Art in France

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

Like the monarchs in its home country, this sculpture keeps losing its head.

A tribute shrine where the Space Invasion street art movement started.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

This massive and eclectic collection is filled with thousands of sculptures, masks, and assemblages.

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

This facility has manufactured stunning tapestries for France's royalty ever since the 17th century.

Tens of thousands of ancient rock carvings hidden in the heart of a French national park.

This pair of running lions engraved on animal bone is one of the earliest artistic depictions of big cats.

A treasure trove of fine art is hiding inside this small medieval abbey in Gascony.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.