France: Paris
In a nutshell...
Paris can be discovered in many different ways. Sightseers can visit the Eiffel Tower, Sacré Cœur, the Montparnasse Tower and the Arc de Triomphe Cultural visits of Paris include the Louvre, the Pompidou Centre, the Grand Palace and the Orsay Museum. Whichever sights you choose, the capital abounds with visual delights.
Fashion capital of the world, Paris also presents style and luxury from the Champs-Elysées to the Rue de Rivoli, where you can visit the Baccarat Museum or the Museum of Fashion and Fabric.
Paris is also every man’s town and quarters such as the old Montmartre or unusual Belleville with their bistros and traditional festivals are symbolic of the village spirit that can be found within this metropolis.
Finally, Paris is a city of fine food where well-known chefs such as Fauchon and Lenôtre are well-established on the Place de la Madeline.
A city to visit, explore and relish!
Paris : Events
Exhibitions and Tours
"Picasso and the Masters"
From Wednesday, October 8 2008 to Monday, February 2 2009
Spiderweb of influence. "In art, there is no past, no future." This aphorism, signed Picasso, was the driving force that helped conceptualise the exhibition. In essence, Picasso et les maîtres(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
Georges Rouault: "Masterpieces of the Idemitsu Collection"
From Wednesday, September 17 2008 to Sunday, January 18 2009
Rouault: the Franco-Japanese bridge. Sazo Idemitsu, founder of the Idemitsu petrol company, has been collecting artwork for no less than 70 years - – the fruits of these efforts are permanently on(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
"Futuristic Antitradition"
From Wednesday, October 15 2008 to Monday, January 26 2009
Back to the future. After its latest exhibition on surrealism, the Pompidou centre presents its new expo, "Futuristic Antitradition", as a part of an overarching project to contribute to 20th(...)
Festivals
European Photo Month in Paris: "European Photography, between tradition and mutation"
From Saturday, November 1 2008 to Sunday, November 30 2008
A mutating tradition. Photography is mutating. New technologies are taking over every field of production and broadcasting, changing the very fundamentals of the practise. The question remains how(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
"Gainsbourg"
From Tuesday, October 21 2008 to Sunday, March 1 2009
A central icon on the margins. The Music Museum in Paris is organising a major exhibition dedicated to global icon Serge Gainsbourg. This exhibition comes at the right time, when London and NY pop(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
"WA: Everyday Harmony - Modern Japanese Design"
From Wednesday, October 22 2008 to Saturday, January 31 2009
Refined, functional and spiritual. WA in Japanese evokes the notion of searching for harmony and sticking to the essentials. Thus, in this frame of mind, the design of household objects should(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
"The Great Tale of the Universe"
From Tuesday, February 19 2008
Universally recognized This new permanent exhibit, spread over 2 000 m², invites visitors to explore the origins of the world as we know it and the relationship between matter, light and energy. A(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
"Raoul Dufy - Pleasure"
From Friday, October 17 2008 to Sunday, January 11 2009
"Raoul Dufy is pleasure itself." - Gertrude Stein The Modern Art museum in Paris is organising a major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Daoul Dufy. Dufy is extensively represented in the(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
The Lapérouse Mystery, investigation in the South Pacific
From Wednesday, March 19 2008 to Monday, October 20 2008
Shedding light on a great mystery. Have they found Mr. Lapérouse This was the subject of conversation on the tip of everyone's tongue at the end of the 18th century. Having left Brest in 1785, the(...)
Festivals
International Environmental Film Festival
From Wednesday, November 19 2008 to Tuesday, November 25 2008
Nature and culture come together. The Ile de France region, being a strong protector of the environment and promoter of quality cinema, organises the Environmental Film Festival every year. This(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
"Masks. From Carpeaux to Picasso"
From Monday, October 20 2008 to Tuesday, February 10 2009
What lies behind the mask. Masks are objects of metamorphosis destined to disguise... Widely used in ancient civilizations for cultural or religious reasons, for cosmogonic rituals or theatrical(...)
Exhibitions and Tours
"Women in African Art"
From Thursday, October 9 2008 to Sunday, July 12 2009
Representation and society. From birth to marriage, often multiple child-bearing and finally old age, women in Africa (and in a number of rural or tribal societies) have a peculiar position. Women(...)
