Tag: Contemporary
Afghanistan under the Taliban regime: “A bloodless country, a nightmare of the contemporary world”
On August 15, 2021, the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, after two decades of American intervention. Since their fall in 2001, they have managed to rebuild their strength and consolidate…
France: the Paris l’été festival focuses on contemporary dance
Festival season is in full swing. Francofolies de La Rochelle and Vieilles Charrues in the west of France, Avignon in the south, but the capital and its surroundings are not…
The contemporary faces of Antigone, from mythology to today!
Finding the laws of men unjust, disobeying them and in response being condemned to death, the myth of Antigone is a symbol of resistance. In Avignon, this year, the stagings…
Ivory Coast: “Contemporary Looks”, an exhibition to renew the vision of African women
Three West African artists, Laetitia Ky, Wanger Ayu and Marius Dansou, gathered for the collective exhibition Regards Contemporains at the LouiSimone Guirandou gallery in Abidjan, work with ordinary materials –…
“We are enough”, the exhibition of contemporary African art that awakens consciences
We are enough (“We are enough”), at the 193 Galerie and the Galerie Carole Kvasnevski in Paris, is a collective exhibition of contemporary African art. Eleven artists, Senegalese, Ivorians, South…
“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…
A masterpiece starring the Joker star by one of the best contemporary directors
With films like Boogie Nights, Magnolia and There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson became too one of the most celebrated directors of our time. Inherent Vice also joins his…
Edmond Dziembowski: “The French Revolution is the mother of contemporary conspiracy”
From the first months of 1789, France was gripped by a “conspiratorial fever” which persisted in seeking the hidden causes of the Revolution. For many contemporaries, this incredible event can…
The Fairground of Contemporary Art, an exhibition that transforms the 104 into an amusement park
/ Podcasts / Cultural meeting It’s a rather special exhibition, a kind of joyful artistic celebration in a famous place, the 104, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. Like a…
Pantin renamed “Pantine”: politics transformed into contemporary art performance
We are not serious when we are 60 years old. Bertrand Kern, the PS mayor of the town of Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis), 60,000 inhabitants northeast of Paris, born in 1962, therefore…