The invention of Frenchness
The national museum of immigration has a new mission – but it’s still housed in a building haunted by France’s colonial ghosts
Making a stand – the Russian artists saying no to war
Judging where to draw the line between maintaining a safe silence and tacitly endorsing the war in Ukraine has become a pressing matter
The streetwise ways of the Museum of Homelessness
From street actions to art exhibitions, the organisation empowers homeless people to tell their own stories
The Spanish conquistadores heading for a fall in Colombia
Colombia’s indigenous communities are toppling statues of the Spanish conquerors to highlight past and present injustices
Emmanuel Macron wants every teenager in France to go on a cultural shopping spree – but will they?
Every 18 year old in France has been given €300 to spend on culture
Is the French government about to criminalise photojournalists?
A proposed law will prevent journalists and the public from photographing the police – and follows widely publicised acts of police brutality, writes Valeria Costa-Kostritsky
Rate of return – is France’s commitment to restitution waning?
In a changing political climate, conversations about colonial history – and calls for action – are taking on a new urgency
Status anxiety – the battle over culture in Bolivia
The sacking of two museum directors and the axing of the ministry for culture is part of a wider struggle about who and what culture is for
Peruvian artists address the Covid crisis in the Amazon
A project to raise funds for Amazonian communities also raises questions about the status of indigenous people in Peru
Trial by fire – the rush to rebuild Notre-Dame
Was the pledge to restore the cathedral in just five years a reasonable commitment or a rash promise?
A summer of blunders at the French Culture Ministry
The sudden sacking of Nicolas Bourriaud suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of the art world
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