Category: Art & Culture
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The intimate images of Ed van der Elsken: Exhibition at Jeu de Paume, Paris
From the bohemian youth of Paris to the hippies and counter-culturists in Amsterdam, Ed van der Elsken relentlessly sought out the authentic people, looking for beauty and poetry in reality.
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In the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh: A day trip from Paris to Auvers-sur-Oise
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Following in the footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh, we take you to Auvers-sur-Oise, the final address of the post-impressionist painter and a short train ride away from Paris. We explore the many sites and landmarks in Auvers that were either the subject of, or influenced, one of the most creative phases of his artistic life.
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Photographing cars: ‘Autophoto’ exhibition at Cartier Foundation
This visually stimulating exhibition explores how photographers have interpreted the aesthetic, social and environmental facets of an increasingly urbanised landscape.
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Karel Appel: Art as Celebration! at Museum of Modern Art, Paris
Musée d’art moderne, Paris sheds a new light on Dutch artist Karel Appel’s work with this new retrospective. Runs from February 24, 2017 to August 20, 2017.
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Walker Evans retrospective exhibition at Centre Pompidou
Walker Evans’s photographs of America, including his iconic photographers of Alabama sharecroppers, are a powerful documentation of a bygone era.
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Chiharu Shiota’s labyrinthine installation at Galerie Templon, Paris
Chiharu Shiota’s monumental installation at the art gallery is an exhibition that needs to be experienced.
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Free art and photography exhibitions in Paris this July
A selection of some noteworthy free art exhibitions in Paris.
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Junzo Sakakura: Architecture for humans
Junzo Sakakura (1901-1969) was a Japanese architect, a disciple of Le Corbusier and the former president of Japan Institute of Architects. To the public, he is perhaps best known for having designed Japan’s national pavilion for the 1937 Exposition internationale des Arts et des techniques in Paris, which won him the Grand Prix thus, making him the first…
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Paris Fringe Festival 2017: English Theatre in Paris
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Celebrating the fringe theatre movement, Paris Fringe Festival returns for its second edition and will run from May 18 to May 28, 2017.
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Five important exhibitions to see in Paris: Art, history and politics
“Holocaust and Comic Books” at the Holocaust Memorial – until October 30, 2017 Art Spiegelman’s Maus aside, the subject of Holocaust as represented in comic books and graphic novels has remained largely unexamined. Now a heartrendingly beautiful exhibition, “Holocaust and Comic Books” at the Holocaust Memorial (Memorial de la Shoah) in Paris, sheds new light…