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The US artist who went from prison cell to Paris show

Tue, 16 May 2023 13:25:54 +0200

Halim Flowers was 16 when he was arrested in the United States, tried as an adult then jailed for murder in 1998. Now aged 42, he is a prolific artist, poet and writer exhibiting in Paris.

Gingerism: Exhibition opens to tackle abuse towards France's redheads

Tue, 02 May 2017 18:37:43 +0200

Gingerism or abuse of red-heads might not be an issue you would associate with France but a French photographer is holding an exhibition to highlight the prejudice facing the country's ginger-haired people.

China is winning war of the worlds in giant Paris art show

Fri, 06 May 2016 15:56:00 +0200

The finishing touches were being put Friday to a breathtaking installation about power by Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping which has a 133-ton snake threatening a triumphal arch made from shipping containers topped with a giant Napoleon hat.

Paris: Icon Edith Piaf celebrated at exhibit

Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:39:02 +0200

Her soaring, emotion-wracked voice remains the defining soundtrack of old, romantic France and her colourful life the stuff of legend.

VIDEO: 'The Kama Sutra is not a dirty little text'

Fri, 03 Oct 2014 14:51:00 +0200

Paris's brand new exhibition on the legendary Kama Sutra takes visitors beyond its risqué reputation and shows the text is more about pleasure than sex. Our colleagues at Parisian News TV gives you an inside look.

Paris exhibition honours the Smurfs' creator

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:24:00 +0200

The self-taught Belgian cartoonist behind the Smurfs is getting some long-awaited recognition with a first-ever retrospective of his work that opened in Paris on Thursday, some weeks after the publication of a controversial book by a French scholar.