The Centre culturel Suisse (Swiss cultural center) in Paris presents the work of young dabbler artist Augustin Rebetez. The exhibition comprises a multitude of small-size works, like paintings, framed drawings as well as onscreen texts and videos. Exhibition: "Augustin Rebetez", from March 1st to 30th, 2014. Open Tuesday - Sunday from 1pm to 7pm. Free […]
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- March 11, 2014
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This exhibition comes back to the history of military justice, focusing on those who were "shot as an example" during the Great War of 1914-1918. Who were those 740 men that were shot to death? How did the government that was in office at that time take on the subject? All these question will find […]
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- March 10, 2014
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The Collège des Bernardins, in Paris, is holding a contemporary art retrospective that gathers the works of about fifteen international artists, like Chen Zhen, Romain Bernini and Ingrid Luche. This free event deals with human nomadism. Exhibition: “Des hommes, des mondes” (Of Men, of Worlds), from March 17th to June 15th, 2014. Open from Monday […]
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- March 07, 2014
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The Grand Palais is proposing a major retrospective of the work of Bill Viola, the contemporary specialist of video art. This exhibition combines moving paintings and spectacularly imposing works, from 1977 to nowadays. You will discover the main themes the artist deals with, like death, life and transfiguration, which are both intimate and universal quests. […]
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- March 06, 2014
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The Musée d’Orsay is devoting an exhibition to the great Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (1853 – 1890), and more particularly to his incredible lucidity, even when society thought he was nothing but insane. Based on a text written by the French poet Antonin Artaud (1896 – 1948), “Le Suicidé de la société” (The Man […]
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- March 05, 2014
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Thanks to a high number of audiovisual archives, teaching modules, interactive digital devices and instruments, the Musée de la Musique (French Music Museum) is developing the meaning of the expression “black music”. Artists such as Michael Jackson, Cesaria Evora, Billie Holiday, Oum Kalsoum and Bob Marley are gathered in this exhibition. It reveals the unity […]
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- March 04, 2014
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This three-story exhibition comprises around 1,200 works by Jean Marais. More famous for his actor career (Beauty and the Beast, Peau d’Âne, Fantômas, etc.), Jean Marais was also an illustrator, painter and sculptor. Amid a theatrical setting, you will discover costumes, notes and scenery mockups, but also ceramics, fashion drawings made by the artist, and […]
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- March 03, 2014
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The Quai Branly Museum presents an exhibition on “Negro Anthology”, written by the 19th-Century British activist and writer Nancy Cunard. This 855-page book depicts the political and cultural history of Africa and the black Americas of her time. Exhibition: “Black Atlantic, by Nancy Cunard”, from March 4th to May 18th, 2014. Open on Tuesday, Wednesday […]
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- February 28, 2014
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The Galerie Matignon is hosting the works of French street artist Cyril Phan, also known as Kongo. This autodidact artist was first famous as a tagger and graffiti artist in Paris, but also throughout Europe and the United States. He also joined the MAC CREW collective, and is the co-founder of the Kosmopolite festival, dedicated […]
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- February 27, 2014
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“Sacred Wood”, the new exhibition of the Quai Branly Museum, aims at explaining the initiation ceremony, a mandatory rite for each individual. The Poro initiation finds its origins in several western African communities, in particular in the secret societies of the Guinean forests located in Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast. Exhibition: “Sacred Wood, Initiation in […]
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- February 26, 2014
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