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Hockney exhibition is one of 50 shows celebrating France-UK friendship

The programme of cultural events across France will showcase work from British and French participants

150 years of Impressionism: how Americans saved Monet from poverty

If you visit his Normandy home you will not see a real Monet work - but there are some nearby

France and the US to host major impressionist art tour

Paintings to mark the 150th anniversary of the movement will be loaned to 34 sites in France and an exhibition is also heading to Washington

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Painting destined for the bin ends up at Louvre and valued at €24m

It is being hailed as a ‘crucial milestone’ in the history of art and will have an exhibition dedicated to it

Models with disabilities are focus of photographer’s new French show

Juggling a logistics job and a family has not stopped a UK-born photographer creating her latest exhibition celebrating disability

Exhibition showcasing Van Gogh’s last works opens in Paris

The 50 paintings and 20 drawings were made during the two months leading up to his suicide when he was producing a work a day

From Renaissance to Hockney - 12 Spring exhibitions to see in France

A snapshot of this year’s cultural scene also takes in exhibitions of the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians as well as putting the Normans in their place

French art: Making an impression in the Hérault

We report on a superb exhibition in Lodève

Exhibition honours Paris suffragettes and women’s fight for equality

We look at the display celebrating brave Parisian women who fought for women’s rights in France

Enter the world of the TV series Friends at immersive show in Paris

The show recreates iconic scenes from the smash 90s series. Paris is the first city in the event’s European tour

Biennale de Lyon art fair now one of France’s key cultural events

Founded in 1991, it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, but now it is back up and running until the end of the year

Exhibition shows many animals to have lived at Palace of Versailles

Tigers, lions and even an elephant belonging to Louis XV feature in the show which runs until February

David Hockney’s ‘A Year in Normandy’ is now on show in Paris

The British painter was inspired by the Bayeux tapestry to depict - via iPad - a year of seasons in Pays d’Auge in Normandy where he lives

Banksy exhibition in Montpellier to raise funds for refugee charity

A private collection of 250 works by the notoriously secretive British street artist is on show for free to support a cause close to his heart

Discover Bordeaux's new art space, set in a former navy base

Seeing submarine basins in new light; Samantha David reports on the new art space in Bordeaux, set in a former navy base.

Picasso show illustrates many talents

Hurry to see a different side of the Spanish master at a museum near Lille

Today’s fashions draw upon France's lacy past

Thelong history of lacemaking in Calais and a new exhibition linking past and present

A portrait of the artist as chronicler of things past

Artist Pascal Convert is known for works that reveal shocking aspects of modern history – but, he tells The Connexion, he does not set out to upset

Weaving is coming: GoT tapestry heads to France

A tapestry inspired by the 11th-century original but depicting key events from the TV series Game of Thrones goes on show in Bayeux this month.

French street art pioneer opens new career exhibition

Work by one of the pioneers of French street art over the past 57 years is now on show in a new exhibition in Avignon.

Europe’s largest mural in Paris...but you can’t see it

Paris is the site of Europe’s largest mural painting, but it is impossible to see from the ground, it has been revealed - in the same weekend as a 600m mural has been unveiled in front of the Eiffel Tower.

15,000 old French flowers form huge chateau artwork

A British artist has set up a large-scale artwork created from 15,000 old French dried flowers at a chateau as part of an exhibition on nature and the Middle Ages.

New DNA study 500 years after da Vinci died in France

DNA from a lock of hair belonging to Leonardo da Vinci - which was first presented yesterday (May 2) - will now be used to shed more light on the polymath’s family, and his final years in France.

130,000 tickets already sold for Tutankhamun in Paris

'Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh' exhibition starts in Paris tomorrow and is expected to be a success.

Ex-Police man’s life seen through a lens

Andy Summers first picked up a camera during the long down times when he was touring the world as lead guitarist with the 1970s rock band The Police.

Costumes make for a grand spectacle

Samantha David high kicks her way to a new exhibition showcasing musical theatre outfits

Pets mean pampering at Paris Animal Show

Owners will stop at nothing to get the best of pampering for their pet and the Paris Animal Show had perfumes, beauty serums, cushions and scratching mats – plus hemp-based treats, and treatments to calm animals’ moods and ease their pains.

What's on in France - November 2018

What to do, where to go and what to see in France

What’s on in France - December 2018

What to do, where to go and what to see in France

French cultural life - November 2018

A round-up of news, and those creating ‘le buzz’ in French cultural life

Artist jazzes up pop-up exhibition in Gers

Gascon-British artist Perry Taylor, who creates a special image for Connexion every month, is hosting an exhibition in Marciac at the same time as the town's jazz festival

Around the world in 100 objects

Popular British Museum exhibition heads to France

Marie-Antoinette's house opens in royal hamlet

Marie-Antoinette’s house in the middle of her hamlet farm, in the grounds of the château de Versailles, is opening to the public (May 12) for the first time since it was built over two centuries ago.

We have free tickets for ‘ultimate luxury car show’

Subscribers can get €100 of tickets to see some of the world’s most exciting cars and luxury accessories at Top Marques Monaco

I would like to exhibit my art – what are the options?

I am an amateur artist looking for events or venues where I can exhibit my work. Can you offer any advice? M.W.

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Hockney exhibition is one of 50 shows celebrating France-UK friendship

150 years of Impressionism: how Americans saved Monet from poverty

France and the US to host major impressionist art tour

Painting destined for the bin ends up at Louvre and valued at €24m

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