The BNF hosts original plates of four comic books by Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten, from the Obscure Cities series, a real symbol of the evolution of Franco-Belgian comic books. Exhibition: "Behind the Obscure Cities", from May 6th to June 15th 2014. Open Tuesday - Saturday from 10am to 7pm, and on Sunday from 1pm […]
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While regular windmills are said to disrupt our landscapes because of their huge size, French company NewWind has designed a "Wind Tree" that perfectly fits in all types of environments. Small wind turbines have the wind in their sails Jérôme Michaud-Larivière, who founded the company, explains that this innovative idea came to his mind as […]
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For its new exhibition, focusing on 18th-century decorations, the Galerie des Gobelins gave free rein to the artists couple Pierre and Gilles. For the occasion, they have designed an installation that recreates a decorative environment that was directly inspired by the Marie-Antoinette movie, directed by American film-maker Sofia Coppola. At the center of the installation […]
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The Maison Européenne de la Photographie welcomes the work of Lebanese photographer and video-maker Fouad Elkoury, which focuses on civil war in Lebanon and in the Near East in the 80's. Exhibition: "Fouad Elkoury, The Biggest Day", from March 26th to May 25th 2014. Open Wednesday - Sunday from 11am to 8pm. Closed on Monday, […]
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Launched at the beginning of May, the Rivières Sauvages label (wild rivers label) is a consequence of creation of the Europe-wide 2010 Wild Rivers Preservation Fund. Its aim is to value our territories and to preserve the natural heritage of water. With only around 5% of untouched rivers on its territory, France intends to protect […]
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The quai Branly devotes its new exhibition to the origins of tattoo and to its global and current revival. You discover that in Eastern, Afrincan and Oceanian societies, tattoo plays a social, mystique and even religious role, by accompanying tattooed people through rites of passage so they can be accepted by their community. On the contrary, […]
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The Jardin d'Acclimatation recreates Brazil in Paris and proposes samba and bossa nova lessons, various activities as well as concerts, a few months before the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Another opportunity to have some good time with your family in the famous Parisian park! Sensacional Brasil, from April 12th to May 11th 2014. Full rate: […]
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With its new exhibition, the Maison de Victor Hugo aims at understanding how a novel perpetuates itself in its reader's imagination, and takes the example of "L'homme qui rit" (The Man Who Laughs), a novel about love and rebellion written by Victor Hugo. The show comes back on the fascination generated by monsters in literature, […]
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Deinove is a French company, founded in 2009 and specialized in phytochemistry, that develops and commercializes industrial processes based on billion years old bacterias, the Deinococcus. Deinove is currently the world leader of this market, and produces large quantity of ethanol and bioethanol out of these bacterias, thanks to non-food biomass. These second-generation biofuels are […]
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In its new exhibition, the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine (architecture and heritage museum) focuses on the architectural advances that were made during World War II. By analyzing the consequences of the conflict on the existing architecture, as well as the works of architects of the time, one understands how the war accelerated the […]
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Deinove: leader in research on second-generation biofuel