Artnet

Musée d’Orsay Revisits the First Impressionist Exhibition—With a V.R. Boost

The story of Impressionism’s birth has been told so often, it’s more myth than historic event. Generally, the tale goes something like this: in 1874, a ragtag gang of disaffected artists reject the ...
Artnet

In Pictures: the Musée d’Orsay Presents Kehinde Wiley’s Fallen Figures Alongside the Historic Sculptures That Inspired Them

Formerly a train station, the grand central nave of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris has retained its high ceilings and streaming natural light, making it the ideal exhibition space for historic sculptural ...
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 ...
U.S. News & World Report

Musée d'Orsay

U.S. News Insider Tip: Visit on the first Sunday of the month for free entry (when it’s also free to enter the Centre Pompidou, Musée de l'Orangerie, Musée du Rodin, Musée Picasso and several other ...
The New York Times

Bringing a Giant Canvas Back to Life, as Museum Visitors Watch

The Musée d’Orsay demystified art conservation by turning the meticulous, yearlong restoration of a 22-foot Gustave Courbet painting into a public event. Credit...Video by Elliott Verdier Supported by ...
Le Monde.fr

Musée d'Orsay needs to offer young people 'even more stimulating programming,' says president

Sylvain Amic, president of the Orsay and Orangerie museums, at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, January 7, 2025. AXELLE DE RUSSE FOR LE MONDE In 2024, the Orsay and Orangerie museums welcomed 4.9 million ...
Le Monde.fr

At Musée d'Orsay, a Courbet painting gets a new life before visitors' eyes

Restoration of the painting "A Burial at Ornans" (1849-1850) by Gustave Courbet, at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, June 2025. LAETITIA STIRFFLING Artisinal precision and unwavering patience: In the main ...
The Art Newspaper

Musée d’Orsay in Paris renamed after late French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing

The French culture minister, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, has announced that the Musée d’Orsay in Paris will be renamed after the late French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing. On 25 March, the French ...
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 ...
The Art Newspaper

'Musée d’Orsay can no longer be a tourist factory': Christophe Leribault named new director of Paris museum

The musical chairs of director moves at French public and private institutions continues with the appointment of Christophe Leribault as the president of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and its affiliated ...