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Cranach and his time, at the Musee du Luxembourg
Friday, February 11th, 2011 | Main events | No Comments
After several months of work, the Luxembourg Museum has finally reopened its doors! Since February 9, the museum new spaces designed by architects Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines (the ones who recently designed the Pompidou Centre in Metz), is featuring a major exhibition about Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Little known to the French public, this great painter of the Germanic Renaissance has actually deeply marked the history of art by his very personal manner: subtile portaits, nudes and landscapes richly detailed, and often tinged with religious symbolism.
But if his name reminds you something, it’s also because Cranach made headlines this winter! An exceptional appeal for donations has been actually launched in past few months by the Louvre Museum in order to raise the lacking million euros to acquire this masterpiece. › Continue reading
ELLE Decoration Suite, Carte Blanche to Jean Paul Gaultier
Friday, April 16th, 2010 | Main events, Uncategorized | No Comments
If you you are crossing near the Trocadero in May this year, don’t miss the next Hill of Chaillot fashion event!
For the third consecutive year, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine and the trendy magazine ELLE Decoration entrust a renowned designer with the relooking of the Suite Jacques Carlu.
After Christian Lacroix and Martin Margiela, it is the turn of Jean-Paul Gaultier to have carte blanche to reviving this very beautiful space formerly inhabited by Jacques Carlu, architect of the palais de Chaillot.
With its view of Paris and the Eiffel Tower, zero doubt that the Carlu Suite will inspire the designer of the stars and take unpublished accents, rock, and glamorous keys.
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