Outside its “Destins Dolganes” exhibition, the musée de l’Homme offers an installation on the Balcon des Sciences, entitled “Explorers of sounds” (“Explorateur de sons”). It invites us to discover the DIADEMS research programme funded by the National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la Recherche). It gathers researchers, archivists and engineers from seven different institutions. Together, […]
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- February 19, 2016
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After Paulo Ribeiro’s dance show, it is the turn of Carolyn Carlson to light up the Théâtre National de Chaillot from February 17th to 20th next, with the 22 dancers of the Opéra de Bordeaux’s ballet. For her new creation entitled “Pneuma”, the American choreographer took inspiration from philosopher Gaston Bachelard’s famous text “Air and […]
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- February 16, 2016
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Since last Friday, the musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris exhibits six works of Hugh Weiss (1925-2007) in its permanent collections. These paintings were given by the artist’s widow, photographer Sabine Weiss. They are hanging alongside artworks on paper, photographs and little notebooks made by Sabine Weiss. This retrospective organised nearby the Green […]
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- February 15, 2016
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Since yesterday and until March 7th 2016, the jardin des Plantes invites flower lovers to discover its “Thousand and one orchids” (“Mille et une orchidées”) exhibition for a third edition. Last year, the public discovered specimens from Asia. This 2016 edition offers to admire about a hundred species which come from Chèvreloup Arboretum’s greenhouses (78), […]
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- February 12, 2016
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For its new exhibition, the musée de l’Homme presents a photo exhibition by Nicolas Mingasson, in association with the Observatoire Photographique des Pôles. Through 70 exposed shots, visitors are invited to discover unknown people, those of the Dolganes of the North Taïmyr, one of the most isolated of the Russian Antarctic. Theses reindeer farms are […]
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- February 08, 2016
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With its new exhibition entitled “Persona. Etrangement humain” (“Persona. Strangely human”), the musée du quai Branly wonders about our relation to objects. Thanks to the anthropologists’ works, we try to understand how the inanimate can become animated. For this purpose, we discover art objects, whether contemporary, westerner or not, but also high-tech products, as robots and […]
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- February 05, 2016
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Until February 21st 2016, the Grand Palais offers to discover the story of the Louis Vuitton famous maison of leather goods, throughout the “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” (“Fly, Sail, Travel – Louis Vuitton”) retrospective. Divided in nine parts, this free exhibition shows the brand’s founders, and notably Georges Vuitton. He revealed the brand to the large […]
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- February 01, 2016
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The Cité de l’architecture takes an interest in the city of Chandigarh, new capital of the Penjab, thought by Le Corbusier (1887-1965) after India’s proclamation of independence. Fifty years after the architect’s death, the museum presents the everyday life of this city, but especially how Indians have lived the Corbusean modernity, in assimilating it or […]
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- January 29, 2016
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The Aquarium Tropical de la Porte Dorée in Paris hosts a photos exhibition about the Lengguru mountain. Located in West Papua, on the New-Guinea Island in Indonesia, this mountain is characterised by numerous series of mountainous reliefs which are separated by deep valleys. This location difficult to access for man constitutes an important reserve of […]
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- January 25, 2016
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The Grand Palais dedicates an important retrospective to French photographer Lucien Clergue (1934-2014). This self-taught, friend of Pablo Picasso, founded in 1968 the Festival International de photographie des rencontres d’Arles (International Photography Festival of the Rencontres d’Arles) helped by Michel Tournier. Organised each year in July on site, it gathers the greatest photographers of the […]
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- January 22, 2016
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