A self-taught antiquarian, this connoisseur of Italian primitives, who died in September, was universally acclaimed for his curiosity, erudition and talent for discovery. He was one of the great connoisseurs of Italian painting in France, particularly of the Madonnas with Child or Crucifixion on a gold background, whose quality and rarity he could gauge at […]
Do you prefer a Van Gogh or a Keith Haring to decorate your office?
Haussmann-style or contemporary? Classic or modern decor? Ifop has studied the lives of employees in the Paris region and their artistic and architectural preferences. And if your boss put a painting on that little piece of wall you pass in front of every day at the office, would you prefer a classic or a modern […]
Colin Petersen, the Bee Gees’ first drummer, dies aged 78
The musician passed away on November 18. It was he who, in 1968, drummed alongside the Gibb brothers on the historic track I Started a Joke. For lovers of early Bee Gees tracks, especially the gem I Started a jokeColin Petersen’s death is filled with sadness. The first drummer of Bee Gees has passed away […]
“I wanted to show that the righteous man is a contemporary figure”.
INTERVIEW – The author ofOSS 117 and The Artist devoted six years to The Most Precious Commodity. This highly personal animated film about the Holocaust was adapted from Jean-Claude Grumberg’s fairy tale. In the hushed salons of a hotel in the 6th arrondissement of Parise arrondissement de Paris, Michel Hazanavicius is relaxed as he talks […]
California bans the word “squaw” from public spaces, deemed offensive to Native American women
Today, the term would be considered a ” ethnic, racial and sexist insult “to native women. Californian cities have until the 1er January to remove it from their urban space. The Natural Resources Agency of California will remove the term ” Squaw “In a statement released on Friday, November 15 and relayed by the National […]
The Substance: Coralie Fargeat deprives a festival of her film after director makes “misogynistic” remarks
The French director was planning to present her new feature at the Polish film festival Camerimage. After the publication of an “offensive” article by its director on the place of women in the film industry, she withdrew it from the program. ” We should no longer tolerate them “they said indignantly Coralie Fargeat and its […]
“I keep trying to make the perfect song, but I just can’t”, Paul McCartney, humility made star
He’s been delighting the world for sixty-two years. A marvellous musician, the author of melodies as sublime as they are timeless with his compatriot John Lennon, then solo, the kid from Liverpool is back on the road at 82. Always forward… Yesterday is definitely another day. “Let’s remember that, or rather, let’s listen to it, […]
Vincent Lindon, driving hero
CRITIQUE – Gilles Bourdos’s film manages the feat of filming Vincent Lindon for an hour and a quarter at the wheel of his car without ever boring us. The actor plays a role that’s just right for him: that of a man who has succeeded in everything and who lets go after a phone call. […]
Who wants Clint Eastwood dead? The story of 40 years of often unfair criticism
It took Clint Eastwood forty years to disarm critics, who considered him an apologist for brutality and machismo. Film historian Noël Simsolo retraces the stages of a trial he witnessed first-hand. This article is taken from Figaro Hors-Série “Clint Eastwood, the last of the giants”. Figaro Hors-Série Clint Eastwood, the last of the giantsts Le […]
Notre-Dame chairs blessed in Les Landes before heading for Paris
Monsignor Nicolas Souchu blessed some of the 1,500 chairs that will join the cathedral, which is due to reopen on the weekend of December 7 and 8. An “unusual” practice, according to Bastiat Sièges. The cathedral’s new chairs Notre-Dame de Parismade by a cabinet-maker in the Landes region, received their blessing from the bishop of […]