The Cernuschi Museum welcomes a significant retrospective consecrated to the Chinese painter Zao Wou-Ki, further to the donation of Mrs Françoise Marquet-Zao. This exhibition comes back, notably, to the time during which the artist turned for figuration to abstraction, the period when he used charcoal, gouache, watercolour and ink. Then, the visitor is invited to […]
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- July 25, 2016
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On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the musée du quai Branly consecrates a significant retrospective to its founder: Jacques Chirac. Until October 9th, 2016, visitors are invited to discover the former President of the French Republic in a new light, through his passion for the history of non-European civilisations, like the Asian or the […]
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- July 22, 2016
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Until the return from the summer holidays, the Palais de Tokyo consecrates an exhibition to one of the most translated and read in the world contemporary artists of French language since the 1990’s: Michel Houellebecq. With “Rester vivant”, he gives up his role of writer for the artist’s one. Poet, essayist, novelist and director at […]
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- July 18, 2016
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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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