Visual Arts

In Angoulême, crowds move through festival installations among streets, tents, and the familiar facades of the city’s big event. The scene shows that comics spill beyond the professional sphere to permeate the whole city. At a time of governance change, the image measures what is at stake for a cultural and popular institution.

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After boycott and legal strife, Angoulême’s comics festival tries to pull its fractured industry together

2026-04-22

A calm face, a clear decision: Laurence des Cars chooses the exit amid a national storm. On February 24, 2026, she submitted her resignation to Emmanuel Macron, who accepted it in the name of ‘appeasement’. Four months after the burglary at the Louvre and the theft of the jewels, the Louvre’s crises had piled up like rubble. Security, workplace climate, massive projects: the world’s leading museum seeks a new compass.

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Laurence des Cars steps down as the Louvre faces a security crisis

2026-02-26

Under the light of Saint-Germain, MIRA Art Fair 2025 is setting up its second edition at the Maison de l’Amérique Latine, from November 13 to 16. Aligned with Paris Photo, the boutique-format fair features just over twenty galleries across four floors, including lounges, staircases, and a garden. An immersion designed for proximity, clarity, and dialogue between continents.

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MIRA Art Fair 2025: Paris contemporary art fair for Latin America

2025-11-19

At the Louvre, in the Galerie d’Apollon, eight jewels disappeared on October 19. A week later, two suspects were apprehended at CDG and in Seine-Saint-Denis. Video surveillance and some 150 traces guided the BRB, supported by the BRI and the OCBC; the loss is estimated at €88 million. Beyond the incident, the challenge is to protect an inalienable heritage.

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Spectacular Louvre heist: two arrests, EUR88m in jewels still missing

2025-10-27

Bars and cold light. Between MDC Brooklyn and Santé, the promised 'security' wavers. October 22–23, 2025, reveal threats, videos, and administrative silences.

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Pompidou’s ‘Last Carnival’ lights up Paris before renovation

2025-10-23

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Death of Sylvain Amic, 58, head of the Musée d’Orsay and the Orangerie

2025-09-01

A vibrant portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle, creator of the Nanas and a figure of Nouveau Réalisme, exhibited at the Grand Palais.

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Niki de Saint Phalle Art at the Grand Palais: Sculptures, Archives, and Monumental Works

2025-08-11

An impressive crowd throngs the aisles of Japan Expo 2025 Paris, among cosplayers, fans of Japanese comics, and lovers of Asian pop culture. The event, which attracts enthusiasts of animated films and TV series every summer, embodies the meeting of tradition, modernity, and a connected youth. It's a must-see to understand why the French love Japanese culture so much.

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Japan Expo Paris 2025 Shatters Attendance Records with a Four-Day Pop-Culture Spectacle

2025-07-17