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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Talks About Making Music for Art Projects

06/08/2026

Thomas Bangalter made a name for himself as one half of the French electronic-music duo Daft Punk starting from the early 1990s through the group’s dissolution in 2021. A name but definitely not a face—he and his partner, Guy-Manuel de …

Метки : электронная музыкаперформанс-артинсталляцияпарижdaft punkтайна

Art Basel Paris 2026 Exhibitor List Includes 206 Galleries

05/28/2026

Art Basel Paris will return to the Grand Palais this fall with more than 200 exhibitors from 41 countries and territories, marking the fair’s fifth edition and the first under the direction of Karim Crippa, who has replaced the outgoing …

Метки : ярмаркасовременное искусствопарижгалереирынок искусствавыставки

Ballroom Security Funding Nixed by Senate Authority—and More Art News

05/18/2026

THE LOUVRE’S NEW LEASE ON LIFE. France’s minister of culture has announced the winners of an architecture competition to renovate the Louvre and build a new room to house the Mona Lisa, reports Le Figaro. The winning designers of the …

Метки : луврреконструкцияархитектурабезопасностьмона лизапариж

A Suspect Is Taken into Custody in Decade-Long Louvre Ticketing Scam

05/14/2026

A Louvre employee was indicted and detained on Wednesday on charges including organized gang fraud as part of an investigation into a scheme to defraud the Paris museum of ticket fees for thousands of visitors. Six others had been placed …

Метки : мошенничествомузейрасследованиекоррупциябилетные аферыпариж

Renowned Gallery Air de Paris Bankrupted, Closing This Week

05/13/2026

Renowned Gallery Air de Paris Bankrupted, Closing This Week Air de Paris, the Paris gallery known for its punk ethos and for its prescient and enduring commitment to cutting-edge Conceptual art, will close this week amid bankruptcy proceedings,Culturedmagazine reports. The …

Метки : искусствогалереяпарижбанкротствоконцептуальное искусствокураторство

Leading French Gallery Air de Paris Declaring Bankruptcy and Closing

05/13/2026

Air de Paris, a leading French gallery, will close its doors and declare bankruptcy after 36 years in business, the gallery’s cofounders, Florence Bonnefous and Edouard Merino, tell Cultured. Bonnefous says the gallery owes money only to the landlord and …

Метки : галереябанкротствосовременное искусствопарижвыставказдоровье.

Eiffel Tower Staircase Segment Heads to Auction in Paris

04/10/2026

There was a time when monuments were meant to be visited; now, it seems, they can be owned—at least in parts. A section of the original staircase from the Eiffel Tower will go up for auction in Paris on May …

Метки : искусствоаукционархитектурные реликвииколлекционированиепарижeiffel tower

Paris Dealer Kamel Mennour Buys Galerie Malingue

03/19/2026

The baton is being passed from an elder generation of French art dealer to a younger one, with the purchase of Galerie Malingue by dealer Kamel Mennour, who will take over Malingue’s 4,300-square-foot showroom at 26 Avenue Matignon in Paris’s …

Метки : современное искусствогалереиkamel mennourgalerie malingueпарижколлекции

Controversial French Culture Minister to Run for Mayor of Paris

02/26/2026

Rachida Dati, France‘s culture minister, is stepping down from her post to run for mayor of Paris in next month’s election, she told the Financial Times in an interview Wednesday. Dati was appointed minister of culture by Prime Minister Gabriel …

Метки : политикафранциявыборы#культуракоррупцияпариж

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation Donates Art to Two Paris Museums

02/03/2026

The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation, the organization that stewards the legacy of the iconic artist duo who wrapped large structures in fabric, has donated 14 artworks to two museums in Paris. The artists’ ties to the city are well documented. …

Метки : кристожан-клодпарижискусствомузейпон неф

PInvestigators Say Stolen Louvre Jewels Were Hidden in Parking Lot

01/16/2026

Three months on, the $102 million in jewels brazenly stolen from the Louvre in Paris remain missing. While Paris police have arrested at least eight people believed to be connected to the October 19 robbery, investigators have made little progress …

Метки : луврограблениепарижрасследованиеювелирные изделияпреступность

Simon Porte Jacquemus Is Staging Fashion Week Show at Picasso Museum

01/12/2026

It seems that Simon Porte Jacquemus never met a lemon, beach umbrella — or a museum — he didn’t like. To wit: For his next show, scheduled for Jan. 25 at the tail end of the Paris men’s shows and …

Метки : симон порт жаккемумузей пикассомодапарижвыставкаискусство

Man Steals Sword from Parisian Statute of Joan of Arc, Motive Unknown

01/05/2026

A statue of Joan of Arc in Paris’s 8th arrondissement is missing a sword after a man broke it off and swiped it for reasons not yet known. As reported by Le Parisien, the incident occurred on Monday morning, when …

Метки : жанна д'арквандализмнаследиепарижскульптуракультурное наследие

Renoir Painting Missing for a Century Sells in Paris for $2 M.

11/27/2025

A Renoir painting that has been missing for a century sold for $2 million at an auction in Paris. The painting, titled L’enfant et ses jouets – Gabrielle et le files de l’artiste, Jean (The Child and His Toys – …

Метки : ренуарискусствоаукционпарижкартиныистория.