Mona Lisa makes virtual appearance at Louvre Da Vinci show
Paris’s Louvre Museum is offering a virtual reality experience of its most famous painting, the Mona Lisa, as part of its ambitious, decade-in-the-making retrospective of Italian Renaissance master...
View ArticleAstérix celebrates 60 years with first main female character
The French comic series Astérix and Obélix celebrates its 60th birthday on 24 October and to mark the milestone, it has introduced the first main female character, "Adrénaline" in its 38th edition,...
View ArticleAt €91m, auction of Lalanne sculptures is Paris Sotheby's biggest ever sale
A huge sale of sculptures by the French duo Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne in Paris blew past expectations for their idiosyncratic works, Sotheby's said Friday, underscoring the surging...
View ArticleRenaissance 'Christ mocked' could hammer artwork sale records in France
An early Renaissance painting by the Italian master Cimabue goes under the hammer Sunday, a few weeks after the rare artwork was found hanging in an unsuspecting elderly Frenchwoman's kitchen.
View ArticleOcean conservation in the Seychelles
This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Seychelles ocean conservation program. You’ll hear about lizards, get caught up on listener news, listen to some great...
View Article3 French fine art finds that shook the art world
Earlier this week, it emerged that an early Renaissance painting by the Italian master Cimabue is to go under the hammer today, Sunday, a few weeks after the rare artwork was found hanging in an...
View ArticleMais Non! Stinky French cheeses fail to impress at cheese Oscars
Think France and you think cheese. Until now that is, because earlier this week stinky French cheeses failed, with one exception, to make it into the Top 15 at the World Cheese awards in Bergamo in...
View ArticleMichel Hazanavicius in focus at Paris' children's film fest
"Mon Premier Festival", the annual Paris-wide film festival tailored to the tastes of the youngest cinema audiences, has French actress Léa Drucker as this year's special guest, a focus on Russian and...
View ArticleRenaissance painting found in French kitchen fetches staggering €24m
The rare masterpiece by Italian early Renaissance master Cimabue that was discovered in a French kitchen was sold on Sunday for 24 million including fees, the Acteon auction house announced.
View ArticleBrazil's Flavia Coelho to bring her DNA to Paris audiences
From the morros of Rio de Janeiro where she was born, to the paved streets of Paris where she has been living for almost two decades, the nomadic singer Flavia Coelho has released her fourth album DNA.
View ArticleYouTube takes a hard look at reality
If you think YouTube is just music videos and jokes in poor taste, you probably haven't visited the site in a long time. Some of the web's most popular entertainers have been using their fame and fan...
View ArticleGlamour and trade at the world's biggest chocolate fair in Paris
The 25th anniversary of the Salon du Chocolat in Paris features chocolate entrepreneurs from Africa, Latin America and Asia, alongside pastry chefs and fashion designers touting all-chocolate dresses.
View ArticleVisiting artists weave a cross-cultural tapestry in Paris
Paris’ Cité internationale des arts hosts more than 300 artists and scholars. The studios are regularly open to the public, providing insight into works in progress. One of them is Weaving &...
View ArticleTricks and treats at the Paris Philharmonic
The popularity of Halloween in France is steadily rising, as indicated by an orchestral music workshop held at the Paris Philharmonic.
View ArticleNick Gold: "I feel privileged and lucky to produce music with these people"
Nick Gold has been at the helm of World Circuit Records for close to three decades. The label has produced some of the best world music around: Buena Vista Social Club, Ali Farka Touré, Oumou Sangaré,...
View ArticleThere’s Music in the Kitchen! (The first of many to come!)
This week on The Sound Kitchen, there’s a special treat: musical favourites from RFI English journalists Alison Hird, Ollia Horton, and James Mulholland. Just click on the arrow in the photo above and...
View ArticleOctober-November 2019 French releases
In this October-November 2019 Cinefile podcast, RFI's Rosslyn Hyams talks to Little Joe's leading actress Emily Beecham, and looks at For Samaa, Alice et le Maire (Alice and the Mayor). Also, Roman...
View ArticleIndian maharajah's love of European 1930s style on show in Paris
If the queues for the Louvre museum in Paris are too long this Leonardo Da Vinci commemorative season, pop next door for a peek into the private life and European tastes of the British-educated...
View ArticleFrench actress, singer Marie Laforêt dies age 80
The singer and actress Marie Laforêt, nicknamed "the girl with golden eyes" after one of her best known films, has died aged 80. She acted in 35 films and sold more than 35 million albums.
View ArticleFormer journalist wins top French literary award
The Goncourt literary prize has gone to Jean-Paul Dubois for his novel entitled “Not all men live in the world in the same way”, described by the daily newspaper Libération as “a striking and...
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