Every year since 2008, the Château de Versailles consecrates a retrospective to a French or foreign contemporary artist. This summer, it is the turn of the Danish artist Olafur Eliasson to take possession of the premises, from June 7th to October 30th, 2016. He is internationally famous for his spectacular installations like “The weather project” […]
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- July 15, 2016
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From July 2nd to August 21st, 2016, come to discover Paris in a new way, at the edges of the canal de l’Ourcq, on the occasion of the 2016 edition of l’Eté du Canal festival. On the programme? Dance balls, more than a 100 cruises and some exhibitions organised from the Bassin de la Villette […]
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- July 14, 2016
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After going for a stroll at the festival Les Pestacles, dedicated to children, why not make a trip in one of Ile-de-France’s most famous zoos? This summer, the Parc et Château de Thoiry launches a challenge to its young visitors: the Grand défi du labyrinthe. Organised within its plant maze, 1.4-mile long, this game offers […]
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- July 12, 2016
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By consecrating a retrospective to Nobuyoshi Araki (born in 1940 in Tokyo), the musée Guimet is interested in the art of the Japanese bondage. Master of contemporary Japanese photography, he is internationally famous for its photographs of tied up women according to the Kinbaku’s ancient rules. With more than 400 prints displayed, it’s the biggest […]
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- July 11, 2016
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For its new exhibition consecrated to baby animals, the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie invites children from 2 to 7 to set off on an adventure. This retrospective was designed with a joyful and coloured scenography where several physical and sensory games as well as multimedia activities await the young audience. Children will be […]
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- July 08, 2016
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For its exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, the South African artist Dineo Seshee Bopape suggests an immersive installation. For this creation, she drew her inspiration from the rendition of Nina Simone’s “Feelings” at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976. Her work enables to ask ourselves about socio-political contexts but also on the saturation of […]
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- July 04, 2016
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The Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine of the City of Paris is unveiling the universe of architect Yona Friedman, on the occasion of an eponymous exhibition. Born in 1923 in Budapest, he studied architecture in Hungary then in Israel where he started his career, before getting to France where he settled in Paris in […]
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- July 01, 2016
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For this first edition, Kiosques en Fête suggests more than 800 activities spread out in several arrondissements of the capital. At the root of this event? A call for projects named “Des kiosques pour faire la fête”, launched by the Mairie de Paris in 2014, in order to renovate the 40 bandstands of the capital […]
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- June 30, 2016
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Real musical event dedicated to the younger people, Les Pestacles is coming back from June 8th to next September 28th. For its 8th edition, the Parc Floral de Paris welcomes this entertaining family moment, in an exceptional bucolic setting. Les Pestacles © Ère de jeu An intergenerational festival The association Ère de Jeu, organiser of […]
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- June 29, 2016
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This summer, the Ile-de-France region welcomes a brand new festival, which unites ecology and music. Organised in the forest of Fontainebleau on 74.6 acres of clearing, Rainforest intends to raise festival-goers’ awareness of selective sorting while enabling them to have fun! A rich programming For its first edition, Rainforest allows itself brilliant top of the […]
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- June 28, 2016
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