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Dalida and Alain Delon outside the singer's house in Montmartre, 1972
Coming Up · Faith · Museums · Science · Paris
At the Paul Éluard Museum of Art and History in Saint-Denis, the exhibition "Believing and Healing. And Deliver Us from Evil" runs until 15 November
At the Paul Éluard Museum of Art and History in Saint-Denis, housed within the walls of a former Carmelite convent of 1625, 400 metres from the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the burial place of the kings of France, the exhibition "Believing and Healing. And Deliver Us from Evil&
Museums · Heritage · Paris
The robbed Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre has reopened to the public
The robbed Galerie d'Apollon at the Louvre has reopened to the public. But since the robbery the hall has stood empty. The museum's new director, Christophe Leribault, has decided that whatever survived the robbery must be hidden away in a high-security vault. Well, not quite
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Paris greenery this year 😞
NB! · Architecture · Faith · Heritage · Paris
A symbol of awakening from darkness to light, of vigilance and of the protection of Paris, the golden cockerel crowning the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris holds a fragment of Christ's Crown of Thorns, as well as relics of Saint Geneviève and Saint Denis
A symbol of awakening from darkness to light, of vigilance and of the protection of Paris, the golden cockerel crowning the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris holds a fragment of Christ's Crown of Thorns, as well as relics of Saint Geneviève and Saint Denis. The relics survived
Archive · Art · Mores · Paris · Humour
A Humorous Design for a Summer Theatre Hall for Gentlemen, Where One Might Sit Half-Undressed: The Heat of 1861
Drawing by Alfred Grévin (1827-1892) for the cover of issue 281 of the Petit Journal pour Rire. A simple design for a summer hall for gentlemen, submitted to the gentlemen among the theatre directors, or even to the gentlemen of the commission for the creation of a new opera
Architecture · Heritage · Paris
Preparations for the restoration of the Paris Opéra Garnier, opened in 1875, have uncovered toxic lead in the structure of the stage, so works planned to take two years will stretch to at least five
Preparations for the restoration of the Paris Opéra Garnier, opened in 1875, have uncovered toxic lead in the structure of the stage, so works planned to take two years will stretch to at least five. As yet no decision has been made on the method by which the lead is
Museums · Observations · Paris · Humour
At the Louvre, as usual, everything is askew
At the Louvre, as usual, everything is askew. The whole of the second floor is closed, as is 75% of the Department of Decorative Arts, the recently restored Richelieu wing, the art of Islam and the Roman antiquities. Do not ask whether 32 euros might be spent more ingeniously than
Art · Museums · Heritage · Society · Paris
Klaus Kallmann, aged 98, has spent nine years suing the Musée d'Orsay in Paris over Vincent van Gogh's 1889 painting "The Hospital Saint-Paul at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence"
Kallmann insists that he remembers it from childhood on the wall of his grandfather's villa, and that the Nazis plundered the family collection, which means the canvas belongs to him. The plaintiff's grandfather, Felix Kallmann, was a Berlin lawyer and collector who ran a lamp company
Architecture · Cinema · Observations · Heritage · Paris
Perhaps some will recall one of the most beautiful interiors in Paris from Kieślowski's "Three Colours: Blue" with Juliette Binoche, and from "Amélie"
Perhaps some will recall one of the most beautiful interiors in Paris from Kieślowski's "Three Colours: Blue" with Juliette Binoche, and from "Amélie". This canary yellow belongs to the Piscine de la Butte-aux-Cailles... or rather, to the Pontoise swimming pool. The landmark
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