This year we are taking you on a cultural journey for Christmas that introduces Art through literature. Exciting!
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Cult sneakers, Tonton Gibs, Larousse editions
Everything you want to know about the colorful world of basket is in this prodigious box. Made by the collector Uncle Gibs, you will discover his interviews with the actors of the “sneaker” community; references ; stories; the different brands (Reebok, Adidas, Nike, etc.); the story of legendary models but also personalities who have adopted them. A veritable encyclopedia on a product that has become essential. Collector!
Immerse yourself in the temple of sneakers thanks to the exhibition " Sneakers come to the Museum » until July 25, 2022 at Museum of human. An unprecedented meeting on the origins of this fashion accessory that arouses enthusiasm!
Museum of human, 17, place du Trocadero, 75016 Paris. From 11 a.m. to 19 p.m.
The lesson of elegance, a mystery and a resistance, collective, Séguier editions
We are delighted with the release of this Brilliant new album. THE Seguier editions never cease to captivate us with their little literary nuggets, this time addressing the theme ofmasculine elegance. Task entrusted to fourteen writers on portraits of personalities who inspired them. Thus Patrice Jean describes the actor to us Gary Grant in Death to kits : "charm, humor, composure and grace". The enchanting classicism of the 50s par excellence! A role at odds with a James Bond considered too superficial! For the tennis player Roger Federer, charisma is due to the harmony of movement. As for the beauty of the style, it belongs to the thought of the sage, here the Spaniard Baltasar Gracian, according to the very chic Frédéric Schiffter, himself a philosopher. But the palm of good taste in clothing goes to the writer Barbey d'Aurevilly, the most dandy of all.
It will have been understood that elegance takes on multiple allures, even that of absence evoked with poetry by Monica Sabolo. Isn't the secret of distinction in the art of seduction? Let's not try too hard to unravel its mystery, that's what gives it an infinite charm! The smart touch with philosophical accents to offer to your guests.
Go to the lair of clothing at Fashion and Textile Museum. Discover the history of costume from 1715 to the present day with its panel of designers. From court dress to Jean Paul Gaultier's 4-piece suit.
Fashion and Textile Museum, 107 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris. From 11 a.m. to 18 p.m.
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Josephine Baker, the clandestine of History, Catel and Bocquet, Casterman editions
The writer Jose-Louis Bocquet and designer Catel Muller have teamed up to deliver a playful graphic story on the Great Josephine Baker. The extraordinary destiny of the little American who entered the history of France scrolls in black and white. From his birth in St. Louis, Missouri to his arrival in Paris for the review Negro at the heart of the Roaring Twenties. From his involvement in the Resistance and then with Martin Luther King to the realization of his ideal of life at the Château des Milandes. What a whirlwind!
Josephine Baker is the fifth woman to be honored at the Pantheon after Simone Veil. You can pay your respects to him inside the crypt since November 30, 2021.
Pantheon, Sainte-Geneviève mountain, place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris. Visits from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m.
Josephine Baker swimming pool a few steps from the François Mitterrand library invites you "Au fil de l'eau" until December 31, 2021. Visual artists, comic book authors, designers trace the journey of the diva through their work as well as digital documentaries.
Josephine Baker Pool, 50 Quai Francois Mauriac, 75013 Paris.
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In search of an Elsewhere, Steve McCurry, Karine Guerre, Editions de la Martinière
This album brings together one hundred emblematic shots de Steve McCurry. THE famous american photographer member of the Magnum agency has been awarded several times – World Press Photo, Picture of The Year International among others – for his photos that have gone around the world. The face of the green-eyed Afghan girl intense headlines National Geographic in 1984 is undoubtedly one of his most famous portraits. He signs here once again striking snapshots of beauty and sensitivity that challenge.
Enter in " The world of Steve McCurry " at Maillol Museum. 150 photos from the photographer's travels in Afghanistan, India, Asia, Cuba, Italy immortalize his 40-year career... Not to be missed!
Maillol Museum, 59-61 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris. From December 9, 2021 to May 29, 2022.
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Fantastic Gustave Dore, Alix Paré, Valérie Sueur-Hermel, Editions du Chêne
Enchanted immersion in the abundant work of the artist with multiple qualities – painter, draftsman, sculptor also caricaturist. The authors looked at the engraving techniques of Gustave Doré ; return to his illustrations of 25 great literary classics such Atala of Chateaubriand or Don Quixote of Cervantes; highlight its avant-garde cartoons at the beginnings of the comic strip and reveal to us the secret of some of his paintings. Splendid !
Find at Orsay Museum some of Gustave Doré's paintings and sculptures also present in the book Fantastic Gustave Doré.
Orsay Museum, 1 rue de la Legion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris. From 9:30 a.m. to 18 p.m.
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Written by Marie-Laure Vallée from the blog Literature and Company. Instagram: livrissime_m.laure
