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The Grand Palais is proposing a major retrospective of the work of Bill Viola, the contemporary specialist of video art. This exhibition combines moving paintings and spectacularly imposing works, from 1977 to nowadays. You will discover the main themes the artist deals with, like death, life and transfiguration, which are both intimate and universal quests. […]
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Thanks to a high number of audiovisual archives, teaching modules, interactive digital devices and instruments, the Musée de la Musique (French Music Museum) is developing the meaning of the expression “black music”. Artists such as Michael Jackson, Cesaria Evora, Billie Holiday, Oum Kalsoum and Bob Marley are gathered in this exhibition. It reveals the unity […]
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This three-story exhibition comprises around 1,200 works by Jean Marais. More famous for his actor career (Beauty and the Beast, Peau d’Âne, Fantômas, etc.), Jean Marais was also an illustrator, painter and sculptor. Amid a theatrical setting, you will discover costumes, notes and scenery mockups, but also ceramics, fashion drawings made by the artist, and […]
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The Quai Branly Museum presents an exhibition on “Negro Anthology”, written by the 19th-Century British activist and writer Nancy Cunard. This 855-page book depicts the political and cultural history of Africa and the black Americas of her time. Exhibition: “Black Atlantic, by Nancy Cunard”, from March 4th to May 18th, 2014. Open on Tuesday, Wednesday […]
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The sporting goods manufacturer Adidas continues to combine ecology and innovation. After its running shoes, the brand has decided to use the same spinning process to design a pair of football shoes, the “primeknits”. Thanks to this technology, the sneaker is made of only one piece and composed of 90% of recycled materials. Besides, several […]
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The Galerie Matignon is hosting the works of French street artist Cyril Phan, also known as Kongo. This autodidact artist was first famous as a tagger and graffiti artist in Paris, but also throughout Europe and the United States. He also joined the MAC CREW collective, and is the co-founder of the Kosmopolite festival, dedicated […]
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“Sacred Wood”, the new exhibition of the Quai Branly Museum, aims at explaining the initiation ceremony, a mandatory rite for each individual. The Poro initiation finds its origins in several western African communities, in particular in the secret societies of the Guinean forests located in Liberia, Guinea and Ivory Coast. Exhibition: “Sacred Wood, Initiation in […]
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