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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
It was a case of ‘un art chasse l’autre’ at
this year’s contemporary art fair
FIAC (Foire Internationale
d’Art Contemporain) in mid
October, hot on the heels of
Paris Fashion Week.
Presenting world-class
20th- and 21st-century works of art, 179 exhibitors from 23
different countries squatted the city’s grandest exhibition
spaces: the Grand Palais and the white tents of the Cour Carré
at the Louvre. Besides up-and-coming artistic talent, works
by Picasso, Dubuffet, Magritte and Louise Bourgeois were
selected for a special retrospective.
A host of ‘off’ expos were staged at the Espace Pierre
Cardin and the La Bellevilliose (20th arrondissement), and
thought-provoking outoor art installations across the city from
the Ritz to the Tuileries gardens. Here, the magnificent
Chaussure géante (pictured), by Portuguese designer Joanna
Vascocelo, reflected the inflated statuts quo of the shoe fetish
among modern women.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
Coinciding with the
controversy around the
government’s
immigration bill, and its
recommended DNA tests for
migrant families wanting to
settle in France, the Cité de
l’histoire de l’immigration
opened its doors to the
public on October 10.
The inauguration was
attended by only one
member of the government,
Culture Minister Christine
Albanel. Nicolas Sarkozy
and Brice Hortefeux were
conspicuous by their
absence, but François
Hollande and Bertrand
Delanoë were there, along
with former prime minister
Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
Awave of art attacks has
been sweeping the
country. How long was
it before the ‘beau geste’ of
making museums accessible
and ‘free for all’ backfired?
Looks like the line between
the artist’s and the spectator’s
freedom of expression just got
thinner...
Despite the huge success
of this year’s Nuit Blanche on
October 8, festivities in the
museum world ended on a
rather sour note. It was Paris’
turn to hit by a freak act of
vandalism at the Musée
d’Orsay.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
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The Velib cycling scheme has proved such a viable
alternative transport within Paris that the mayors of 15
towns bordering the capital met at Montreuil on October 4 to
discuss taking the project to the suburbs. They presented their
project to Bertrand Delanoë in Paris on October 16. The
needs of the public, likely routes and existing cycle paths are
still to be assessed. The project is likely to be partially funded
by the Syndicat des Transports de l’Île de France (STIF). A
delegation will visit Sweden to survey the rentabike system in
the Stockholm conurbation.
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Wednesday, 14 November 2007 |
The dust begins to settle
There are still some special cases whose fate is not yet certain but the main thrust of the new restrictions to state health cover are now fairly clear-cut. Larry Fulton takes stock
During the last few weeks articles in the
press and rumours flying round the
expatriate community in France have
sparked off near panic and confusion
regarding health cover. The hundreds of
enquiries we have fielded have revealed a
remarkable degree of ignorance and
misinformation; questions about the validity
of the E106 and the E121, which is not in
doubt, are common; some people who are
entitled to these forms were not even aware
that they exist. See the summary of
entitlements at right.
Everyone must have medical cover in
some way or another as otherwise the risk is
unacceptable. So, if you do not qualify for one
of the ‘E’ Forms such as the E121 how can
you protect yourself?
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