Paris hides lot of treasures. The “Eau non potable, eau d’avenir” (“Non-drinking water, water of the future”) retrospective at the Pavillon de l’Eau takes an interest in the sustainable city of tomorrow, but above all, in the non-drinking water network of the city of Paris. How is it supplied? Who had the idea? To where […]
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- January 18, 2016
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After Jeanne Lanvin, The Palais Galliera takes an interest in another great woman in Fashion: Countess Greffulhe. Born Elisabeth de Caraman-Chimay (1860-1952), the most beautiful woman of Paris was known both for her elegance and her mind. She moved on to posterity thanks to Marcel Proust in his famous book: A la recherche du temps […]
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- January 15, 2016
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Until January 25th 2016, the art of the Florentine portrait of the XVI century is on display at the musée Jacquemart-André, nearby the avenue des Champs-Elysées and the Green Hotels Paris, the Eiffel Trocadéro and the Gavarni. It is the occasion for the public to admire works from the Italian art of the Renaissance and […]
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- January 11, 2016
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This exhibition scheduled until February 29th 2016 at the Cité de l’architecture invites us to discover the work method of Italian architect Renzo Piano and his team. Born on 14 September 1937 in a builder family, the creative is early steeped in this universe. With “La méthode Piano” (“The Piano method”), the builder’s whole creative […]
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- January 08, 2016
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In response to its current exhibition “Kuniyoshi, le démon de l’estampe”, the Petit Palais displays around forty ceramics and engravings in these permanent collections. They reveal the influence of the culinary art in Japan, on the occasion of the second half of the XIX century. The public will admire two plates of the famous Service Rousseau […]
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- January 04, 2016
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Until January 11th 2016, the musée Guimet hosts the new Mainichi Shodokai foundation’s works of Japanese contemporary calligraphy. “The Empire of ink” invites visitors to admire the works of European artists who have been affected by this art, modelled on Belgian painter Henri Michaux (1899-1984) and on Canadian-British painter Brion Gysin (1916-1986). Their paintings are […]
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- January 01, 2016
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The Cité de l’Architecture located nearby the Green Hotels Paris takes interest in the Atelier d’urbanisme et d’architecture, the AUA (the Atelier in the Architecture and Urbanism Workshop), in its new exhibition. Renowned for its multidisciplinary approach, this workshop was the first to gather architects, urbanists, decorators, engineers, but also sociologists. All this talents met […]
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- December 28, 2015
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The Palais de Tokyo proposes the first global exhibition dedicated to the life and work of John Giorno (born is 1936). This American poet was one of the iconic characters of Andy Warhol’s first movies, getting into position as a major figure of the underground stage of the 1960’s in the United-States. To celebrate his […]
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- December 25, 2015
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“Fenêtres sur Athènes” is both the new exhibition of the Cité de l’Architecture, but also a participative project leaded by visual artist Ianna Andréadis since 3 years. Through a selection of 400 photographs, visitors are invited to discover Athens in another way, from thousands of windows. Athenians have been encouraged by the artist to photograph […]
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- December 21, 2015
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It is within these permanent contemporary collections that the musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris (Museum of modern Art of the City of Paris) hosts work of artist Niele Toroni (born in Swiss, in 1937). This collaboration dwells on the painter’s work method which he developed in 1967: he puts a paintbrush larger […]
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- December 18, 2015
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