Painting vandalized at the Palais de Tokyo: Macron condemns an attack "on our values"
Emmanuel Macron "condemned" on Monday "the act of vandalism" which occurred the day before at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, where the controversial work of Miriam Cahn was sprayed with paint by an...
Menahem Pressler, the last king of the romantic piano, is dead
“The world has gained a king. But today we also lost one! It is in these terms that the violinist Daniel Hope greeted a few hours ago the disappearance of Menahem Pressler, whom he...
The paint on some Soulages canvases liquefies
This is a disturbing phenomenon that intrigues scientists. On some canvases by Pierre Soulages, master of the Outrenoir, drops of paint have appeared. At the University of Cergy, a restorer and Soulages specialist is...
In New York, a guitar smashed by Kurt Cobain during a concert on sale...
A guitar smashed on stage by tempestuous rock idol Kurt Cobain, singer of the group Nirvana, is auctioned at the end of May in the United States. The damaged black instrument, a Fender Stratocaster,...
Jazz in Saint-Germain-des-Prés: mythical clubs with “unique places”
How do you bring a jazz festival to life in a neighborhood that has lost its legendary clubs? The 22nd edition of Jazz in Saint-Germain-des-Prés tries, from May 10 to 17, to revive this...
'Art can't be created by a machine': Hollywood screenwriters on strike worried about AI
Hollywood screenwriters may be on strike mainly for salary reasons, but their conflict with studios and streaming services is also fueled by a hypothesis deemed insulting: the idea that an artificial intelligence could soon...
Former Pakistani Guantanamo detainee exhibits his liberating works
Soil, ground coffee and even turmeric from the canteen: During his nearly 20 years incarcerated in Guantanamo without ever having been tried, the recently released Pakistani Ahmed Rabbani used everything he could find to...
Riccardo Muti honors the “generosity of the Jordanian people” towards Syrians fleeing the war
Since 1997, the date of a historic concert in Sarajevo, Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has been orchestrating Les Routes de l'Amitié. Initiated within the framework of the Ravenna festival, they rely on the virtues...
The Academy of Floral Games will reward slam poetry from 2024
The Academy of Floral Games, the oldest learned society in Europe which has rewarded poets since the 14th century, presented its prizes on Wednesday in Toulouse, announcing that on the occasion of its 700th...
Lebanon: the crisis has muted the national conservatory
Dusty pianos, empty classrooms... In Lebanon, the premises of the National Conservatory of Music reflect the image of the country, plunged into an economic crisis that has dealt a severe blow to the public...