Search results
5 days ago · A selection of Cosmos Paintings and sculptures from the Meteorites and Satellites series are also shown for the first time, in the Old Wine Storehouse designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Hirst showcases vibrant flower paintings from his recent series, The Secret Gardens Paintings, in the Bastide Gallery.
4 days ago · With Paris’s Grand Palais closed for renovations until 2024, FIAC will be held at the temporary Grand Palais Éphémère and Galerie Eiffel, both designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte to mimic their namesake monuments on the Champ-de-Mars. (Photo Credit: Wilmotte et Associés.)
4 hours ago · Early life Hardy was raised in a modest apartment on the Rue d'Aumale, in Paris's 9th arrondissement Françoise Madeleine Hardy was born on 17 January 1944 at the Marie-Louise Clinic in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, in German-occupied France during World War II. At the time of her birth, there was an air raid alert in place, with the windows of the clinic "exploding". She related being born ...
1 day ago · This article lists the 100 oldest living current or former state leaders whose age can be demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt. State leaders are defined to include heads of state (including representatives who act in their stead, generally a governor-general), heads of government and internationally recognized de facto leaders of sovereign states with significant international recognition.
2 days ago · The Louvre (English: / ˈ l uː v (r ə)/ LOOV(-rə)), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ⓘ), is a national art museum in Paris, France.It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward) and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory.
1 day ago · Jean-Michel Basquiat is iconic for two reasons which amount to the same thing: he was a black artist and he painted in a way that recognised and popularised black heritage in art. Part of the 1970s-80s Neo-Expressionist art movement, Basquiat's paintings are full of frenetic but also very directed energy and vivid simple colours.
4 days ago · Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Exile, Philosophy, Writings: By the time his Lettre à d’Alembert sur les spectacles (1758; Letter to Monsieur d’Alembert on the Theatre) appeared in print, Rousseau had already left Paris to pursue a life closer to nature on the country estate of his friend Mme d’Épinay near Montmorency. When the hospitality of Mme d’Épinay proved to entail much the same ...
