After the theft of 1,800 objects, the British Museum sues a former employee
This is a very embarrassing affair. Last August, the London museum founded in 1753, known for housing the Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon friezes, revealed that it had suffered a series of thefts from...
The Algerian seventh art in search of renewal
Algerian cinema, which had its hour of glory in the 1970s before a long period of decline, is seeking new impetus but the authorities are blowing hot and cold on the future of the...
MK2 and Artefact cinemas launch a festival of short films made by AI
MK2 cinemas and the French artificial intelligence specialist Artefact will organize a short film festival in November dedicated to “films made using generative AI” and chaired by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director of Amélie Poulain...
Hellfest launches a “kids” version of its festival, with Aldebert at its head
Aldebert, star of children's songs, reconnects with his adolescence and puts a metal veneer on his next disc in the Enfantillages series. For this new album scheduled for April 26, the artist has created...
Jean-Jacques Debout recounts Anne Frank, Frida Kahlo and Jean-Paul Belmondo in songs
At the dawn of his 84th birthday, Jean-Jacques Debout decided to recount little-known moments of his life in songs. He recorded an album whose 14 tracks are linked to memories dear to his heart. “I...
The Paris Book Festival is organizing a giant dictation on the Champ-de-Mars
Take out your paper and your pen! The Paris Book Festival, which will be held from April 12 to 14 at the ephemeral Grand Palais in Paris, offers all Molière language lovers a return to...
Nine days of impressionism: May 1886, Berthe Morisot on a big foot
This article is taken from the Figaro Hors-série Paris 1874, Impressionisme, soleil levant, a special issue published one hundred and fifty years after the first impressionist exhibition commemorated by the Musée d'Orsay which brought...
“Claude François found that I rolled the “r’s” too much”: the confessions of Michèle...
“Her name is Michèle”, she is a “little French girl born in Provence”. Michèle Torr gave a lot of herself in her songs. A somewhat forgotten singer of the yé-yé wave, the artist with...
With Terminal Jamel Debbouze returns to his first love
“A dream that I have cherished for years”: 25 years after H, Jamel Debbouze returns to the neglected genre of the sitcom by directing Terminal, a series filmed in public for Canal and notably...
Death of Alexis Gruss: the alliance of equestrian art and the track
In The Dictionary of My Life, published last year by Kero, to Proust's questionnaire question, “How would you like to die,” he answered “in good health.” In fact, he was still on the track...