Why is the Louvre called the Louvre? Why do the upper stories of its 17th-century buildings tilt in? One thing is clear: So many of us return because Paris is filled with mesmerizing shadows.

A workman stumbled upon a 17th-century painting hidden behind a wall in Paris. Now, it will be the centerpiece of an Oscar de la Renta store.

The first salons were established in 17th Century Paris, where nobility mingled with intellectuals in parlors of well-connected women, including poet Madeleine de Scudery, to discuss ideas that wou… ...

La Belle Limonadiere, hand coloured etching (1816). Lemonade was ubiquitous in mid-17th century Paris. Where the limonadiers went, piles of spent lemon peels followed. As rats nibbled on the peels ...

Art & Exhibitions How a 17th-Century Power Struggle Over Caravaggio’s Art Anchors a Rare Exhibition in Paris. Rome’s Galleria Borghese has loaned a trove of Renaissance and Baroque works to ...

A home appraiser in France spotted what he thought was a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Younger. The client told him it was clearly a fake. Turns out the 400-year-old painting was authentic.