Fashion and art have long danced a pas de deux, with artists evoking dress in their work and designers referencing art in their creations. But rarely are the two examined together by major art institutions, said Annabelle Ténèze, the director of the Musée du Louvre-Lens, a satellite in Lens, northern France, of the famed Musée…
Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging app Telegram who was charged in France last year with a range of crimes related to illicit activity on the app, has been allowed to temporarily leave the country. Mr. Durov had been barred from leaving France, but the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Monday that the investigative…
On an overcast day late last year, Denise Lambert retrieved a square of linen from a tall dye vat, wrung it out and hung it on a wall rack inside her small atelier in this picturesque southwestern French village. “The kids think I’m a nice witch,” said Ms. Lambert, now 73, as the fabric reacted…
An early morning tour of the historic Sèvres porcelain factory was part of a recent work day for Hervé Lemoine, the president of Manufactures Nationales, a decorative arts organization established in January by the French government. “To understand the richness of these crafts, you have to see them practiced,” Mr. Lemoine, 63, said on a…
