Why the jury chose “Bourges 2028”
Brussels. The jury report for the selection of the European Capital of Culture 2028 has just been published; it allows…
MoMA employees call on museum to boycott Israel
A group of employees at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) have published an open letter urging the institution to…
The Pope will attend the Venice Biennale on April 28
This is a historic first. Pope Francis will visit the 60th Venice Biennale International Contemporary Art Exhibition. Its theme: “Foreigners…
Artist Andrei Molodkin threatens to destroy masterpieces with acid
“I’m not trying to destroy art, and I don’t think I’ll have to” Russian artist Andrei Molodkin told the Guardian,…
Christian Polak a French collector in Japan
Tokyo (Japan). The name of Christian Polak probably doesn’t mean much to the French. And yet, in Japan, where he…
Rachida Dati’s office is taking shape
Rachida Dati’s cabinet currently includes twelve members. Several of them already have cabinet experience, starting with chief of staff Gaëtan…
Japan, small public cultural institutions are in difficulty
The total budget of this agency created in 1968 and remaining an external body of the broad Japanese Ministry of…
Artists in exile, France strengthens its reception programs
France. Artists from the “Eastern bloc” during the Cold War, Chileans in 1973, Lebanese in the 1980s: France is a…
“I dreamed a lot of a justice museum”
Registered with the Paris bar in 1951, Robert Badinter saved Patrick Henry from the death penalty in 1977, a sentence…
Who is Edward de Lumley, Rachida Dati’s new wealth advisor?
Edward de Lumley (56 years old) is the new heritage, museums, archives, architecture advisor to Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture,…
Ariane James-Sarazin bounces back at MAD in Paris
Until now deputy director of the Army Museum, Ariane James-Sarazin has been a specialist curator of 17th and 18th century…
Disappearance of Jean-Pierre Babelon
The death of Jean-Pierre Babelon, which occurred on Friday February 2, was announced by the Institut de France in an…