26 January 2010

Laduree Sweet : a delectable artist's book gem

macaronswarovskiReminiscent of the “legendary” macaroons in their elegant powder pastel boxes, this work of art will come set in a gift chest and wrapped in tissue paper.

Philippe Andrieu, Chief Pastry Chef at Ladurée, unveils 100 of the prestigious establishment’s recipes adapted for the general public.

It is an expression both of Ladurée excellence, where taste and refinement have always gone hand and hand, and the best the French “art de vivre” has to offer.

An introduction, “La Petite histoire de Ladurée (A brief history of Ladurée)” is the story of how this little bakery, created in 1862 by Louis Ernest Ladurée, came into its own and became a genuine institution of French gourmandise.



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26 January 2010

Monumenta 2010 - Christian Boltanski

bolt2Christian Boltanski, one of the key figures of French contemporary art, born in 1944, developped an international career in the 70s that has placed him in the ranks of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Individual memory and the passage of time are recurring themes in the work of Christian Boltanski, who has devised “Personnes” especially for the Monumenta exhibition at the Grand Palais. In this installation combining visual impact and sound, he tackles the question of destiny and the ineluctability of death.

Grand Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 PARIS

http://www.monumenta.fr

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23 December 2009

The Dutch Golden Age - From Rembrandt to Vermeer

Vermeer-Off-06.inddFor its third season, the Pinacothèque de Paris, in association with Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, will present one of the most interesting periods in art history : the Dutch 17th century.

That period produced some of the most famous artists of all time, and above all the one whose name has remained one of the leading references : Rembrandt.

The exhibition will put on an outstanding ensemble of over 130 pieces, including about 60 paintings, 30 graphic works, 10 etchings as well as 10 objects to give an extremely visual representation of that period.

This exhibition wants above all to put forward Rembrandt’s singular role as the most influential artist of his time. He conferred upon his models, whether simple portraits or religious scenes, an unequalled dimension, a density, a human beauty that made of him the fore-runner of modernity, an analyst of souls and consciousness three centuries ahead of his contemporaries.

La Pinacothèque de Paris
28, Place de la Madeleine
75008 Paris
Exhibition until February 7, 2010
Full Rate: 10 euros
Web : http://www.pinacotheque.com

23 December 2009

Italian New Year in Corso restaurant

Located close to Montmartre quarter (and so, not so far from the Hotel de Noailles), this italian restaurant, owned by the famous Costes brothers, offers you, for New Year's dinner, a great menu at only 75 € per person :

  • Glass of Veuve Clicquot champagne
  • Chestnut cream, crackling lentils, or, Antipasto di mare, or, Foie gras
  • Lobster fettucine, or, Marsala veal escalope with black truffles, or, Scallops and black truffles risotto
  • Grana cheese and balsamic
  • Christmas ice cake (meringue, chestnut ice, whipped cream) or Napolitan ice cake (meringue, strawberries ice, whipped cream)
  • Coffee


Corso
10, avenue Trudaine
75009 Paris
Tel : 0033 (0)1 48 78 55 81corso2corso4corso3corso4

22 October 2009

Opera's Gallery

galerie.jpgThe Opera Garnier was chosen by the Galeries Lafayette department store, as the ideal location, to offer an innovative shopping space around culture, art, dance. A concept which changes from the traditional museum boutique !
This gallery is divided into four amazing spaces where you can find :
"L'Enfance de l'Art": costumes, drawing pads, toys
"La Représentation" : trendy products
"Le Souvenir" : products around the Opera history
Multimedia : books, musics, DVD's


La Galerie de l'Opéra
8, rue Scribe
75009 Paris
Web : http://www.operadeparis.fr
Tel : 0 892 89 90 90

21 October 2009

Uniqlo arriving in Paris !

The third international UNIQLO Flagship Store, after those of New York and London, has opened the 1st October, with a surface of 2 150 M², uniting in the heart of Paris the last innovations from UNIQLO in terms of products, architecture and service.
This famous japanese brand offers tee-shirts, jeans, cashmere pullover, with seven basics in seventeen colours.

Uniqlo 17 rue Scribe 75009 Paris
Open 10am to 8pm (except thursday 9pm)
Web : http://www.uniqlo.com

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21 October 2009

Pierre Hermé in the Galeries Lafayette

pub_galeries_lafayette.jpgChocolates, macaroons and shoes...Soon, the Galeries Lafayette shoppers will be able to reconcile those three "addictions" together in the same place. Pierre Hermé will be, from saturday 24th october, in the heart of this new space (6 000 m2) dedicated to the shoe. The famous pastry chef, who has already declined many department stores offers, has been seduced by the idea of mixing greed and pleasure shoppingmacarons_chocolats_ph.jpg

28 July 2009

Restaurant "Le Saut du Loup"

loup8A beautiful location ideally located in the heart of the Museum of Decorative Arts, with an amazing view of Louvre's Carrousel gardens, the Tuileries, Eiffel Tower and with a large terrace for the sunny days.

Pascal Bernier’s cuisine combines the great classics with more personal, gastronomic creations. With its contrasting savours, the menu surprises by its apparent simplicity, proposing dishes in which creativity and elegance rub shoulders with classicism… And it is this superb culinary cocktail which makes eating here such an unforgettable experience.

Le Saut du Loup is an ideal venue for a business lunch, a break between visiting the museum and shopping, an early evening cocktail, or, a dinner for two or with friends.

The restaurant provides a refined, relaxed, contemporary setting for people eager to discover a masterful blend of dishes and savours...

The interior design
Philippe Boiselier’s sober lines and colours play on contrasts between light and dark to modulate the restaurant’s spaces. The furniture is an integral part of this spatial construction. Ample black bench seats divide the space on both levels, and innovative use of materials such as Corian and reflected and indirect light softens the volumes and creates a warm atmosphere of discreet luxury.

Lunch menu : 20 to 26 €, on weekdays only (except national holidays)
Dinner : 40 € / 60 €
Weekend brunch: 21 €
Afternoon tea/coffee: 6 €, daily, from 3pm to 7pm

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Open from 12pm to 2am
107, rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
Tel : +33 (0)1 42 25 49 55
http://www.lesautduloup.com/

10 July 2009

Parisian Festivals


Summertime is synonymous with theatre in public gardens, concerts in parks and big-screen cinema under the stars. Here is a quick overview of parisian summer festivals :


Festivals in the park with the family


sous la plageParis in summer is great for families. Festivals galore offer special events, workshops, games and shows, in the capitals parks and gardens.

The festival "Paris quartier d’été" also seeks to bring events to a public that would not normally go to concert or opera performances. So, from 15 July to 9 August, dance, music, theatre, circus, storytelling and other events take place in parks, gardens, on avenues, at monuments and other outdoor venues. For the 20th anniversary of the event, there will be 33 sites, 35 shows, 115 performances and 260 artists. Among the sites hosting events, families will enjoy the Palais-Royal gardens, the garden of the Musée du quai Branly, Saint-Eustache church, the park of Buttes-Chaumont and the Luxembourg gardens.

Some of the summer season’s top events include the festival Sous la plage, which will be held on 12 and 13 July at the port de Javel, a few minutes from the Eiffel Tower and on the lawns of the André-Citroën park. The settingis already a firm favourite with families who enjoy the water fountains where kids love to play and the expansive grassy areas, popular with everyone from tiny tots to adults.For its seventh edition, the festival offers as usual a happy mixture of family, trendy and unusual events. On the programme for Saturday, fun-based electro workshops, offbeat walks and musical embarkations. Sunday will see the highpoint of the festival: a huge dance with the emphasis on the music of Istanbul. Before the concert, from 6pm, adults and children will be able to practice the art of the Turkish tango and Oriental dancing.

Fans of classical music, vocal and instrumental, can attend the 9th edition of the European festival Jeunes Talents, from 10 to 30 July. The Hôtel de Soubise, in the Marais, will be staging outdoor concerts given by 53 young musicians from all over Europe and other parts of the world, from the major conservatoires.

SOUS LA PLAGE (Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July) Parc André-Citroën, Paris 15th http://www.souslaplageblog.com

JEUNES TALENTS (from 10 to 30 July) Archives nationales, 60 rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Paris 3rd Tel +33 (0)1 40 27 64 19 http://www.jeunes-talents.org

PARIS QUARTIER D’ÉTÉ (from 15 July to 9 August) Tel +33 (0)1 44 94 98 00 http://www.quartierdete.com


A summer music season

jazz villetteMusic has the reputation for calming the spirit, and so you would expect it to have an even greater effect when played outdoors in parks and gardens. This is the idea of the summer season of music festivals in Paris, which feature music from all around the world.

One of the highpoints of summer is the Paris Jazz Festival, which takes place in the gardens of the Parc Floral, to the east of Paris, in the Bois de Vincennes.
The idea is to create different improvised venues within the park: a “Clarière des impros (Impros clearing)” will bring musicians and the public together for improvised workshops whilst the “Jardinophone (gardenophone)” proposes sound structures, world games, special events and instrument making workshops which question the relation between music and nature.

The Classique au vert is another key festival which takes place in the Parc floral every weekend from 1 August to 20 September. Performances take place at 4pm and this year the public will be able to discover Mozart’s Parisian years, the Paris waltz at Vienna, the spirit of the roaring twenties and even the cinema of Vladimir Cosma. There will also be special events linked to the concerts: treasure hunts, pre-concert meetings with a musicologist to gain a better understanding of the concert which follows, walks around the park with botanists and, after the performance, the possibility of meeting some of the performers.

Botany and classical music enthusiasts will also enjoy the 10th edition of the festival Solistes aux serres d’Auteuil. The first part of the festival was held in June and will be followed by a second part from 28 August to 13 September in the wonderful setting of the Auteuil hothouses: these glass and metal structures are surrounded by a richly planted garden. This popular series of concerts with different soloists, mainly pianists, are accessible to all thanks to the moderate cost of tickets (free for children).

The festival Jazz à la Villette attracts the big names in blues, jazz, but also electro and hip-hop from 1 to 13 September. Some 200 artists and 50 groups are expected for this event at the big La Villette park in the north of Paris. Among the line-up: Hank Jones, Ahmad Jamal, Ornette Coleman, Ron Carter, Seun Kuti, Amadou et Mariam, De La Soul, Yael Naim, John Zorn, etc.

PARIS JAZZ FESTIVAL (from 6 June to 26 July) Parc floral, esplanade Saint-Louis (in front of the Château de Vincennes), bois de Vincennes, Paris 12th http://www.parisjazzfestival2009.net

SOLISTES AUX SERRES D’AUTEUIL (second part: from 28 August to 13 September) Jardin des serres d’Auteuil, pavillon des Azalées, 1 av Gordon-Bennett, Paris 16th Tel +33 (0)1 46 32 02 26 http://www.ars-mobilis.com

JAZZ À LA VILLETTE (from 1 to 13 September) Parc de la Villette, Paris 19th Tel +33 (0)1 44 84 44 84 http://www.jazzalavillette.com

CLASSIQUE AU VERT (from 1 August to 20 September) Parc floral, esplanade Saint-Louis (in front of the Château de Vincennes), bois de Vincennes, Paris 12th Tel +33 (0)1 45 43 81 18 http://www.classiqueauvert2009.com


“Cinema paradiso” in Paris

cinéma clair de luneNot to be forgotten amongst the plethora of summer festivals are the outdoor big-screen cinema evenings offered with two major festivals.

The festival Cinéma en plein air takes place in the Parc de la Villette. A huge inflatable screen is installed on the grassy Prairie du Triangle and the public gather to watch films screened daily, from nightfall. Free to the public, each screening gathers hundreds of film buffs who either sit on the grass or hire a deckchair (6.50 euros). This year, the theme of the New World is the common thread which runs through the programme. From 15 July to 16 August, the public will discover great films like “Pirates of the Caribbean” by Gore Verbinski, “Into the Wild”, by Sean Penn, “Broken Flowers”, by Jim Jarmush, “Brokeback Mountain”, by Ang Lee, “Golden Door”, by Emanuele Crialese, “Amistad”, by Steven Spielberg, etc.

The festival Cinéma au clair de lune is celebrating its ninth edition. The particularity of this event, which will take place from 5 to 23 August, is its nomadic character. Every evening, films are shown in a different district of the capital. This year, in places as diverse as the place des Vosges, the Seine quayside and the place des Fêtes, spectators will (re)discover “Boudu sauvé des eaux”, the animation thriller “Renaissance” and films by Claude Berri such as the famous “Tchao pantin”.

CINÉMA EN PLEIN AIR (from 5 to 23 August) Prairie du triangle, parc de la Villette, Paris 19th Tel +33 (0)1 40 03 75 75 http://www.villette.com

CINÉMA AU CLAIR DE LUNE (from 15 July to 16 August) In different districts of Paris http://www.forumdesimages.fr

24 June 2009

Opening of the "Alain Ducasse Cooking School" in Paris, from 11th May you are the chef !


ducasse1 Let one of the chefs at the Ecole de Cuisine Alain Ducasse in Paris teach you the difference while they lead you by the hand to the market and show you what is the best produce that day, before you return to the kitchen to cook it. “One of the important points about some of our courses is that you can honestly be completely useless in the kitchen,” says Emanuelle Perrier, director of public relations for the new cooking school, which opens on Monday, “and still come here and have a good time with us.”

Welcome encouragement to those who might be intimidated by the idea of a cooking class in Paris’s posh 16th arrondissement, headed by a famous French chef known - among other things - for being the first to have owned three three-star-ranking restaurants in three different countries simultaneously. But in his new 700 square-metre space Ducasse wants the atmosphere to be relaxed. “It’s a place to get together in for the pleasure of preparing and discovering food,” he told recently.

Ducasse is also catering to all different types of food-lovers. There are ten different courses, from “Traditional cuisine” to “Escapist cuisine, to “Gourmet cuisine”, with classes for half-a-day or a full day (depending on the subject.) There are two levels : experienced and inexperienced. There are also English-speaking chefs for English-only-speaking students.

Actually, you can find several cooking schools in Paris but Ducasse’s new one offers quite a diversity of subjects : “We have everything from a class for six to 11-year-olds to a class on the gourmet cuisine of Alain Ducasse”.

Not that their mission is to focus on the well-known chef’s style : “Many cooking schools just teach their own style", "we will do that but we will also teach other cuisines from other cultures”. The school also offers wine-appreciation and pastry-making classes.

L'Ecole de Cuisine Alain Ducasse 64 rue du Ranelagh 75016 PARIS

Tel : +33 (0)1 44 90 91 00

Fax : +33 (0)1 44 24 43 81

Email : ecole@alain-ducasse.com

Website : http://www.ecolecuisine-alainducasse.com


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10 June 2009

Dinner in the sky of Paris

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A private event, a "premiere" in Paris .... : a dinner in the air, at 50 meters high, vith a view on Concorde place, Louvre museum and Champs-Elysees avenue.

After Budapest, Bruxelles, Dubaï, London or Las Vegas, the magazin "Cuisine Créative", will organize "Dinner in the Sky" from the 11th to the 15th September 2009 in the Tuileries gardens.

At the total, 550 meals of 22 guests each will be commercialized, of whom 100 euros per meal will be for the benefit of the Federation of Rare Diseases.

Every dinner will be cooked by a different french famous chef : Alain Passard (L’Arpège), Marc Veyrat ( L’Auberge de L’Eridan), Pierre Gagnaire (Restaurant Pierre Gagnaire), Yannick Alléno (Hôtel Meurice), Frédéric Anton (Pré-Catelan), Guy Martin (Le Grand Véfour), Georges Blanc (Restaurant Georges Blanc), Patrick Bertron (Relais Bernard Loiseau), Thierry Marx (Hôtel Cordeillan-Bages), Christian Sinicropi (Hôtel Martinez) et Michel Roth (Ritz Paris) will meet successively the challenge. The final dinner will be cooked by the Elysee chef. Four tables of 22 guests will be dedicated too, to an extraordinary cocktails tasting prepared by the Hemingway Bar (Ritz Hôtel) and directed by Colin Field (world's best barman).

You can book your place only on : http://www.cuisinecreative.com Rates from 846 à 1400 euros per person


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4 June 2009

Personal Shopper

avenue montaigne 1 For twenty years, Christophe Saincristau has helped his friends in terms of decoration, fashion, and gastronomy shopping.

Wherever he is, he manage to find and target great places where to find fabulous things.

To enhance his fashion culture and to create his company, he has followed trainings in different luxury brands such as Gucci, Prada, J.P. Gaultier, Kenzo, Paul and Joe, and attended seminars regarding future tendencies, to build a collection.

As far as he could remember, Christophe Saincristau has always wished to have a profession in relation with fashion industry.

But his first motivation is to help persons to feel fine in their body, their mind and to learn more about themselves. The fashion, for him, is constituted by several parameters, but, the most important is the way of being.



Here are below the services he can proposes you :

Personal Shopper for fashion and decoration : assistance and advices
Purchases (clothes, accessories, presents) for example, for a dinner or a party
Restaurant choice advices for special occasions

The simple purchase is at 50 € and for the personal shopper for half a day (around 4 hours), a tailored quotation will be made for you.

For any information please contact :Montaigne 3

M. Christophe Saincristau

Tel : +33 (0)6 13 81 43 65

E Mail : parishopper.saincristau@gmail.com

19 May 2009

Paris Air Show Le Bourget

LE BOURGETCelebrate the Aerospace Centenary on 19, 20 and 21 June 2009 !

The Centenary of the International Paris Air Show will be an unprecedented celebration for all air and space enthusiasts!

Every day will be a unique event featuring more than 3 hours of flying displays, every new product to emerge from the aerospace industry as well as 30 historic aircraft (Blériot XI, Fokker DR1, B17, Mustang, Corsair, etc.).

Finally, the "Patrouille de France" aerobatics team will be putting on an outstanding display on Saturday and Sunday.AVION2

The International Paris Air Show will take place from 15th to 21st June 2009 at Le Bourget Exhibition Centre, but open to general public only from the 19th to the 21st.

http://www.paris-air-show.com

14 May 2009

Near the Sacré Coeur and Montmartre

The best place to eat Italian near Montmartre and feel like a real Parisian!!! A nice terasse within 5 to 10 minutes walking from the Sacré Coeur, reasonable prices! Make a stop over to eat a nice salad or wonderfull pasta, at the Corso : 10, avenue Trudaine 75009 PARIS 01 48 78 55 81‎ Ask us for any réservation or itinary! Enjoy this place and give us your feed back.

13 May 2009

La Nouvelle Athènes

A Hairdressing studio, a Beauty Rendez-Vous, a Salon of Art...

More than 15 years spent in photography studios and behind the fashion shows scenes taught Sylvie Coudray that the hair is an essential element of beauty.

She also learnt that in order to choose the ideal cut for any face, it wasn't always best to follow the current trend.

And it is offer all women and men this notion of "customized" applied to the hairdressing that she created "La Nouvelle Athènes", a hairdressing studio in a cosy apartment of the chic 9th district.

Actually, you can find a beautiful photography exhibition, tribute in the beauty of the women of more than 50 years... A tribute to those who owe be our models... (Photograph : David Renaud, Stylist : Benjamin Bretel and Sylvie Coudray for the realisation).

La Nouvelle Athènes 46, rue Laffitte 75009 Paris

Tel : 00 33 (0)1 48 74 86 89

http://www.lanouvelleathenes.com

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11 May 2009

Le Whif

whif Le Whif (www.lewhif.com) is a revolutionary new way of eating chocolate - by breathing it! Imagine, chocolate without the calories. Be the first to try inhaled chocolate when Le Whif goes on sale later this month in four luscious flavors: mint chocolate, raspberry chocolate, mango chocolate, and plain chocolate.

Harvard professor David Edwards, lead inventor of Le Whif, says: "Over the centuries we've been eating smaller and smaller quantities at shorter and shorter intervals. It seemed to us that eating was tending toward breathing, so, with a mix of culinary art and aerosol science, we've helped move eating habits to their logical conclusion. We call it whiffing."

Le Whif is a terrific way to curb your appetite or to accompany a coffee, and Edwards says inhaled chocolate is just the beginning. New culinary innovations that involve eating by breathing are being developed by the Foodlab at Le Laboratoire, Edwards' art and science innovation center in central Paris.

The product will ship on May 15th 2009

7 May 2009

CRAKING ART AU PRINTEMPS

From May 6th till June 20th, 200 rabbits of the Cracking Art Group invade the PRINTEMPS

Round of crocodiles fuchsia surrounding a vermilion poodle, a huge electric blue bear, a fluorescent Indian yellow line of penguins … LAPIN ROUGE

With immoderation, senses of the color and the humor, the works of the Cracking Art Group, leave visual tracks close to the retinal obstinacy.



The Cracking Art Group, it is a group of six artists, based in 1993 and bounded by the same vision of the world, that have already realized numerous installations and exhibitions in several countries

(Venice, Brussels, Prague).

Considering that the art has a social impact, Alex Angi, Kicco, Marco Veronese, William Sweetlove, Renzo Nucara and Carlo Rizetti intend to report, register and show facts which occurre in our society ". lapin-VIOLET.gif



Where from a simple and optimistic artistic expression, connected to the European wave of the new realism, which draws its inspiration from the pop art, the dadaism or Arte Povera.

The name of the group finds its origin in the chemical process allowing to transform organic materials into synthetic materials by breaking molecules: the cracking.



After every installation, the works are so annulled and recycled. A technique which keeps pace with the ideas to which refers the group, which following the example of the futurism, of the Arte Povera or of Transavantgarde, wrote a manifesto. " The world is in danger.

The works of Craking Art are available at the Gallery 208, in the 5th floor of the PRINTEMPS Mode(Fashion) from May 6th till June 20th, 2009, and in the Gallery 208 boulevard St Germain 75005 Paris tel. 01 42 50 30 42. Price: rabbit 95 cms: 1800 € / rabbit 3m: 20 000 €



More information on www.crackingartgroup.com

30 April 2009

The Shoah Memorial, an instrument of our time

This memorial opened to the public in January 2005, on the site of the Mémorial du Martyr Juif Inconnu (Memorial to the Unknown Jewish Martyr).

Situated at this turning point of the "century of genocides", open to the new century, the new institution is intended as a bridge between the men and women who were contemporaries of the Shoah and those who did not experience this period of history, either directly or through the mediation of their parents.

The Shoah Memorial is also a new phase in the transmission of the memory and the lessons of the Shoah, which so far had been essentially borne by the direct witnesses of the extermination of Jews of Europe.

Why and how should the Shoah be "taught" in the 21st century? Such issues are at the heart of the Memorial's mission, at the heart of the work of the historians, researchers and educators who come together here to be a source of inspiration open to all, ready to welcome the new generations.

This is a resource center, the first and foremost collection of archives on the Shoah in Europe, but it is also a "museum of vigilance", designed to learn, understand and experience, because now and forever it will always be necessary to construct "a rampart against oblivion, against a rekindling of hatred and contempt for man", to quote Eric de Rothschild, President of the Memorial.

17 rue Geoffroy l'Asnier 75004 Paris France

http://www.memorialdelashoah.org

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29 April 2009

58 Eiffel Tower

The restaurant on the 1st floor of the Eiffel Tower reopened its doors, this month, with a new name "58 Eiffel Tower", a new design by Patrick Jouin and an out-of-the ordinary cuisine by the chef Alain Ducasse . For the lunch, a new chic picnic concept, and, for the dinner, a contemporary brasserie. Budget :

  • Lunch 20 €
  • Dinner 40 € / 60 €

58 EIFFEL TOWER

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27 April 2009

Tag at the Grand Palais

300 works by the leading international graffiti artists

By commissioning works from the foremost graffiti artists, Alain-Dominique Gallizia has compiled - and continues to compile – the most important painted record of what was, until now, an ephemeral art. Now 300 works have been brought together for an unprecedented project in the history of Art, shown in a world-first exhibition at the Grand Palais. TAG EXCEPTIONAL EXTRA TIME TILL MAY 03rd 2009 opening till 11pm on wednesday and saturday.

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