To start with… preliminary generalities There are two ways of looking at the world: …
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French Post issues a stamp celebrating Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa
The French Post Office prides itself on the quality of its philatelic productions, the …
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Monsieur Bernard Pivot – yes, that French word, “monsieur”, which we reserve for masters …
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As for each of you I imagine, I receive a flood of mails on …
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Repression and attacks on the freedom of expression of artists in Vladimir Putin’s Russia
Nothing new under the sun and if a donkey is not a racehorse, it …
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About some archeological discoveries in China and some peculiar political matters
The history of China is, without a doubt, a great history, and Chinese civilization …
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A Claude Monet painting vandalized at Lyon’s musée des Beaux-Arts
At 3.30pm on Saturday February 10, Claude Monet’s painting Spring was the object of …
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The rapid growth of trade in the 17th century brought about major changes in …
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An essay by Andréas Reckwitz, La fin des illusions: Politique, économie et culture dans la modernité tardive. Are our societies sustainable? Have we reached a threshold?
In his latest book, La fin des illusions, Politique, économiques et culture dans la …
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Artists’ Freedom of expression as a bulwark against misinformation and memory manipulation
History rigged? No doubt, and a few weeks before the special operation in Ukraine …