Tag: Arts
Henri Matisse and Monique Bourgeois: the story of an improbable flirtation
We know the story in broad terms. In 1942, Henri Matisse, 72 years old, fell in love, platonically, with his nurse: Monique Bourgeois, 22 years old, a student nurse in…
last public tribute to the artist Fernando Botero
Colombians pay a final tribute to Fernando Botero. The remains of the artist, who died on September 15 in Monaco, arrived Thursday in Bogota, where hundreds of Colombians began to…
WALLACEBURG ARTS: The lost sounds of Wallaceburg
News Local News Published Sep 21, 2023 • Last updated 15 hours ago • 5 minute read The largest bells on the Mobile Millennium Carillon can weigh more than 900…
The workshop of artists in exile: singing, slamming and celebrating peace
In Paris, the Atelier des artistes en exile offers singers, choreographers, writers, musicians or any other artists in exile a reception, advice and residency space to come and work and…
With “Yebali Lakali”, the painter Amadou Sanogo tells the story of the invisible in Paris
Amadou Sanogo is a wise man. But above all, he is one of the most fashionable painters in contemporary Mali. Drawing on Bambara culture and philosophy, he is the artist…
Beirut in creation with Rana Haddad
What can capital letter art do in the face of a bomb explosion? What can the artist’s genius do in a Beirut at war? But also and finally, what can…
Emmanuel Barrois: the “Reflections” of a master architectural glassmaker
With its 15 meters height, its 6,000 meters of intertwined prisms and its 1,400 glass bars, this is an improbable tour de force. Thoughts, the title of this extraordinary work,…
Laurent Binet leads the investigation at the Medici court
Laurent Binet was a literature teacher for ten years in Seine-Saint-Denis. He is the author of HHhH (2010, Goncourt Prize for the first novel), The seventh function of language (2015,…
Birdtown Jamboree supports local music, arts programs
News Local News Published Sep 12, 2023 • Last updated 13 hours ago • 2 minute read JD Semple (left) and West Quarter Line performed at the 19th Birdtown Jamboree…
Jean-Claude Brialy in Monthyon: the lair of a compulsive bargain hunter
Between these walls, there are no priceless paintings or furniture snatched at Christie’s at a high price. The few pieces that had a high market value went to auction in…