A woman has defaced Eugene Delacroix's painting "Liberty Leading the People" with a black marker as it hung in an outpost of the Louvre gallery in northern France.

PARIS — Symbols of the French state, including policemen, firemen, and postmen, are under intensified attack from disaffected youths as the country faces the worst race-relations crisis in its history ...

Police arrested a 28-year-old woman on Thursday for writing "AE911" across the bottom of a painting so closely identified with the French Republic that its image once graced the 100-franc note and ...

Figures with diverse backgrounds and trajectories, all of them were elevated to the rank of emblems of the French Republic. Education Minister Pap Ndiaye leaving the council of ministers at the ...

The new emblem of the French Republic, or Marianne, did not gain significant attention until 1792, however, the origins of this “goddess of Liberty” dates back to 1775.

Brigitte Bardot, the French sex-goddess-turned-animal-rights-activist, is being shunned throughout France because of her support for the extreme right-wing National Front. Her pouting face was used… ...

Symbol of French Republic defaced in art attack. Reuters, Saturday 9 Feb 2013. A 28-year-old woman was arrested for writing "AE911" with stands for "Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth" on ...

Symbol of French Republic defaced in art attack. Reuters, Saturday 9 Feb 2013. A 28-year-old woman was arrested for writing "AE911" with stands for "Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth" on ...