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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As the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, scheduled for December 2015, is getting closer, the Louvre museum exhibits 160 works acquired by the future museum under the pyramid, in the Napoleon Hall. To discover: paintings by Magritte, Picasso, Manet and Jordaens, but also ancient objects like figures of lion made 3,000 years ago, or […]
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- June 12, 2014
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For its summer exhibition, the Galeries Lafayette gallery welcomes visual artist Xavier Veilhan. After his collaborations with musicians like Air, Sébastien tellier and the experimental composer Eliane Radigue, the artist is mixing music and art again. From time to time, this retrospective will also comprise some concerts from the following labels: Tricatel, Enterprise and Versatile. […]
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- June 11, 2014
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Inaugurated on October 20th 1982, the Fondation Cartier is now celebrating its 30th birthday. For the occasion, this contemporary art temple has organized some festivities that will last during March 2015. The first one is the retrospective "Vivid Memories", which exhibits the most significant and spectacular works in the Fondation's collections. The public will be […]
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- June 10, 2014
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At the end of May, a new art gallery called Jardins en Art (Gardens in Art) and dedicated to artists and literature related to gardens, has opened in the area of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. For free, the gallery's inaugural exhibition presents the works of French sculptor-landscaper Jean-Marc de Pas, as well as some trompe-l'oeil made by Paul […]
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- June 09, 2014
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The 40 winners (2007-2014) of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, in partnership with the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris, wonder about architecture in a period of great transitions, whether demographic, urban, ecological, industrial or energy-related. More than 200 projects of international architects are shown to the public, in order to reenchant […]
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- June 06, 2014
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We already told you about the music festival Les Siestes Electroniques last year. Created in Toulouse in 2002, this festival has first settled in Paris in 2011, right at the heart of the garden of the Quai Branly Museum. This free open-air event was originally focused on electro music, but is now proposing an eclectic […]
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- June 05, 2014
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If you are a TV addict, you are going to love the new exhibition of the Musée des Arts et Métiers! Organized in partnership with the INA (French National Audiovisual Institute), this show recounts 80 years of French television history, from the famous cathode-ray tube to nowadays high-definition screens. The event also invites you to […]
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- June 05, 2014
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The new exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo deals with artists's reflections of the world's physical, moral and political factors. Ever since Goya, modern artists have always paid attention to what we may call "the state of reality", that is every utopia and revolt suffered by men. By depicting the landscape of our anxieties, they […]
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- June 04, 2014
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