Tag: contemporary art

French President Emmanuel Macron, by recommendation of Culture Minister Franck Riester, has appointed Emma Lavigne as the new president of the Palais de Tokyo,...

Many artists have immortalised black people in their work, often going against the typical representations of their respective periods. Taking a multi-disciplinary approach, the...

The Palais de Tokyo is a must-visit for aficionados of contemporary art. The space, enlarged in 2012 from 8,000 m² to 22,000 m², has...

Seventy-eight-year-old French artist Daniel Buren must be harboring a little boy in his heart whom he lets out every once in a while to...

For one night only, Paris will not sleep. Starting at 7pm on October 3, Paris celebrates Nuit Blanche (sleepless night). Every year in the fall, the City of Light stays awake to showcase a cutting-edge banquet of free contemporary art... read on

  What pops into your head when you think of family? This is the question posed by the world photo biennale. Every two years Photoquai becomes...

Bonsoir Paris! On Friday October 3 the city becomes a living and breathing contemporary open-air gallery, with installations and live performances from nightfall until...

Eleven monumental works constitute the exhibition made up of inflatable 'giants'. Blow-up sculptures are becoming a fixture of contemporary art. Artists like Niki de Saint Phalle, Christo, Anish Kapoor and Paul McCarthy have all explored this medium in the 2000s.

You won’t believe your eyes, or your ears, but it's true: there’s a black lake inside the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. Contemporary French...

A place of extraordinary cultural vitality, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the guest of honour in an exhibition presented by the Fondation Cartier... read on

For the annual Summer Exhibition, British artist and sculptor Anish Kapoor is invited to display works in the gardens at the Château de Versailles. He’s...

After ten months of renovation, resulting in an expansion of three times it's former size, the Palais de Tokyo has established itself as...