Tag: Arts
the National Archives explore the links between the State and religions – L’Express
On July 1, 1766, in Abbeville, in the Somme, François Lefebvre, knight of La Barre, was beheaded at the age of 20, after being condemned on appeal by the Parliament…
The American “rock star” Bridget Polk in a word, a gesture and a silence
His artistic universe oscillates between composition and the collapse of stones. The American Bridget Polk, born in 1960 in Whittier, California, calls her art “rock balancing”. Created on the banks…
the history of the “first impressionist exhibition” – L’Express
It was a Wednesday, one hundred and fifty years ago, almost to the day. On April 15, 1874, in Paris, what would later be called the “first impressionist exhibition” opened…
In Las Vegas, UFC 300 promises to be the biggest event in mixed martial arts history
Announced as the most ambitious event in the history of MMA, UFC 300 in Las Vegas should make history by unfolding a card that will give pride of place to…
On the art market, the renewed appeal of works from the Middle Ages – L’Express
Who would have imagined that heroic fantasy literature, video games, films Dune or the series Game Of Thrones would have an impact on the medieval art market, until then a…
“Israel needs political change, that’s for sure”
At the head of the Batsheva Dance Company, Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin is one of the undisputed leaders of contemporary dance. His shows are sold out all over the world,…
Brigitte Bardot, Che, Napoleon… The exhibition that questions our icons – L’Express
What connects Christ to Che, Joan of Arc to Marilyn Monroe, Napoleon to Diego Maradona…? Their iconic status, responds the Image Museum of Epinal (Vosges), which has looked at the…
Rakajoo, between brushes and uppercuts
Baye-Dam Cissé, better known under the pseudonym Rakajoo, alternates between punches and brushstrokes. While he has just closed his first personal exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, this self-taught half-boxer,…
the black faces of Ukraine – L’Express
In Donbass, which is home to the largest coal basin in Ukraine with 90% of the country’s coal reserves spread over 60,000 square kilometers, the town of Vouhledar, about fifty…
At the Kunstmuseum in Basel, an exhibition dedicated to “women of genius” – L’Express
“Daughter of”, “wife of” or “sister of”. It is often thanks to their close male entourage that women artists were able to stand out at a time when access to…