DANCE: ‘Joyaux’ by the Ballet de l’Opéra

[ 21 October 2009 19:30 to 19 November 2009 00:00. ] Choreographed by George Balanchine, one of the foremost choreographers of the 20th century and founder of the New York City Ballet, this production of Joyaux features costumes and decor designed by Christian Lacroix.  At the Palais Garnier.

www.operadeparis.fr

ART: Joseph Kosuth at the Louvre

[ 22 October 2009 13:00 to 29 April 2010 18:00. ] American conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth has fitted the Louvre with his most recent installation, Ni apparence ni illusion (Neither Appearance Nor Illusion). Illuminating the Louvre’s subterranean, medieval foundations with the eerie miasma of white neon, Kosuth has crafted fifteen obscure French phrases and cast them in neon tubing, distributing them along the passages’ stony walls.
Until [...]

ART: ‘From Style Writing to Art’ at Galerie Magda Danysz

[ 24 October 2009 to 21 November 2009. ] In celebrating the publication of their new book entitled From Style Writing to Art: A Street Art Anthology Galerie Madga Danysz exhibits the works of prominant street artists such as Obey (Shepherd Fairey), Miss Van, and Space Invader.

www.magda-gallery.com

ART: Jean-Jacques Lebel at La Maison Rouge

[ 25 October 2009 to 17 January 2010. ] La Maison Rouge honors celebrated French artist, critic, curator, agitator, and smuggler Jean-Jacques Lebel in its exhibition entitled ‘Soulèvements’ (Uprisings).

http://www.lamaisonrouge.org

FASHION: Dysfashional

[ 29 October 2009 to 29 November 2009. ] On the border of fashion and contemporary art, this brave new project explores the broad range of materials and mechanisms that turn fashion into a way of representing personal identity and experience, rather than simply exhibiting clothes and styles. Staged like a construction site, Dysfashional tackles the seemingly frivolous yet vital realm of fashion, by [...]

ART: Serge Leblon at La B.A.N.K.

[ 5 November 2009 to 2 January 2010. ] In his second solo exhibition at La B.A.N.K. Belgian fashion photographer Serge Leblon presents a series of large-scale photographic prints.

DANCE: Amoveo/Répliques/Genus at Palais Garnier

[ 7 November 2009 to 22 November 2009. ] A contemporary ballet featuring the music of Philip Glass.

Silvie Defraoui at the Centre Culturel Suisse

Sombras electricas, the literal translation of the Chinese word for ‘cinema’ into Spanish, is a fitting title for this major Swiss artist’s solo show. Using installation, photography and video, Defraoui manipulates images that play on memory and expectations. Resonances et courant d’air, the film that pervades the main exhibition space, meanders enigmatically through empty rooms [...]

Alain Bublex at Galerie Vallois

Mont Fuji & autres ponts is an exhibition of French contemporary artist Alain Bublex’s photo-montages, in which the silhouette of Mount Fuji creeps into focus in the background of the most unlikely landscapes. Bublex’s grey-ish urban or industrial compositions are not unlike magic eye posters – you look at what’s going on in the foreground, [...]

GIGS: Melody Gardot at the Olympia

[ 13 November 2009; 19:30 to 23:30. ] Melody Gardot at Olympia, 28 bd des Capucines, 9th. M° Opéra. 01.55.27.10.00.

Tickets available via Fnac or Digitick.

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