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Each year since 1974, Paris put contemporary artists in the spotlight on the occasion of the FIAC, meaning Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (“the Paris International Art Fair”). While some days during the October, the Grand Palais as well as several places named “Hors les Murs” welcomed modern and contemporary works selected among the greatest galleries of… Read more »

During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »

The French president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing was behind the project of the Arab World Institute construction at the heart of Paris. Thus, he wanted to lighten the relations between France and Arab countries bringing the two cultures closer. The building was inaugurated in 1987 under the chairmanship of François Mitterrand. The Institute shelters permanent collections… Read more »