The Latest Breaking News from the Grand Palais

A behind-the-scenes look into 'La Dolce Vita'

The 27th annual Paris Photo, the world’s largest photography fair, began on 7 November at the Grand Palais. The event, this year, showcased 45 publishers presenting everything from best-selling editions to experimental Japanese "object books", and highlighting the growing, albeit niche, market for photography publications.

The sport was introduced to the Paralympic programme for Tokyo 2020.

It's only Day 1 but it's full, full, full of wonderful things. Jackie Chan added some action hero authenticity to the start of the para taekwondo at the Grand Palais and he was there at the end to hand out medals and offer a big smiling hug to the competitors.…

Et voilà. At the end of a Mexican wave at the Grand Palais, France had its 16th gold medal and Althéa Laurin had hers in taekwondo - France's first in the sport. Cue La Marseillaise.

Palestinian athlete Omar Ismail was beaten in the last 16 of the men's flyweight taekwondo Wednesday, ending the 18-year-old's hopes of winning gold at the Paris Olympics. Fighters from Iran, Israel and Saudi Arabia took to the mat in the Grand Palais, with two athletes from the Refugee Olympic Team…

Hackers launched a ransomware attack on several Paris museums including the Grand Palais, an Olympics venue. It is the latest cyber attack on institutions during the Games, though France's national systems security agency says it will not impact the event.

The atmosphere in Paris’s ornate Grand Palais was electric during the final night of fencing in the 2024 Olympics, with Japan cutting down both the Italian and French teams in men’s foil, condemning them to silver and bronze respectively.

Manon Apithy-Brunet beat fellow Frenchwoman Sara Balzer on Monday night at the Grand Palais in central Paris to win the 2024 Olympic women's sabre title.