For its first autumn exhibition, the galerie Emmanuel Perrotin presents forty works, especially made for the event by Laurent Grasso. "Soleil Double" (Double Sun) reveals one of the major themes of the artist, the duality of reality. The creations explore our perception of time, images and power. For the occasion, Laurent Grasso used paradoxical messages displayed […]
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- September 10, 2014
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American photographer William Eggleston was a color pionneer. He was also the first one to consider daily life as a source of artworks. The Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson presents a hundred of clichés taken by the artist at a turning-point of his career: when he definitely quit black and white for color photography. The retrospective […]
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- September 09, 2014
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Vedettes de Paris is going green with the Batostar. Contrary to regular tourist boats, the electro-solar river shuttle is silent and odorless. 55 people can embark on the boat, which works with 50 square meters of solar pannels on its canopy. This systems allows at least 9 hours of autonomy, and avoids using 300 liters […]
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- September 09, 2014
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Ten years after his first retrospective, René Burri, the Swiss photographer and member of the Magnum agency since 1959, is back at the Maison européenne de la photographie (European house of photography) in Paris. Through his clichés, he captured major events of the 20th century, for instance with his mythical black and white portraits of […]
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- September 08, 2014
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After a summer break, the Emmanuel Perrotin gallery will reopen its doors on Saturday September 6th, with a show devoted to a prestigious contemporary artist, Wim Delvoye. He already knows the place, since the gallery has presented his works several times in personal exhibitions. This new event will feature original works of the Belgian visual […]
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- September 05, 2014
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Since the 10th of January 2014, the speed limit in the Parisian Périphérique went from 80 to 70km/h. This measure was to bring a number of benefits and aspects, whether from the point of view of road safety or that of the environment. In fact, this axe on the 35km of length represents 40% of […]
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- September 04, 2014
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Today, the Sakura gallery inaugurates a very promising exhibition called Woof!, which focuses on man's best friend. The show presents 100 photographs of dogs in original, funny and often touching situations. Gandee Vasan shows a dalmatian shaking itself to get rid of its spots, while Rebecca Leimbach's photos present an English Bulldog and a little […]
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- September 04, 2014
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Contemporary artist YZ (pronounced "Eyes") is worth knowing. Painting, Chinese ink, canvas, installation, YZ seems to have no limit in her creative process. Her works are recognizible by their delicacy and sensuality. You will get to know her universe in the "A London Adventure" exhibition, at the Magda Danysz gallery. Three series of works are […]
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- September 03, 2014
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The Earth Overshoot Day is calculated by Global Footprint Network NGO. It marks the date when global consumption of natural resources exceeds what the earth can produce within a year. After this date, it is considered that humanity lives on credit and uses the resources of generations to come. One of the consequences is the […]
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- September 02, 2014
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At the Galerie Templon, the exhibition "Battements, chemins" focuses of Daniel Dezeuze, and is inspired by Chinese philosophy. By working with "poor" materials, like nets, wire, fabrics, wood and metals, the artist tackles spiritual themes and offers a real contrast and questionning of painting. The exhibition presents various series, such as "Tsimtsoum", made of intertwined, […]
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- September 02, 2014
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