For its new exhibition, the musée du quai Branly focus on the Sepik valley, a huge swampland which stretches in the North of Papua-New-Guinea. This unique place provides a habitat for the population who live on the Sepik river banks or along its tributaries, since 3000 years. In this exhibition, 230 sculptures related to the […]
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- October 30, 2015
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When you think airports, you think concrete, and birds which risk to be trapped in the jet engine… Did you know that an airport represent about 70% of greens, almost all of them being meadows and various local eco-system? HOP!, subsidiary of the Air France group, joined forces with scientists from the National Museum of […]
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- October 29, 2015
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Because more and more travellers get interested in united tourism, the ATES (United Fair Tourism Foundation) organises the Festival Changeons d’Air(s) (Get a Change of Air Festival), which advocates an environmentally-friendly tourism. Thanks to Artcoop etc., an artists’ cooperative, the ATES offers five thematic meetings in diverse places of the capital and the Ile-de-France. This […]
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- October 28, 2015
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Partly organised at the Maison des Cultures du Monde, le Festival de l’imaginaire (the imaginary Festival) highlights rituals, spectacles, and world music. For its 19th edition, this event pays tribute to Korea. The musée du quai Branly, located close to the Green Hotels Paris (The Eiffel Trocadéro and the Gavarni), will host glove puppets and […]
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- October 27, 2015
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Since last October 21st, Palais de Tokyo (just nearby the Green Hotels Paris) hosts the first personal exhibition of the French artist Mélanie Matranga. The title of the exhibition in Mandarin pronounced [fanfu], means “encore et encore” (“again and again”), responding to the movie of the same name, produced by the young woman. For this […]
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- October 26, 2015
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Since 25 years, the EDF foundation hosts exhibitions which evoke the link between mankind and nature. Responding to the COP21, the foundation offers to discover around thirty works made by renowned contemporary artists. These works offer a metaphoric vision of climate issues, while helping to understand its changes. With “Climats artificiels” (“Artificial climates”), the installation, […]
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- October 23, 2015
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For its 43rd edition, the Vivez Nature show (Live Nature show) takes place at the Paris Event Center, Porte de la Villette. From October 23rd to 26th 2015, the curious could find organic or ecological alternatives in order to change their lifestyle. This show, dedicated to the organic, the nature and well-being is in keeping […]
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- October 22, 2015
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Tomorrow begins the FIAC 42nd edition: the famous Parisian contemporary fair of art. From October 22nd to 25th 2015, the biggest galleries of modern and contemporary art of Paris, and the world meet at the Grand Palais. 23 countries take part in total: Germany, Lebanon, Israel, India, and Romania…which represent around 170 galleries! The other […]
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- October 21, 2015
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The merger of Colas, one of the transport infrastructures worldwide leader and National Solar Energy Institute (INES) leaded to the conception of the first photovoltaic road of France. This solar road called "Wattway" is a major ecological innovation, which give a new role to the road: produce locally renewable energy thanks to solar slabs. These […]
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- October 20, 2015
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Every two year, the quai Branly museum organise a biennial of world pictures on the occasion of its « Photoquai » festival. This year, from September 22th to November 22th, 2015, the Eiffel Tower associates to the event, and host a new photography produced by each of the 40 photographer non-westerners selected on the occasion of this 5th […]
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- October 19, 2015
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