Art and Sport: “Olympism. A modern invention, an ancient legacy,” at the Louvre

Art and Sport: “Olympism.  A modern invention, an ancient legacy,” at the Louvre

The Louvre brings the Olympic spirit into its rooms. With the third Olympic and Paralympic Games approaching in Paris this summer, the world’s largest museum is returning to the origins of what has become the world’s largest sporting event. Around 120 sculptures, paintings, trophies and stamps trace the historical journey of the first modern games, […]

“Arabofuturs” at the IMA: Arab artists invent a better future

“Arabofuturs” at the IMA: Arab artists invent a better future

“Arabofuturs” is the new exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Paris. Painters, photographers, videographers, sculptors… eighteen contemporary artists from the Arab world and their diasporas invite us into their science fiction universes. An idea that questions and criticizes our world. Hicham Berrada, “The Earth of the Future, After the Rain,” 2022. © Hicham Berrada, […]

Are you interested in the martial arts at the Army Museum?

Are you interested in the martial arts at the Army Museum?

The exhibition curators Julia Bovet and Dominique Prévôt present the exhibition “Duels. The Art of Combat.” A unique exhibition about the insults that shaped memories, found at the Army Museum in Paris. When you enter the exhibition, there is a kind of guard of honor with large black and white photos: on both sides of […]

“NIO FAR,” an exhibition by artist Bocar Niang about the griot legacy

“NIO FAR,” an exhibition by artist Bocar Niang about the griot legacy

“Nio far” means “we are together” in Wolof. It is also the name of the exhibition of the linguist and griot Bocar Niang at the Confort Moderne in Poitiers. Advertising His work combines orality, sculpture, writing and sounds and allows us to question the future and the past from the present. Guest : Bocar Niang, […]

“The Art of James Cameron” at the Cinémathèque, the man who made his dreams come true

“The Art of James Cameron” at the Cinémathèque, the man who made his dreams come true

The Cinémathèque française is dedicating a major retrospective to director James Cameron and putting his drawing talent in the spotlight. Works that allow us to understand the imagination and inspirations of the man who directed some of the biggest blockbusters of world cinema such as “Avatar”, “Titanic”, “Terminator”, “Abyss” and even “Aliens”… Some have more […]

Chillida, let’s get to work

Chillida, let’s get to work

Thursday March 14, 2024 | Updated on March 15, 2024 7:37 a.m. comment Copy link Whatsapp Facebook X LinkedIn telegram Chillida, during the installation of the Crest of the Wind in a corner of the coast of San Sebastian. Chillida works on concrete in an industrial warehouse; Chillida, immersed in his gravitations, drawings and collages […]

Binta Diaw exhibits at the Cécile Fakhoury gallery in Paris

Binta Diaw exhibits at the Cécile Fakhoury gallery in Paris

Binta Diaw, young Italian-Senegalese artist, presents her first solo exhibition in Paris at Galerie Cécile Fakhoury. She uses different forms: installations, photos, videos… to raise questions of cultural heritage, but also gender and the relationship to the world and nature in today’s environmental context. Poster for the exhibition “Da qui (from here)”, Binta Diaw’s first […]

Exhibition: “Anna Boch, an impressionist journey” at the Pont-Aven Museum

Exhibition: “Anna Boch, an impressionist journey” at the Pont-Aven Museum

Visit the Pont-Aven Museum in this charming little Breton village that inspired so many painters at the end of the 19th century: first Gauguin, but also Emile Bernard and Paul Sérusier. The museum now focuses on female artists. After an exhibition on traveling painters, she pays tribute to the Belgian artist Anna Boch, also a […]

The Shoah Museum honors foreigners in the resistance in France

The Shoah Museum honors foreigners in the resistance in France

A few days before the pantheonization of Missak and Mélinée Manouchian, the entire history of the foreign resistance fighters of the Second World War is being celebrated in France. On this occasion, the Shoah Museum in Paris is dedicating an exhibition to foreigners in the resistance, a hidden history. Missak and Mélinée Manouchian enter the […]