The Parisian Musée du quai Branly's new exhibition starts tomorrow and will revisit the various stages of the Inca Empire's conquest. In order to do so, it produces the portraits of conquistador Francisco Pizarro and Inca Atahualpa, to give us an overview of the way Inca and Hispanic worlds came together. Visitors are thus invited to discover items from both […]
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- June 22, 2015
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Until early July 2015, the Monnaie de Paris will dedicate an exhibition to Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers. This great admirer of Magritte and Mallarmé's works has designed in 1968 a museum of modern art at his home in Düsseldorf. The artist then wished to question the legitimacy of the status of works of art, all the […]
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- June 19, 2015
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Each year, the Chopin Festival pays tribute to the famous Polish romantic composer Frédéric Chopin and several classical musicians, from Beethoven to Schumann, as well as Liszt, Liadov or Schubert. As part of its 32nd edition, called "Autour du prélude" (Around the prelude), this lyrical event returns to the Orangerie of the Parisian parc de Bagatelle and features […]
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- June 18, 2015
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From June 18th to June 21st 2015, the Parisian quai Branly hosts Petite Fleur Folies (Small Flower Extravagance), a vast ephemeral garden presenting over 100 species of different flowers. Put together by Gad Weil, to whom we also owe the Nature Capitale event (a giant agricultural plot settled on the Champs-Elysées in 2010), this project stretches on […]
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- June 17, 2015
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From June 16th to June 26th 2015, Cinema Paradiso, key event in cinema and nighttime entertainment, returns to the nave of the Parisian Grand Palais, remodeled for the occasion in a temple dedicated to cinema. The Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski, James Cameron's Titanic, Sam Mendes' Amercian Beauty, Tony Scott's Top Gun, or even, Tobe Hooper's […]
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- June 16, 2015
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For the first time ever, the Parisian Petit Palais hosts the contemporary works of young Belgian artist Thomas Lerooy in its permanent collection rooms. Over twenty sculptures and drawings by the artist are thus showcased inside the museum and its inner courtyard garden. The genius of Thomas Lerooy lies his ability to twist the codes of classic art: he plays with […]
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- June 15, 2015
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To further extend the universe presented in the "From Nô to Mata Hari, 2000 years of Asian theatre" exhibition, the Guimet museum features "Japon, images d'acteurs, estampes du kabuki au 18e siècle" (Japan, pictures of actors, 18th century kabuki engravings), a second retrospective focusing on different side of Japanese theater: the kabuki. In contrast to Nô, this theatrical genre […]
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- June 12, 2015
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Starting June 2015, the Cityscoot startup will put in place its self-service rental system for electric scooters in Paris. Vélib' and Autolib' have inspired this innovative service, to which one can access via the Internet Website or mobile app created specifically, and made available at the start of 2016. With Cityscoot you can decide to start or end the […]
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- June 11, 2015
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Weary of the ambient pollution, crowd and noise? Come and seek refuge in one of the numerous woods surrounding Paris and offering a vegetation background lulled by the singing of birds. You will have the opportunity to enjoy a picnic by the water's edge, indulge in outdoor activities... or even try a boat ride. The […]
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- June 10, 2015
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In view of the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), which will take place in Paris from November 30th to December 11th 2015, the lawns of the Parisian Avenue de Breteuil enjoy an eco-friendly mowing on a trial basis. To this end, an "Ecomouton" (Ecosheep) operation, in relation to the eponymous group and the Quartier-Breteuil […]
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- June 09, 2015
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