For the first time, the Maillol museum opens Ilya Kabakov's Community Kitchen (La Cuisine Communautaire, in French) to the public. The artist was a major figure of nonconformist art under the USSR totalitarian system in the late 60s. The Russian artist created this "installation", mixing painting, theater and literature, in 1992 for Dina Vierny, a […]
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- June 25, 2014
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Kati Horna is a pioneer in photojournalism. Like many artists in the 1930s, she ran away from Hungarian conflicts and took refuge in Berlin. In 1937, on request of the republican government, she made an album on Spanish civil war. Her photos are a m ix of realistic chronicle and visual experimentation inspired by surrealism. […]
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- June 24, 2014
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On August 25th 1944, Paris was liberated from German occupation by General Leclerc's Second Armoured Division and the Allies. Two months after this historical event, the Musée Carnavalet reopened to present an exhibition devoted to the liberation of the French capital. Seventy years later, the museum devotes another exhibition to this matter, for the 70th anniversary […]
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- June 23, 2014
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The Centre Pompidou focuses on architect Bernard Tschumi in an exhibition that happens to be the first major retrospective on his work. Almost three hundred and fifty hitherto unseen drawings, sketches, collages and mockups are shown, unveiling the work of this architecture theorist. The event recounts Bernard Tschumi's path and depicts around thirty of his […]
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- June 20, 2014
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Saturday, June 21st is the first day of summer, but also the 33rd edition of the World Music Day (or Fête de la Musique, in French) in Paris! The whole capital will beat at the pace of this legendary and joyful celebration. Check out the program of four places near the Gavarni and Eiffel Trocadéro […]
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- June 19, 2014
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Avec motifs apparents (With visible patterns) is a collective exhibition that gathers six visual artists: Prune Nourry, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Jérémy Gobé, Xavier Juillot, Alice Mulliez and Kader Attia. They all want to reveal their thoughts through monumental works. For the visitors, those works create a link between the aesthetical dimension of the creation before […]
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- June 19, 2014
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At the Four Seasons Hotel George V, the photograph Harry Benson pays a tribute to the Beatles with his exhibition "I Feel Fine". Fifty years earlier, the legendary band had slept at the George V hotel during their series of concerts at the Olympia. Today, in the hall of the luxuous palace and in front of […]
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- June 18, 2014
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At the instigation of sculptors Gabrielle Conhil de Beyssac and Jules Guissart, the Galerie Maubert welcomes a futuristic exhibition. Through their sculptures, they give an artistic dimension to science. Inspired by astronomy, physics, chemistry and geometry, both artists give body to scientific ideas and experiments. Gabrielle Conhil de Beyssac and Jules Guissard thus manage to […]
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- June 17, 2014
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The Salon Planètes Timbres (Stamps Planet Salon) is an event launched in 2004 by French postal service "La Poste", which takes place at the Parc Floral de Paris. This year's theme is "Aux Timbres Citoyens" ("Citizens, take up stamps), and visitors are prompted to take part in conferences and free workshops about philately. Approximately 100 […]
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- June 16, 2014
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For its new exhibition, the Swedish Institute has selected works from Stockholm's Nationalmuseum collections, all focusing on crafts and materials. Visitors can discover unique pieces, made in silver, glass, ceramics or fabrics, by following a precise, slow and painstaking creation process. A free exhibition that will especially fascinates those who pay attention to little details. […]
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- June 13, 2014
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