2023-11-16 15:31:01 “The Lion Hunt in the Sahara”, by Horace Vernet, 1836. Wallace Collection, London, UK / Bridgeman Images CRITICISM – This painter of colonialist propaganda benefits from a courageous retrospective within the rooms decorated with his immense formats, usually invisible to the public. While at the Trocadéro the works of his grandfather were loaded … Read more
No one would be able to locate the places without the labels which, although laconic, all the same mention a country, or a region, as well as the (recent) year to which the shooting corresponds. No more. Simone Simon’s evanescent landscapes jealously preserve their share of enigma, floating, indecisive lands, without borders or demarcation, where … Read more
The video has since been removed from YouTube, where mysterious hands were responsible for broadcasting it at the time of the car tycoon’s arrest. But the images of the sumptuous party given by Carlos Ghosn in the salons and gardens of the Palace of Versailles, on March 9, 2014, have remained etched in our memories. … Read more
France has announced its readiness to accept residents of Ukraine fleeing the country engulfed in hostilities. They get to Paris in different ways: through Poland, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Some remain in France, others seek further, to friends and relatives, to Spain, Portugal, England. A Kommersant correspondent in France came to the huge exhibition … Read more
The Heads of State and Government of the European Union meeting in Versailles have decided to double military aid to Ukraine to bring it to one billion euros. They ruled out the possibility of a rapid accession of this country to the Union, but affirmed that it “was part of the European family”. The Commission … Read more
Et is a liquid treasure that matures in the cellars of Château-Chalon for six years and three months: Vin Jaune, the legendary white wine from the Jura, which literally means yellow wine. It is only grown in the small French department and made exclusively from the Savagnin grape variety. Even the kings of Versailles loved … Read more