France and China will mark their diplomatic anniversary with a blockbuster exhibition on cultural exchanges

Show focuses on the golden age of collecting between France and China in the 17th and 18th centuries

The French artist will display a tapestry more than 100 metres long inspired by Virginia Woolf

Mayor of Amiens in France asks pop star to loan work believed to be by Jérôme-Martin Langlois, spotted in a photograph of her home

Madame du Barry, whose life is the subject of a new Netflix film, was born into poverty and sold trinkets on the streets of Paris before joining court circles in her 20s

Objects recalling palace life in its pre-revolutionary pomp go on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

The palace’s online platform will offer virtual reality experiences and a Game of Thrones-themed quiz

The piece of furniture by Bernard II van Risenburgh, which left for the US almost four decades ago, was commissioned by Louis XV for his stepdaughter

The group exhibition includes works by Martin Parr and Vivianne Sassen