Paris - The Parnassian (Page 4)

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I have been to the Georges de La Tour exhibition "Between Shadow and Light" at the Musée Jacquemart-André five times, and each time there was a queue at the door, but if I could get in once more, I would gladly go

I have been to the Georges de La Tour exhibition "Between Shadow and Light" at the Musée Jacquemart-André five times, and each time there was a queue at the door, but if I could get in once more, I would gladly go. So I am determined not

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The French National Assembly unanimously passes a law on the restitution of cultural artefacts removed from former colonies between 1815 and 1972

The French National Assembly has unanimously passed a law on the restitution of cultural artefacts removed from former colonies between 1815 and 1972. The year 1815 is that of the Congress of Vienna, after which France returned what Napoleon had plundered across Europe. The year 1972 is the date of

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The Sun King's collection of unique diamonds, lost in the nineteenth century, recreated as full-size models for an exhibition at L'Ecole Van Cleef in Paris in 2018

The Sun King's collection of unique diamonds, lost in the nineteenth century, recreated as full-size models for an exhibition at L'Ecole Van Cleef in Paris in 2018. The blue stone is called the Hope

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Will Claire Tabouret's Ugly Botch Still Replace Viollet-le-Duc's Historic Windows, Which Survived the Burning of Notre-Dame?

So, let us take matters in order. In December 2023 Macron announced that in the six chapels of the south nave of Notre-Dame, which came through the fire of 2019 undamaged, Viollet-le-Duc's stained glass would be replaced with contemporary windows by the French artist Claire

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This is a photograph by Lee Miller, taken during the German bombing of London, which began in September 1940 and continued until May 1941

This is a photograph by Lee Miller, taken during the German bombing of London, which began in September 1940 and continued until May 1941. The Luftwaffe attacked the city for 57 nights in succession. The raids destroyed or damaged more than a million buildings and killed about 43,000 civilians.

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Saw this photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson (1) and remembered one of my favourite Parisian eateries, or rather brasseries: Lipp, on the Boulevard Saint-Germain

Léonard Lipp opened it after the Franco-Prussian War, when he left occupied Alsace and came to Paris. He brought his recipes with him: sauerkraut, sausages, cold beer. This was Alsatian cooking in its most direct form, hearty, unpretentious and at a reasonable price. The Saint-Germain quarter of that

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Seven Years Have Slipped By Unnoticed Since Notre-Dame Burned

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"The Angel of History," wrote Benjamin, "has his face turned toward the past, but a storm is blowing from Paradise and propels him irresistibly into the future

"The Angel of History," wrote Benjamin, "has his face turned toward the past, but a storm is blowing from Paradise and propels him irresistibly into the future. What to us appears as a chain of events, to him is one single catastrophe." March turned out to

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The Parisian Church of the Madeleine on the Eve of Catholic Easter

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In April, Galerie Waddington Custot opens a new space on rue de Seine in Saint-Germain-des-Prés

In April, Galerie Waddington Custot opens a new space on rue de Seine in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. For the opening they have chosen the theme "Nabi Shock": the exhibition is devoted to the Nabis, one of the most underrated movements in the history of modernism. The Nabis

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France's new Culture Minister Catherine Pégard said on France Inter on 30 March that the Louvre renovation plan must be adjusted to take account of security concerns

France's new Culture Minister Catherine Pégard said on France Inter on 30 March that the Louvre renovation plan must be adjusted to take account of security concerns. It is her first public interview in her new post. The occasion was the robbery of the museum on 19 October

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One of Monet's paintings from the "Haystacks" series

The first paintings of the series were begun in late September or early October 1890, and Monet went on working on them for about seven months. They made Monet the first painter to produce so many images of one and the same subject, differing in light, weather, atmosphere and perspective.