Musée d'Orsay faces demand for restitution of Van Gogh painting

The descendant of a German Jewish art collector persecuted by the Nazis is seeking the return of the painting 'Hôpital ...
Artlyst

Van Gogh Restitution Bid Against Musée d’Orsay Nears Decision

The Van Gogh restitution bid against Musée d'Orsay is nearing a decision after nearly ten years of claims for Saint-Paul ...

The Orsay Museum will be exceptionally closed this Thursday due to a technical issue.

Bad news for those who had planned to visit today: the Musée d'Orsay will be closed this Thursday, June 25, 2026, due to a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Spend the Night in the Musée d’Orsay’s Clock Room on the Evening of the Olympics Opening Ceremony

Guests will get to stay inside the Musée d'Orsay's clock room on the night of July 26. Frederik Vercruysse When the Olympics kick off in Paris on July 26, the opening ceremony will take place along ...
Artnet

With a New Show at Musée d’Orsay, Elmgreen and Dragset Are Writing Fragile Masculinities Back Into Art History

In a city like Paris, full of monuments to famous conquests and heroic figures from history, the artist duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset take a different tack. For a new exhibition at the ...
Hyperallergic

Musée d’Orsay Puts Focus on Overlooked and Anonymous Black Models in French Masterpieces

Édouard Manet, “Laure” (1863), oil on canvas, 130 x 190 cm (via Wikimedia Commons, Musée d’Orsay, Paris) Editors note 3/28/19: This article was based on an Agence-France Press report originally titled ...
Observer

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

The Musée d’Orsay on the banks of the Seine in Paris on December 08, 2020 in Paris, France. Frédéric Soltan/Corbis via Getty Images Soon, after a formal decree is passed in the French Council of State ...
Le Monde.fr

At Musée d'Orsay, Manet and Degas reunite in a friendly and fruitful artistic match

"Women at the Terrace of a Café in the Evening" (1877) by Edgar Degas. Pastel on monotype. MUSÉE D’ORSAY, DIST. RMN-GRAND PALAIS/PATRICE SCHMIDT Degas and Manet, it is the marriage of oil and water.
Artnet

At the Musée d’Orsay’s High-Tech New Van Gogh Show, an A.I. Version of the Artist Will Answer Visitors’ Questions

The pandemic-induced craze for “immersive Van Gogh” experiences has waned, forcing one leading provider to file for bankruptcy earlier this year. Now, for its new exhibition dedicated to the beloved ...
The Guardian

‘It’s time to re-examine its radical nature’: Paris to celebrate 150 years of impressionism

Musée d’Orsay to open a major show to throw new light on the 1874 exhibition that marked the advent of avant-garde art It is 1874 in Paris, and the early years of the Third Republic. Baron Haussmann ...