The Musée du Louvre, through its exhibition entitled “Medieval Morocco: an empire from Africa to Spain”, brings to light the influence of the Almoravid, Almohad and Marinid dynasties upon contemporary Morocco. Nearly 300 pieces from various domains – clothing, calligraphy, architectural ornament, even ivory – are exposed. This retrospective allows to appreciate the Moroccan art […]
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- December 19, 2014
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With the holidays fast approaching, winter-themed activities are flourishing in the Paris’streets. With ice-skating rinks, merry-go-rounds and Christmas markets, the city is completely transformed during a couple of weeks, to the delight of all. We prepared a nice itinerary to do with your family during the holiday season. The Hôtel de Ville ice-skating rink Near […]
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- December 18, 2014
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The Galerie Binôme is hosting works from the photographer Marc Lathuillière, who roamed through roughly thirty French departments to take portraits of nearly 500 people. What’s so peculiar about his pictures? They all depict people wearing a child’s face mask. Furthermore, some of his photographs have been annotated with critical texts by Michel Houellebecq. “Marc […]
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- December 18, 2014
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La Conciergerie is presenting an exhibit about Saint-Louis’ reign to celebrate the 800th anniversary of his birth. This retrospective exhibition, organised in partnership with the Musée du Louvre, highlights the different facets of this king who undoubtedly marked French history. 130 works of art have therefore been gathered together: some paintings, manuscripts, stained glass windows, […]
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- December 17, 2014
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Michel Houellebecq, author of the best-seller Particules élémentaires (also known as The Elementary Particles), and photographer Marc Lathuillière created together this exhibition of photographs that inspired the writer’s recent work. This retrospective discusses France and its decline; visitors can admire pictures of standardized city centres, deserted lands, and railway hubs, all interlaced with some extracts […]
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- December 16, 2014
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The Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson organised his first major exhibit thanks to the Modern Art Museum of Paris in 2002. Since then, he has come a long way and is now presenting his work in the Fondation Louis Vuitton. It is on the ground floor of the building designed by Frank Gehry that Eliasson is […]
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- December 15, 2014
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The Musée du quai Branly welcomes an exhibition about one of the most fascinating civilisations in History: The Mayas. Through their sculptures, frescos and their architecture, this temporary retrospective offers a discovery of their habits and shows the cultural diversity which existed between the different groups. The public can also discover ceramic vases and constructions […]
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- December 12, 2014
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The Galerie Sakura in the Marais welcomes the work of 10 artists, photographers, visual artists and sculptors, who pay homage to Goldorak. It’s at the end of the 1970s that France discovered the way of the Club Dorothée this type of animated Japanese design. The success was instant, and for a good reason, the children […]
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- December 11, 2014
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For 10 years, Kate MccGwire has been making unusual sculptures, covered in feathers from doves, pigeons, and crows, protected by cloches and old glass covers. Her work is inspired largely by stuffed birds, conserved under the cover of the glass that protect them against the dust or heavy-handedness of humans, that are in the natural […]
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- December 10, 2014
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The Institut du Monde Arabe welcomes the works of 80 contemporary Moroccan artists, designers, visual artists, fashion designers, and even architects, for the occasion of their contemporary Moroccan exhibition. Complimenting this retrospective, the museum have organised a series of events to polish off this artistic overview of the Morocco of today: traditional Moroccan music concerts […]
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- December 09, 2014
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