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Roland Garros: sweat, clay and emotion

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Roland-Garros: the French Open

Every year in May, the world tennis elite will be meeting on the famous clay ...courts of Roland-Garros in Paris. This event is one of the four Grand Slam competitions.
Keith Haring, The Political Line at the Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris

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Exhibition Keith Haring in Paris

From 19th April to 18th August 2013, in association with the Centquatre events ...venue, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris) is dedicating a major retrospective to the American Pop Art icon Keith Haring, entitled "Keith Haring, The Political Line".
The largest exhibitions in France in 2013

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The largest exhibitions in 2013

Classic and modern art, painting, sculpture… Discover the largest exhibitions ...currently taking place on France.fr.

15th Printemps des Poètes

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The Printemps des Poètes

It’s time for poetry in March, with the literary event, Printemps des Poètes ...(“Springtime of Poets”). Thousands of events have been organised from 9 to 24 March, 2013, all over France and internationally!
« The Angel of the Odd. Dark Romanticism from Goya to Max Ernst » at the Musée d'Orsay

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« The Angel of the Odd » at the Musée ...d’Orsay

Calling forth the visionary creations of Goya, Fuseli, Blake, Delacroix, Hugo, ...Friedrich, Böcklin, Moreau, Stuck, Ensor, Mucha, Redon, Dali, Ernst, Bellmer, Klee and numerous other artists and filmmakers, the Musée d’Orsay is hosting the exhibition, "The Angel of the Odd", from 5 March to 9 June, 2013 in Paris.

Chagall, entre guerre et paix (Chagall, Between War and Peace) at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris

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Chagall at the Musée du Luxembourg in ...Paris

Through around a hundred works, the exhibition looks back at the life of Marc ...Chagall, a French painter of Russian origin who lived through the Revolution, two World Wars and a period in exile, and whose body of work tells the story of his experience, "between war and peace".
Marie Laurencin Exhibition at the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris

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Marie Laurencin Exhibition

From 21st February to 30th June 2013, the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris is ...making history as France’s first museum to pay resounding tribute to Marie Laurencin, one of the most famous female painters of the 20th century.
The Lumière brothers

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The Lumière brothers

Auguste and Louis Lumière were two French engineers who invented the ...cinematographic process and gave the first public film projection in 1895. The earliest two film directors in history illuminated the popular imagination to such an extent that cinema would evolve into the art that it is today.
History of women's right to vote

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History of women's right to vote

French women voted for the first time on 29 April 1945, during the municipal ...elections, and then a few months later, on 21 October 1945, they took part in the national ballot.
Asterix, the most famous Gaul in the world

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Asterix, the most famous Gaul

The hero of Goscinny and Uderzo's comic books is a national and international ...star who owes his success to the good-natured and burlesque tone of the adventures and delightful allusions to modern situations.

Marseille-Provence, the 2013 European Capital of Culture

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Marseille-Provence 2013

From 12th January to 31st December 2013, Marseille-Provence 2013, the European ...capital of culture, is set to host a total of 500 events, including no less than 60 exhibitions.
French silverware and goldware, craftsmanship engraved into history

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French silverware and goldware

The trade of silversmith and goldsmith is one of excellence in French ...craftsmanship, which underwent continued growth in the Middle Ages and a major revival in the classical era. Later, famous businesses, the heirs of this golden age and daughters of the Industrial Revolution, took the innovation and creativity of the sector to a new high.

Les Fantômes du Louvre (“The Ghosts of the Louvre”) by Enki Bilal

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The ghosts of the Louvre

As part of the first Enki Bilal exhibition at the Louvre, come and discover ...“Les Fantômes du Louvre” (“The Ghosts of the Louvre”) created by the famous comic book author.
Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2012: Honouring the European Union

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Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2012

The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony was simultaneously held in Stockholm, Sweden and ...Oslo, Norway on 10th December 2012. Highly anticipated, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to leaders of the European Union.
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