Exhibitions Not to Miss During Art Basel Paris

From François Pinault’s sweeping Minimalism show at the Bourse de Commerce to Gerhard Richter’s career-defining retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton, the caliber of the Paris Art Week shows is exceptional.
By Elisa Carollo
A man on the rostrum of an auction house offers a large painting of a girl with big eyes while two men bring in another painting.

Low Estimates and High-Quality Consignments: The London Evening Sales Achieve £208,145,400

All three auction houses decided to bet on the U.K. market's favorable conditions while playing it safe with a selection of works the market has already shown it wants.
By Elisa Carollo
Dark room with a wooden portal and buddha sculptures under the spot lights.

Sotheby’s Next Chapter: New Markets, $6b in Sales and a Stronger Balance Sheet

By Elisa Carollo
The interior of an artist's studio is shown, with wooden floors, a tall ladder, and large windows allowing natural light to flood the space. The room is filled with shelves of pottery, paintings, furniture, tools, and art supplies.

Everything You Need to Know About the ‘Cézanne 2025’ Celebrations in Aix-en-Provence

By Sarah Moroz
Image of people at Grand Palais

Highlights and Sales from an Effervescent Art Basel Paris VIP Preview

By Elisa Carollo
Image with people in medieval clothes on the street.

Artist Peter Doig Is Curating a Gagosian Exhibition Inspired by Bathus

By Elisa Carollo

The Louvre Is Cracking Down on Pornhub for Turning Classic Art Into Explicit Content

By Helen Holmes

Christie’s Paris is Holding Its First Sale Dedicated to Women Artists in June

By Helen Holmes

The Musée d’Orsay’s Name is Being Updated to Include Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s Name

By Helen Holmes

Amsterdam’s Mayor Wants to Return a Nazi-Looted Kandinsky to Its Rightful Owners

By Helen Holmes

A French Heiress Is Trying to Donate a Nazi-Looted Pissarro to the Musée d’Orsay

By Helen Holmes
Renderings for the Berkshire Museum redesign, which the institution intends to fund through the deaccessioning of part of their collection.

Should Museums Be Allowed to Sell Donated Works of Art?

By Daniel Grant
The Great Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Want to Donate Your Collection to a Museum? Read This First

By Daniel Grant
NEW YORK - APRIL 12: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) workers look at proposed designs for a completed subway platform in an underground tunnel for the long-proposed 2nd Avenue subway line April 12, 2007 in New York City. A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the line, one of numerous since the project was first proposed 80 years ago. The first phase of the line is scheduled to be completed in 2013, running from 96th Street to 63rd Street at a cost of $3.8 billion. Upon completion, line would add 8.5 miles of tracks and carry five million riders on weekdays in four of New York City's five boroughs.

Peek the Second Avenue Subway’s Public Art, Morbid Anatomy Museum Shutters

By Alanna Martinez
A dealer’s feet at Art Basel.

Heels Still a Must for Female Dealers, Louvre Reopens After Flooding

By Alanna Martinez
A mural by Banksy in Calais, France. (Photo: courtesy the artist's website, banksy.co.uk)

Banksy Surprises UK School With Mural, Tourist Elbows a Warhol

By Alanna Martinez
Water rises near the area of the Eiffel Tower as the Seine river's embankments overflow after four days of heavy rain in Paris.

Parisian Museums Evacuate Art as Flood Waters Rise

By Alanna Martinez
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 07: French artist 'JR' poses with some of his giant portraits at Somerset House for his Inside Out project on October 7, 2013 in London, England. Displaying at the Lazarides gallery and also on hoardings at a building site opposite the Old Bailey, the exhibition is comprised of giant black and white images of members of the public who are photographed in a mobile studio mounted on the back of a small truck. The Inside Out photo booth truck is located on the River Terrace of Somerset House from 3rd - 11th October 2013.

JR to Make Louvre Pyramid Disappear, Tate to Show Elton John Collection—and More

By Alanna Martinez
A work in The Bronx by street artist Banksy, completed during his New York City residency. (Photo: http://www.banksyny.com)

Scientists Confirm Banksy’s Identity, Britain Names Venice Biennale Artist—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Artist Damien Hirst's new London restaurant Pharmacy2.

Inside Damien Hirst’s London Restaurant, Pace Gallery Opens New NYC Space—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Edouard Manet, Olympia, (1863). (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Artist Arrested for Posing Nude at French Museum Calls Out Museum for ‘Hypocrisy’

By Alanna Martinez
Henri Gervex, Rolla, (1878), (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Naughty Art Show at the Musée d’Orsay Has French Critics in an Uproar

By Alanna Martinez
The Black Panther. (Photo: Courtesy Marvel Entertainment)

Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Marvel Comic, Heritage Joins Contemporary Fray, and More

By Guelda Voien
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