Art paris Edition 2009 28 février 2009
Posted by webmaster in : Culture,News,Zoom , add a commentTaking place at the Grand Palais for three consecutive years, artparis has in the last 10 years become one of the most significant Parisian events for those who are active on the international art scene.
From the 19th through the 23rd of March, artparis brings together one hundred of the most dynamic galleries in the international market for modern and contemporary art. Twenty different countries will be represented with more than 800 artists such as Frédérique Loutz, Jorge Queiroz and Sandra Vasquez de la Horra nominated to award the Prize for Contemporary Drawing of the Daniel and Florence Guerlain Foundation.
Artistic creation of the 20th Century meets that of the 21st century as represented through the mediums of painting, sculpture, drawing, photography video, installation and performance.
Adress: Grand Palais-Avenue Winston Churchill-75008 Paris
Openings:
from the 19th March to the 22th March, from 11A.M from 8.30P.M
And the 23th March from 11A.M to 6P.M.
And don’t forget to reserve your favorite hotel on our website www.bourgogne-montana.com
I Love You wall in Montmartre 25 février 2009
Posted by webmaster in : Culture,News,Parcours,Zoom , 6 commentsHaving collected the phrase « I love you » in over three hundred languages, the artist Frédéric Baron, wanted to display these messages of love on a wall.
The “I love you” wall stands at the centre of the Jehan Rictus garden, near to place des Abbesses at Montmartre, and covers a surface area of 40 m² with a total of 511 squares in enamelled lava… The phrase, “I love you”, the sweetest and most romantic of expressions, features 311 times.
Here are a few extracts: «nian’-ni-né-sné-i-kou-nou» (India), «sé-rèt-lèk» (Hungary), «daï-sou-ki» (Japan), «ti amo» (Italy), «veille-el-skar-deille» (Norway), «èk-èt -you- lif» (South Africa).
Together, Frédéric BARON and Claire KITO have, (thanks to a competition organised by two private patrons, Olivier PELAT and Daniel BOULOGNE and the support of French poet Jean-Claude de FEUGAS), given a 40m² monument made of enamelled lava with 311 « je t’aime » ["I love you"]inscriptions, in 250 languages, to Paris , ‘City of Light’ and capital of romance. THE I LOVE YOU WALL is built out of 511 21×29.7 cm tiles. The size of the blocks of lava recall the sheets on which Frédéric BARON collected the written text. The bursts of colour on the fresco represent the pieces of a broken heart, the heart of a humanity so often torn apart and which the I LOVE YOU WALL tries to gather together.
Address: Square des Abbesses – near the Terrass Hotel and the restaurant Le Diapason
Paris insolite: Halle Saint Pierre à Montmartre 23 février 2009
Posted by webmaster in : Culture,Design & Decoration,News,Parcours,Zoom , add a commentThe Naïve Art Museum presents about 30 works from the Max Fourny permanent collection
Profitez d’un séjour au Terrass Hotel ou d’une ballade dans Montmartre après un déjeuner au restaurant Le Diapason pour découvrir la Halle Saint Pierre.
Au sein d’une belle architecture de style Baltard, tournée vers les jardins de la Butte Montmartre, la Halle Saint Pierre abrite un musée et une galerie, une librairie, un auditorium, un café. C’est dans ce cadre harmonieux et lumineux que sont présentées les grandes expositions temporaires et les multiples activités artistiques et culturelles dédiées aux formes les plus inattendues de la création.
En 1995, l’exposition « Art Brut et Compagnie, la face cachée de l’art contemporain », réunissant les cinq collections francophones majeures d’art brut et singulier, a inauguré le projet culturel de la Halle Saint Pierre. Depuis, plus d’une trentaine d’expositions ont poursuivi la recherche et la réflexion sur les formes insolites et hors normes de la création contemporaine.
Prochaine exposition: Michel Macréau proche de certaines préoccupations COBRA, précurseur de la figuration libre et du graphitisme urbain, connut autant le succès que la traversée du désert. Son oeuvre anti-conventionnelle, qui inscrit la peinture dans le champ de l’écriture et du dessin, s’affirme par la complexité d’une figuration apparemment malhabile et la qualité picturale des lignes sobres qui jouent avec l’espace du tableau. Une peinture graphique quelquefois brutale, fondamentalement tendre, sous-tendue par une angoisse presque palpable qui s’origine dans des mythologies personnelles les plus obsédantes.
Addresse : 2, rue Ronsard – 75018 Paris
Musée du Vin de Paris 21 février 2009
Posted by webmaster in : Culture,Gastronomie,News,Parcours,Zoom , add a commentDuring your stay at the Bourgogne & Montana Hotel, take time to visit the Wine Museum of Paris in the district of Eiffel Tower/Trocadero.
Open since 1984, the Musée du Vin houses a collection of instruments and objects evocative of French wines and vineyards. The collection is presented in … the galleries of former quarries worked in the Middle Ages and later turned into cellars for the monks of the Ordre des Minimes. Once you have been introduced to the different methods of wine production, make sure you don’t miss the themed lectures and wine-tasting lessons, in order to make the most of this original and rewarding activity!
Arousing the senses of smell and taste, the museum tour is also accessible for visitors with hearing or visual impairments, as the museum has the “Tourisme & Handicap” label for these two categories of disability.
Current event:
Wine tasting organised by the Musée du Vin in a place of your choice. Bacchus cruises: combined ticket (1 hour discovery cruise of Paris + visit to the Musée du Vin).
Address: Rue des Eaux 5, square Charles Dickens – 75016 Paris
Metro: Passy