Discover Go out 5 exhibitions not to be missed in Paris in March Many exhibitions have just opened in Paris at the beginning of the year. So which ones are not to be missed? Here are my 5 favourite exhibitions of the moment that I strongly recommend you go and see! Meeting the Little Prince, at the MAD The MAD ( Museum of Decorative Arts) is paying tribute […] February 24, 2022March 10, 2022
Discover Live shows Watch Bizet’s Carmen: the story of an opera that caused a scandal! “Love is a gypsy child, it has never, ever, known a law” … You certainly know this famous aria from Carmen, an opera by Bizet! However, this opera caused a scandal in its time and was almost forgotten. What is the story behind Carmen? And how did this opera become so famous? A look back […] February 23, 2022November 2, 2023
Discover Go out Museums and heritage Who was Iannis Xenakis? An innovative artist to (re)discover at the Philharmonie de Paris “I was born twenty-five centuries too late” confided Iannis Xenakis. Yet this lover of Greek antiquity was resolutely modern, to the point of reinventing music and creating new architectural forms. Architect, engineer, composer, mathematician… Xenakis was all these things at once, which makes him a particularly atypical artist. On the occasion of the centenary of […] February 21, 2022November 2, 2023
Discover Go out Museums and heritage At the macLYON: 4 new contemporary art exhibitions to discover Lyon’s charm lies in its pralines, its traboules and… its museum of contemporary art, the “macLYON“. Yes! I classify this museum on the same level as the pralines, that’s how much I love this amazing cultural place. What strikes you about this museum is its openness. It is open to the public, to local and […] February 17, 2022November 2, 2023
Discover Zoom in on The Departure of the Infantrymen at the Paris Eastern train station: Albert Herter’s tribute painting to his son Today we are interested in a painting that is not exhibited in a museum or an art gallery but… in the Eastern Train Station in Paris! And this hanging owes nothing to chance. The painting “Le départ des poilus, août 1914” (The Departure of the Infantrymen, August 1914) by the American painter Albert Herter reminds […] February 15, 2022February 15, 2022
Discover Go out Museums and heritage Temporary exhibitions The 10 most awaited art exhibitions in Paris in 2022 The year 2022 promises to be an exciting one in Parisian museums. More than 270 exhibitions are in progress or announced this year: a vast program that has enough to satisfy our curiosity. So what are the art exhibitions not to be missed in 2022 in Paris? Here is my selection of the 10 most […] January 21, 2022January 21, 2022
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
