N°5 by Chanel is without a doubt the most famous perfume in the world. Worn by the biggest stars, it is the object of a free exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo (Palace of Tokyo), until June 5^th, 2013. It is the occasion to discover how it was created.

A star perfume
Thanks to pictures, archives, movies and various objects, the fragrance is here presented as a work of art that recomposes its story through ages. We learn the name of it’s creator, Ernest Beaux, who, with Coco Chanel, imagined its few flowery notes that will make of N°5 a star perfume. Launched on May 5^th, 1921, this perfume with ylang-ylang, jasmine and bergamot notes is being celebrated 92 years to the day after its birth, in one of the most important museums of Paris.

Photo credit: N°5, extract, CHANEL – Daniel JOUANNEAU – Didier ROY

Exhibition “N°5 Culture Chanel”, from May 5^th to June 5^th, 2013.
Open everyday from 12p.m to 12a.m, except on Tuesdays.
Free entrance.

Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du President Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 81 97 35 88
Subway: Iena or Alma-Marceau (L.9).

You must admit it, when you are shopping, you are often tempted by food’s packaging even though you don’t need it! We buy with the eyes, because on the shelves, packaging is the only one charming us and making us buy. The Museum of Arts and Crafts dedicates an exhibition to packaging, “These packages that change our lives”, well deserved.

An improvement of our daily lives
Packaging revolutionized households’ comfort with its creation and especially that of women of the 50s. Solidity, easy opening or lightness, it improved daily lives. But, for several years now, the question of its recycling is being an issue. Packaging pollutes and it is necessary to do something to transform it. Compaction, selective sorting, everything is done so that households can participate in environmental protection while keeping their comfort. Scientists are even allegedly working on edible packaging for the future! An exhibition you have to go see without waiting anymore, it might change your life as a consumer!

Balls stocking – Claye – Souilly 2007
Part of the ‘Food packages, innovation is in the box!’
Space from the Materials permanent collection – ©Didier Raux

Exhibition “These packages that change our lives”, from February 19^th to June 9^th, 2013.
Open Tuesday to Sunday included, from 10a.m to 6p.m.
Late night opening on Thursdays until 9:30p.m.
Full rate: 6,50€ / Reduced rate: 4,50€.

Museum of Arts and Crafts
60, rue Reaumur
75003 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 01 82 00
Subway: Arts et Metiers, Reaumur-Sebastopol

Two of the most important Parisian museum of modern art, the MAM and the 104 associate on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Pop Art genius: Keith Haring (1958 – 1990). 250 hypnotic works will be presented to the public, among which are about twenty are of huge size (at the 104).

Keith Haring Untitled, 1982
Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan’s collection, Abu Dabi. United Arab Emirates
Vinyl painting on vinyl tarp 365,7 x 375,9 cm
© Keith Haring Foundation

A subversive artist
This exhibition shows the will of the artist to change the world through his stand for several important causes: aids, capitalism, apartheid, racism, homophobia, and destruction of the environment. His paintings, drawings or sculptures are all synonymous with social justice and individual freedom against the system and the State.

Keith Haring portrait, by Philippe Bonan
June 1989
© Photographer : Philippe Bonan

A street-art enthusiast
Keith Haring wanted to offer art to everybody. Fascinated with graffiti, he started working in public space and in particular in the New York subway. His “subway drawings”, made with white chalk, testify of his line genius and his quickness to avoid being caught by the police (which happened several times). Friend with Andy Warhol, Madonna and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring contributed to hip-hop and break dance’s renaissance. He worked with graph artists and dancers, with certain frenzy to product works that break the law.

This UNMISSABLE exhibition can be discovered until august, 18^th, 2013!

Keith Haring
A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1988
Collection Keith Haring Foundation
Acrylic on canvas 304,8 x 304,8 cm
© Keith Haring Foundation

Exhibition “Keith Haring, The Political Line”, from April 19^th to august 18^th, 2013 at the MAM and the 104.
The MAM is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10a.m to 6p.m. Late-opening on Thursday until 10p.m.
The 104 is open Tuesday to Sunday from 1p.m to 7:30p.m.
MAM Rate: 11€ / 104 Rate: 8€.
Upon presentation of the ticket bought at the MAM or the 104, benefit the lowest rate (5,5€ or 3 €) in the other museum to visit the second part of the exhibition.

Paris Museum of Modern Art (MAM)
11,Avenue du president Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 67 40 00

The Hundred and Four (104)
5, rue Curial
75019 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 35 50 00

Keith Haring
Untitled, april 9th 1985
Private collection
Acrylic on canvas 152,4 x 152,4 cm
© Keith Haring Foundation

Since April 9^th, the exhibition “Philippines, archipelago of exchange” is held at Quai Branly Museum. You have until this summer to go and discover these 300 works coming from filippinos, American, European and private collections. Through this panorama, made of sculptures, weavings and music, you’ll understand how Monsoon Asia’s art expressed itself. This stunning testimony of the conquest of this archipelago composed of more than 7000 islands is told chronologically and geographically thanks to various objects and illustrations.

Masculine sculpture sitting while holding a cup @ quai branly museum, photo Hughes Dubois

The exchange between men
The key word here is exchange, so much as general symbolism as commercial meaning of the word. Thus, two reciprocal visions are mixing, one orientated to mountains and lands, and one orientated to the vastness of the Pacific ocean. We naturally find in this collection influences from India, Indonesia or even Arab countries. The history of a people living in an environment with a particular geography is here beautifully told. You must see it very quickly!

Exhibition “Philippines, Archipelago of Exchange”, from April 9^th to July 14^th, 2013, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 11a.m to 7p.m, and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 9p.m.
Full rate: 7€ / Reduced rate: 5€.

Hanging @ quai Branly museum, photo Thierry Ollivier, Michel Urtado

Quai Branly Museum
37, quai Branly
75007 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 56 61 70 00
Subway: Alma-Marceau (L.9).

Until the 20^th May, 2013, the Palais de Tokyo (Tokyo Palace), located near the Gavarni Hotel offers a series of exhibition about lighting effects, shapes and words named “Cold Sun”. Several contemporary artists thus confront their work. Julio Le Parc for example exhibits his research on light and move, while Joachim Koester explore different knowledge fields, from Haitian rituals to esoteric sessions. Other artists complete these installations, like François Curlet and Evariste Richer. To be discovered without any hesitation!

View of Julio Le Parc’s preview, Monday, 25^th February. Photo ©: Didier Plowy

“Cold Sun” Season, from 27^th February to 20^th May, 2013, at the Palais de Tokyo.
Open from noon to midnight, everyday except Tuesday.
Full rate: 10€ / Reduce rate: 8€ (-26 years old, seniors) / Free entrance to people under 18.

Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 81 97 35 88

View of Joachim Koester’s exhibition, photo ©: Andre Morin

It is as part of the season “Imagine the Imaginary” that the Palais de Tokyo welcomes the exhibition of the artist Fabrice Hyber, “Matières Premières” (“Raw Materials”), divided into two paths, one active, and the other contemplative. Through his ancient and recent art, he delivers hybrid works, made of diverse materials, from which emanates a creative energy, linked to an idea of movement and discrepancy. Thus, visitors will be able to try out what the artist calls MOPs (Moving object prototypes).

Photo credit: View on the Fabrice Hyber monographic exhibition, “Raw Materials”,
as part of the “Imagine the Imaginary” season, 09.28.12 – 01.07.13,
Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Fabrice Hyber, Transparent, 2012. Photo: Didier Plowy.

Exhibition «Matières Premières», from November 28th 2012 to January 7^th 2013 at the Palais de Tokyo.
Open from 12am to 12pm everyday, except on Tuesdays.
Full fare: 10€ / Reduced fare: 8€.

Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du Président Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 81 97 35 88

Photo credit: View on the Fabrice Hyber monographic exhibition, “Raw Materials”,
as part of the “Imagine the Imaginary” season, 09.28.12 – 01.07.13, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Fabrice Hyber, Transparent, 2012. Photo: André Morin.

If you are looking for other exhibitions in Paris in this late year, we highly suggest that you go for a stroll at the Museum of Modern Art to see “Art of War”.

Thanks to a partnership between the Marmottan Museum and the Royal Museums of fine art of Belgium, you will be able to contemplate some of the most beautiful artworks of baroque Flemish painting until February 3^rd 2013. Among the famous presented artists, you will see Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens, or even Lucas Van Uden; as well as other less popular painters such as Cornelis Schut or Gérard de Lairesse. All styles are here represented, from still life to portrait, from history painting to landscape. An occasion to learn more about this period named the “Golden Century”.

Exhibition “Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens et les autres”, until February 3^rd 2013 at the Marmottan Museum.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm. Late night on Thursdays until 8pm.
Closed to public on Monday, May 1^st, December 25^th, and January 1^st.
Full fare: 10€ / Reduced fare: 5€.

Photo credit:  Pierre Paul Rubens (Siegen, 1577 – Anvers, 1640), Les Miracles de Saint Benoît, Huile sur toile, 164x262cm. Acheté par le gouvernement belge aux héritiers du roi Léopold II, Bruxelles, 1914.

Marmottan-Monet Museum
2, rue Louis-Boilly
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 44 96 50 33

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The Museum of Asian Arts in Paris hosts a new exhibition about the origins of tea that is now a popular beverage. Tea is an historical beverage born in Asia which was boiled during the Tang area (618-907), beaten during the Song area (960-1279), or infused during the dynasty Ming (1368-1644), a technic still used nowadays. At the end of the visit, you will be invited to taste the «Guimet Tea», especially made for the exhibition by the Palais des Thés. A good way to mix greed and culture, so have a try!

Open hours: every day (except on Tuesday) from 10am to 6pm.
The museum will be closed on December 25th, 2012 and on January 1st 2013.

Théière, chahu Porcelaine, décor « graviata » sur fond d’émail rose (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée Guimet,Paris) / Richard Lambert

Musée Guimet
6, place d’Iéna
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 56 52 53 00

To know more about the previous exhibitions at the Musée Guimet:

« Promenades Indochinoises » exhibition by Pierre Bonnet – Summer 2012.

Chinese men of letters’ exhibition at the Musée Guimet – Summer 2012.

Discover the historical background of the Parisian fountains from the Roman Era to nowadays! Thanks to the Pavillon de l’eau, there won’t be any secret for you anymore. From the Wallace fountains, the name is a reference to Sir Richard Wallace (1818-1890), that are more than one thousand in Paris, to the Albien fountains, rich in iron and poorly mineralized (Square Lamartine, Paris 16^th), you will notice that Parisian water has many virtues. One of the best things: The sparkling fountain at the Jardin de Reuilly in the 12^th District. This sparkling water is unique in Paris, and is obtained adding CO₂ in fresh water. That will sparkle your taste buds!

 «A boire, à voir. A la découverte des fontaines Parisiennes» Exhibition, from September 13 2012 to March 2^nd 2013.
Open hours: from Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm, on Saturday from 11am to 7pm.
Free entrance.

Access to the Jardin de Reuilly: at the Avenue Daumesnil, at rue de Charenton, at rue de Montgallet, ou at rue de Reuilly.

Photo credit © Maurice-Louis Branger / Roger-Viollet

Photo credit © Eau de Paris / Emile Luider

Photo credit © Eau de Paris / Emile Luider

Pavillon de l’eau
77, avenue de Versailles
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 42 24 54 02
pavillondeleau@eaudeparis.fr

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Next weekend, the Gavarni Hotel prepared a design and arty path in the heart of West Paris. For the Nuit Blanche (an all night long event that happens on the banks of the Seine), on October 6^th 2012, be curious and come discover Paris’ museums differently! In the Quai Branly’s garden, you will admire a structure with sound system made by Erik Samakh, and with the lighting by Yann Kersalé who used sounds of nature and traditional instruments. A real invitation to travelling! The terrace of the museum, generally closed to public, will be exceptionally open during the evening.

At the Musée Guimet, a museum we like a lot, visitors are invited to create «Tsuru», or more precisely, origami art representing birds. They will discover the «I went» exhibition, showing the personal vision of more than ten international artists from Asia. At last but not least, the Palais de la Découverte will offer an installation by Markus Hansen: a gradient of used shoes and unusual items created by men and women. It’s a kind of proof from our influence on the environment.

What about you? Which places will you visit during the Nuit Blanche?

View on the vegetal wall © Musée du quai Branly, photo by Lois Lammerhuber, june 2007

Garden of the quai Branly museum
37, quai Branly – 75007 Paris – France
From 7pm to midnight.

Musée Guimet
6, place d’Iéna – 75116 Paris – France
From 6pm to 4am.

Photo credit © Palais de la découverte / Sophie Chivet

Palais de la Découverte
Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt – 75008 Paris – France
From 8pm to 2am.

La Nuit Blanche, from October 6th to 7th, from 7pm to 7am.
Free entrance.
Metro lines in service all night long (and free): Lines 1 and 14.
More information about the Nuit Blanche.

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