To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine is holding a great retrospective dedicated to this French architect and theorist of the 19th century who was fascinated by the Middle Ages. He is mostly famous for his interpretive “restorations” of medieval buildings, such as […]
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- January 23, 2015
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Happy Léon is a brand new online shop offering organic, natural and vegan cosmetics. It was founded by Gala, who has always been a vegetarian and became vegan after she discovered all her beauty products were tested on defenceless animals. By selling vegan products only on her website, she intends to prove that everybody can […]
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- January 22, 2015
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The island of Rhodes abounds with archaeological treasures, and has been a trading hub between the Aegan and the East since ancient times. Four great European museums – the Louvre, the museums of Rhodes and Copenhagen and the British Museum – have created together this exhibition about Rhodian art, entitled “Rhodes, une île grecque aux […]
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- January 22, 2015
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The Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature is presenting over a hundred pictures from the photography agency Jean Delton, which was active from 1862 to 1914 in Paris. Louis-Jean Delton, with the help of his two sons Jean-Louis and Georges, was specialised in equestrian portrait for half a century. The photographs selected for […]
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- January 21, 2015
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At La Lutherie Urbaine (“Urban Instrument Factory”), sort of music laboratory, the watchword is creative recycling. Founded in 2000 by jazz drummer and composer Jean-Louis Mechali, this association offers to give a new life to various second-hand objects – washing-machine drums, pipes, tennis balls, forks, PVC parts, resin, glass and cardboard – by making instruments […]
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- January 20, 2015
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This new exhibition at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine should enchant the ‘City of Lights’ enthusiasts. Until March 9th 2015, the museum hosts the comic strips of François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters’ last album “Revoir Paris” (“Paris again”), from their fantasy series “Les Cités Obscures” (“Dark Cities”). These two artists echo their vision […]
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- January 20, 2015
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the foundation Cartier, the Argentinian painter Guillermo Kuitca created an exhibition to put his works in parallel with drawings and paintings of several great artists. Among them: David Lynch, Francis Bacon, Patti Smith, Vija Celmins, and Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral. Entitled “The inhabitants” after Armenian film director Artavazd […]
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- January 19, 2015
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During more than 30 years, English photographer Michael Kenna immortalized Paris’ bridges, quays and monuments in his black and white pictures. Empty of all human presence, these Parisian places are magnified by the contrast between shadow and light, and thus endowed with a timeless character. The musée Carnavalet has purchased many of the artist’s works […]
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- January 16, 2015
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Among the many professional makeup brands existing, very few are environment-friendly. At Green Hotels Paris, we fell in love with Nvey Eco, an organic artistic makeup brand. Created in 2005, Nvey Eco imposed itself as a pioneer in terms of organic makeup by proposing a full range of products that respect both the environment and […]
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- January 15, 2015
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The musée Cognacq-Jay has re-opened its doors to the public, after two months being closed, with an exhibition entitled “Enlightenment – carte blanche for Christian Lacroix”. The French fashion designer has re-imagined the atmosphere of the museum by mixing contemporary works, the museum’s collections of objects from the 18th century and theatre costumes, exhibited till […]
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- January 15, 2015
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