Discover Go out The unusual history of the Paris Catacombs The Paris Catacombs are a real curiosity: the bones of about six million people have been lying under the 14th arrondissement of Paris since the end of the 18th century. This amazing ossuary installed in the underground galleries of Paris is world-famous and welcomes more than 500,000 visitors every year! But what is the history […] October 27, 2021October 27, 2021
Discover Go out Monuments and castles Museums and heritage In Paris, the rebirth of the Château de Bagatelle Do you know the Bagatelle castle (château de Bagatelle)? It is little known and yet it is located in Paris and its history is quite amusing: it is the result of a crazy bet between Marie-Antoinette and the Count of Artois who had it built in less than 100 days! Discover the history of this […] October 21, 2021October 21, 2021
Discover Go out Museums and heritage Temporary exhibitions Who were the Morozov brothers whose collection can be seen at the Fondation Vuitton? It’s a new exceptional exhibition that has just opened at the Fondation Vuitton: 5 years of work will have been necessary to bring together 200 masterpieces of modern art from the Morozov collection and presented for the first time outside Russia! Who were the Morozov brothers? How did they build their art collection? And what […] October 11, 2021October 11, 2021
Discover Go out Le Cube: a digital creation and education center just outside Paris In Issy-les-Moulineaux, Le Cube has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary. This is the age of all possibilities for this establishment, which was born with and for digital technology. In this creativity laboratory, families and companies alike are catered for, with a single watchword: educating all audiences about digital technology, always in a good mood and […] September 29, 2021September 29, 2021
Discover Go out Museums and heritage Temporary exhibitions At the Petit Palais in Paris, Jean-Michel Othoniel sets the imagination free After Versailles, the Centre Pompidou and the Louvre, it is the Petit Palais’ turn to open its doors to Jean-Michel Othoniel for his largest solo exhibition since 2011. With no less than 70 works, the artist invents “The Theorem of Narcissus” and invites us to observe the world’s reflection at the same time as our […] September 28, 2021September 29, 2021
Discover Go out The Arc de Triomphe wrapped: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s dream come true It took almost 60 years for Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s dream of wrapping the Arc de Triomphe to become concrete. Imagined in 1961, “L’Arc de Triomphe wrapped” is no longer a project but a reality! Since September 18 and until October 3, 2021, the Arc de Triomphe can be observed entirely wrapped. A project imagined by […] September 20, 2021September 20, 2021
Edvard Munch’s The Scream: analysis of a masterpiece Edward Munch’s Scream is a particularly famous painting, it has even become an emoji! But what does this painting really tell us? Why did Munch paint this scream? Discover the hidden meanings behind this painting! Analysis. Edvard Munch: a troubled artist To understand the work of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) a little better, we must look […] April 20, 2021April 20, 2021