Tag: Arts
In Abidjan, the story of the Dahomey Amazons comes alive on stage
The Agoodjie never stop inspiring artists. After the Hollywood peplum The Woman King, it was a young Ivorian director, Vincent de Paul Kouamé, who staged the epic of the Dahomey…
The exhibition to see: from Leonardo da Vinci to Cy Twombly, these potential doodlers
Who has never, on the sidelines of their school notebooks, scribbled during endless hours of class? Not the pupil Delacroix Eugène, in any case. At the Lycée imperial, in the…
“Les Verrières”, a unique new place dedicated to African art in Paris
/ Podcasts / Cultural meeting A new place on the map of the arts of Africa and the diaspora. The 31 Project gallery opened a new space a few days…
The mangaka Leiji Matsumoto, father of Harlock, died at the age of 85
The world of manga and Japanese animation has lost one of its legendary representatives. Leiji Matsumoto, famous for the epics Harlock and Galaxy Express 999, died on February 13. He…
Esraa Warda, dances from North Africa tied to the body
The BBC ranked her among the 100 women who inspire the most others in the world in 2022. At 29, Esraa Warda, American of Algerian origin, uses dance to promote…
“Find yourself”: a humanist score by Willy Ronis, the musician turned photographer
The photographic destiny of Willy Ronis has played out in very few things. Born in Paris in 1910 to Jewish parents who had emigrated from Eastern Europe, he was introduced…
“Art Press”: a contemporary art magazine in the digital age
Digital-related innovations are becoming a veritable goldmine for some artists. Some media talk about it better than others, such as the leading contemporary art magazine: ArtPress. The story ofArtPress began…
The 1st African Book Festival of Marrakech, all fire, all flame
Flam: four initials to designate the African Book Festival in Marrakech which took place a few days ago. For the first time, some fifty writers and artists from the Maghreb…
In the new trailer, John Wick 4 shows off tough fights and two martial arts gods
Ever since 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3, we’ve been waiting for the return of Keanu Reeves’ canine lover, who was unwittingly drawn into a war with the global underworld. It’s…
Exhibition: Vermeer, the rare pearl of the Old World
This is the most important exhibition ever devoted to the famous Flemish painter, Johannes Vermeer. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the national museum of the Netherlands, presents the first major retrospective…