Tag: Culture
Why is Vietnamese modern art so successful?
Appearing a century ago, Vietnamese modern art was born from the fusion of Asian and Western techniques during the period of French Indochina. Formerly the prerogative of a wealthy Asian…
the ultimate treasure of Alexandre Dumas finally published – L’Express
We never stop talking about Alexandre Dumas. While the children of France have started reading en masse The Count of Monte Cristo after the success (more than 9.3 million spectators)…
Buitenplaats Goudestein has a mini version of itself: ‘Even the weather vanes on the roof are correct’
A tiny bedpan, a tiny chandelier and tiny chairs and tables. If they weren’t so small you would think the residents had just left. This special dollhouse can now be…
From Turin to Sardinia, the revival of Italian crime fiction in four gripping novels – L’Express
Their books have the flavor of pasta e fagioliof the sucai or cannoli ; they lose us in the mists of Turin or the Po plain, in the streets of…
The head of French diplomacy hands over archaeological objects to Ethiopia
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Saturday initiated the handover of some 3,500 archaeological objects belonging to Ethiopia that had been in France since the 1980s for study. 2 mins…
Securing Notre-Dame de Paris: the challenges and secrets of the scaffolder profession [1/9]
100% creation offers you a special series, in 9 episodes, “The rebuilders of Notre-Dame”. Five years after the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, we invite you to meet companions, craftsmen…
CSA Art and Culture Observatory: “Italians ask businesses for greater support for the sector”
(Finance) – 82% of Italians attribute great value to culture and 85% believe that it should be among the priorities of companies but, for 71%, they do not sufficiently support…
Why Marc Levy is much more than an author of romantic comedies – L’Express
Fall 1999: Marc Levy receives the famous call from Steven Spielberg announcing that he wants to buy the adaptation rights toAnd if it were true… – and it’s not a…
How did the surprise come about and what do mussels have to do with Sinterklaas?
One of the highlights in the exhibition is a painting by Jan Steen. It shows a family celebrating Sinterklaas. One of the children has been given a stick, that stick…
at the Carré d’Art in Nîmes, the utopian curves of Aleksandra Kasuba – L’Express
She is now the most emblematic artistic figure of her native country. Aleksandra Kasuba (1923-2019) has even eclipsed her husband, Vitautas, a traditional sculptor prominent in 1930s Lithuania, long forgotten.…