The Maison de Balzac is located a few feet away from the Green Hotels Paris, in the Passy neighborhood of the French capital. It is in this historical site, where the famous French writer used to write, that an exhibition dedicated to drawings of writings, art initiated by the artist himself, takes place. We discover the inspiration aroused by Balzac's works […]
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The Parisian Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature has invited two artists for its exhibition entitled "Les chasses nouvelles" : Jean-Baptiste Oudry et Julien Salaud (The new hunts: Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Julien Salaud). The idea of this retrospective is for 18th-century hunt-themed tapestries and contemporary works dialog with each other. Plastics-oriented artist Julien Salaud has put together seventeen works specifically for the museum, […]
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From May 20th to May 24th 2015, be sure not to miss the Fête de la Nature (Nature Festival) in France, Guadeloupe and Reunion. On the program: 5 days of free activities to fully appreciate the joys of nature and discover the beauty, wealth and importance of our natural heritage. For its 2015 edition, dubbed “Au […]
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With its "What is photography" exhibition, the Parisian Centre Pompidou invites us to discover the history of photography through the works of famous photographers of contemporary and modern art. Along 80 photographs, visitors will be able to grasp the many aspects of this rich medium, as well as the various techniques and numerous universes of the artists featured. The […]
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The Fondation Custodia is aiming to promote the art of drawing. Its new exhibition dedicated to Italian Renaissance masters, Raphael, Titian, Correggio, as well as Michelangelo, features over 90 drawings made by these great artists. All the exposed works come from Frankfurt's Städel Museum collection as well as the donation of former banker and famous art collector, Johann Friedrich Städel. "Raphael, Titian, […]
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Through its "Paper architectures. Drawings from Piranesi to Mallet-Stevens" exhibition, the museum Nissim de Camondo focuses on architectural drawings. Via the displayed drawings, the museum tries to understand the creation process, the architect's work, how he manages to solve structural problems, how he shapes an archaeological setting by reinterpreting it, or even how he takes on the position of […]
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The Long Night of Museums returns on May 16th 2015 with a rich and diversified program, full of encounters and discoveries. Since its creation in 2005, this night has become a major event for all. From Moscow to Madrid, from London to Istanbul via Paris, it is the occasion for the 3,000 museums involved to open […]
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On the occasion of the 2015 edition of the European Artistic Craft Days, the Arts Décoratifs museum features an exhibition called "Mutations", which brings some of the museum's representative works face to face with similar contemporary creations. Through this retrospective, visitors can discover how artistic craftsmen manage to revisit "historical" objects and deliver their own contemporary interpretation. Divided […]
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The 5th edition of the Fairpride, the festival for ethics and solidarity initiated by activist distribution network Artisans du Monde, will be held on May 16th 2015 on the Place de la République, in Paris. Organized as part of the 2015 Fairtrade Fortnight, this festival will gather the various organizations stemming from this business sector and […]
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The Arab World Institute's new exhibition takes a closer look at the representation of feelings in paintings, and particularly the desire and despair leading to murder. This retrospective rests on Eugène Delacroix's painting "Othello and Desdemona", based on William Shakespeare's play, and revisits Desdemona's personality, in turns a loving wife, victim or mistress, through works from the 19th […]
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