Until July 24th, 2016, the Musée de l’Armée is coming back on a significant period of French history: Napoléon 1st’s exile on Saint Helena Island. Defeated in the Battle of Waterloo on June 18th, 1815, he was exiled there, lost right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The exhibition “Napoleon in Saint Helena” follows […]
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- June 27, 2016
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In addition to its exhibition consecrated to the Great War, “Le patrimoine s’en va en guerre”, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine de la Ville de Paris is interested in the 50 years of the Portuguese architecture. This large retrospective is organised on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Fondation Calouste-Gulbenkian (1965-2015), […]
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- June 24, 2016
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This year, the music festival Les Siestes Electroniques is starting earlier than expected, at the end of June, to tally with the celebration of the anniversary of the musée du quai Branly, which celebrates its ten years. The most zen summer festival Created in 2002, in Toulouse, this festival is particular because it offers a […]
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- June 23, 2016
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From June 24th to 26th, the Hippodrome de Longchamp hosts the new edition of the music festival Solidays. For two days, festival-goers will be living at the rhythm of music in favour of love and for the fight against AIDS. A rich and varied programming Solidays is before everything a particularly rich musical programme, with […]
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- June 22, 2016
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The musée du quai Branly is welcoming families during the summer period, on the occasion of Jardin d’Eté. This event offers several free activities to live in open air. Family workshop (from 4 years old), participatory workshops, told sessions during a visit which lasts for 1 hour (from 3 years old) are part of the […]
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- June 21, 2016
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On the fringes of the exhibition it is consecrating to painter George Desvallières, the Petit Palais is suggesting another retrospective, dedicated to the artists who influenced it. With “Concordances esthétiques”, we discover Desvallières’s masters, from Jules Elie Delaunay to Gustave Moreau. All the exhibited works come from the collection of paintings and graphic arts of […]
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- June 20, 2016
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For its new exhibition, the Maison de Balzac is displaying more than 150 works, among which some have never been unveiled to the general public, all from the museum’s collection. We discover the night worker that Balzac was but also how this writer was shaped both by his time and his contemporaries. Thus, these are […]
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- June 17, 2016
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For the first time in France, the musée du quai Branly is consecrating an important exhibition on Marquesas Islands. Over the centuries, this Polynesian archipelago constantly fascinated the artists, whether they are singers like Jacques Brel, painters like Paul Gauguin, musicians or writers. 300 objects and works of art are presented until next July 24th, […]
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- June 13, 2016
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Until next June 20th, the Grand Palais is interested in the masterpieces of Korean ceramics, through its exhibition “La terre, le feu, l’esprit”. It is displaying pieces from the collection of the National Museum of Korea, among which most has been ranked Treasure or National Treasure. Indeed, ceramics is an art in itself in Korea. […]
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- June 10, 2016
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From June 11th until next July 31st, the Paris Jazz Festival is making a major comeback at the Parc Floral de Paris, for a series of open-air concerts. Therefore, it’s just nearby the Château de Versailles, in exceptional and bucolic surroundings that world jazz lovers are day and night invited to discover international groups and […]
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- June 09, 2016
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