by s.nellis on Wed 27 Jan 10
[ 19 January 2010 to 19 February 2010. ] Every year, the Maison de la Culture de la Seine Saint-Denis, known as MC93, hosts an avant-garde performing arts festival, Le Standard Idéal. Juxtaposing classical and contemporary oeuvres, this years programme includes music, theatre, poetry, lectures and gastronomy events from all over the world. All events take place in VO. Highlights include Blackface by Dutch [...]
by s.nellis on Wed 10 Feb 10
[ 1 February 2010 to 14 February 2010. ] In light of the release of I Love You Phillip Morris, La Cinèmathèque Française presents a retrospective of the work of Jim Carrey, one of the world’s most famous burlesque actors. The programme includes faves like Peggy Sue Got Married, Yes Man, Liar Liar, and Batman Forever.
Until Sun 14th Feb.
by s.nellis on Mon 14 Dec 09
[ 3 February 2010 to 28 June 2010. ] The Musée Maillol presents ‘C’est la vie ! Vanités de Caravage à Damien Hirst’, an exhibition of 160 works – including painting, scuplture, photography, videos and jewellry – tracing the history of vanitas in art from Caravaggio to Damien Hirst, and including a print of badboy Hirst’s famous Diamond Skull (2007).
3 Feb – 28 June [...]
by s.nellis on Mon 21 Dec 09
[ 3 February 2010 to 4 April 2010. ] The Maison Européenne de la Photographie presents a retrospective of the work of American photographer Elliot Erwitt, a member of the renowned photography agency Magnum since 1953. Erwitt’s photographs are recognizable by their combination of humour and curiousity.
2 Feb-4 April.
by s.nellis on Mon 01 Feb 10
[ 4 February 2010 to 27 February 2010. ] Graffiti artist to the stars, André is presenting some new work at cult Parisian store Colette. More info here.
by m.osucha on Wed 11 Nov 09
[ 5 February 2010 to 25 April 2010. ] American conceptual artist Elaine Sturtvant examines the value and power of art in her exhibition entitled The Razzle Dazzle of Thinking. At the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris until 25 April.
by j.phelan on Mon 08 Feb 10
Director Declan Donnellan cements UK theatre company Cheek by Jowl’s reputation for pacy, pared-down productions of the classics with this exhilarating version of Macbeth, which comes to Les Gémeaux in Sceaux as part of a European tour. Already a relatively short play, in Donnellan’s hands Shakespeare’s tragedy of a man who would be king moves [...]
by admin on Mon 08 Feb 10
The provincial French town of Metz, 3 hours east of Paris, is soon to become a new art destination thanks to this spring’s opening of a ‘branch’ of Paris’s Pompidou Centre, marking the first decentralisation of a French public cultural institution. Like its Paris sibling, the Centre Pompidou-Metz will be dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century [...]
by admin on Mon 08 Feb 10
Dylan Lauren (fille de Ralph..) had an epiphany at the tender age of five when she first saw the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and despite pursuing an education in art history, she ended up, during her travels, being more attracted to European confectionary and elegant packaging than anything else. No surprise then [...]
by s.nellis on Mon 09 Nov 09
[ 8 February 2010; 19:30 to 23:30. ] Kasabian at Olympia, 28 bd des Capucines, 9th. M° Opéra. 01.55.27.10.00.
Tickets available via Fnac or Digitick.
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