Category: This Week
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FIAC 2017: Contemporary art fair’s dates announced, 40 new galleries, design sector
Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain or FIAC will feature 40 new galleries and a reintroduction of design sector.
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Montmartre Cemetery: An oasis of serenity in Paris
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Cats sunning themselves on gravestones. Stories, real and imagined. Names, known and unknown. Find all this and some peace at the Montmartre cemetery in Paris.
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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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In pictures: Paris Pride (Marche des fiertés) 2017
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Documenting the celebrations, protests and support for Paris Pride.
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Make some music Paris: Fête de la Musique in pictures
In case you missed the celebrations, and even if you didn’t.
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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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Things to do this week in Paris: June 26 to July 2, 2017
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in This WeekOur selection of some interesting things to do, see and experience in Paris this week and over the weekend. Exhibition David Hockney Retrospective at Centre Pompidou A retrospective of artist David Hockney’s work opened last week at Centre Pompidou. This comprehensive exhibition includes more that 200 works by the artist who just celebrated his 80th birthday.…