Posted in paris on Oct 25th, 2011
To say that this glamourous shopping centre of good taste and luxury is in the best location in Paris, would be falling short of the truth, because the Carrousel du Louvre is located, literally, in the centre of the world: right in the centre of Paris, in the junction between the Arc de Triomphe of [...]
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Posted in paris on Oct 18th, 2011
Cutlog is a contemporary art fair which is taking place from the 20th until the 23rd of October in the Paris Stock Exchange, a historical building in the heart of the French capital. For this third edition, once more, Cutlog will gather emerging artists, international galleries and the great public under one theme: being an [...]
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Posted in paris on Oct 17th, 2011
Today’s art matter is more embodied than ever. There isn’t a place on earth where, at this very instant, there isn’t a new piece of art being manufactured without any exact purposes, without knowledge, without shape or probably just an immaterial work, which exists without being and without having been. What’s curious is that, many [...]
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Posted in paris on Oct 11th, 2011
The marasmus of the contemporary art does not end. Festivals, biennials, contests, residencies and master’s programs continue to grow, and become an immense business for the organizers. The boundaries between the gallery, museum and businesses continue to disappear. What will happen to art in fifty years from now? The radical nature of the artistic proposals [...]
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Posted in paris on Oct 10th, 2011
The Ville de Paris Modern Art Museum inaugurates, on the 18th of October, the exhibition ‘Any Ever’ by the North American conceptual artists Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch, where they explore through videos, exhibitions and sculptures the intergenerational relations in the world of cultural consumerism through the absurd. Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch are a [...]
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Posted in paris on Oct 6th, 2011
A Paris Event That You Should Not Miss Versailles is one of the most visited attractions in the country. The Chateau de Versailles is one of the main attractions for visitors to Paris. This landmark is well known for its lovely gardens and fountains. It is also home to one of the most amazing performances [...]
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Posted in paris on Sep 26th, 2011
Until the 30th of October, the Mobile Art Pavillion in Paris presents the exhibition ‘Zaha Hadid. Une Architecture’, with the most outstanding creations of the famous Anglo-Iraqi architect being exhibited for the first time in the French capital. The exhibition, organized by the Arab World Institute of Paris and the Mobile Art Pavillion, is part [...]
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Posted in paris on Sep 23rd, 2011
If you stopped a little bit and saw recent contemporary art, you’¡d see that everything that is, or that seems to be, actually is. And a lot of what’s said or done or proposed or debated isn’t there by coincidence. The contemporary art machinery is now in charge o generating more new spaces for artists [...]
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Posted in paris on Sep 20th, 2011
Just like there are many people who like long journeys for religious or heathenish reasons, there is no place in Paris that doesn’t receive thousands of visitors every year and their main objective is to watch many movies at the French movie library that has been located in the magnificent building by Frank Gehry for [...]
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Posted in paris on Sep 8th, 2011
When you were little, somebody told you how to dress; what it meant to be a girl, and above all, what were the best expressions of femininity for you. You learnt about style and appearance from playing with the latest Barbies; ultra skinny, feminine dolls who would do what you wanted. You wanted to be [...]
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