Bélinda Ibrahim 26/11 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
New York Auction Magritte Painting
The Empire of Light by René Magritte undoubtedly ranks among the most fascinating pictorial series of the 20th century. An emblem of the singular artistic approach of the Belgian surrealist master, it embodies his relentless quest to challenge our certainties about reality and its representation. Created over three decades, from 1940 to 1960, the ...
This is Beirut 25/11 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Germany Cannes Oscars Film
After his hasty escape from Iran, his latest film will represent Germany at the Oscars: a symbolic escape for director Mohammad Rasoulof, both grateful and overwhelmed by having to reach this point to have his art recognized. The Seed of the Sacred Fig, his paranoid thriller shot clandestinely in Iran, has enchanted critics and won the Special ...
This is Beirut 25/11 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Breyten Breytenbach, one of the most honored South African writers, left an indelible mark on literature and activism. Born in 1939 in Bonnievale, a small town in the Western Cape, he grew up speaking Afrikaans, a language often tied to South Africa’s oppressive apartheid system. Yet, Breytenbach transformed his mother tongue into a powerful ...
This is Beirut 25/11 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Barbara Taylor Bradford, the celebrated author whose debut novel A Woman of Substance became an instant classic, died peacefully at her home on Sunday following a short illness. She was 91 years old. According to her spokeswoman, she was surrounded by loved ones in her final moments, and a private funeral will be held in New York. Over her ...
This is Beirut 25/11 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Emmanuel Macron France Panthéon
Before the upcoming Panthéon induction of historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch, announced on Saturday by Emmanuel Macron, the president has previously enshrined four other great figures in this republican temple: Simone Veil, Maurice Genevoix, Joséphine Baker, and Missak Manouchian. Additionally, on February 14, 2024, during a tribute to ...
This is Beirut 25/11 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Basel Eurovision Switzerland Music
Basel voters on Sunday overwhelmingly approved the city putting up nearly $40 million towards hosting next year's Eurovision Song Contest, meaning the continental TV extravaganza will go ahead with its customary full-on razzmatazz. Intermediate results showed 66.4 percent of voters in the Swiss city backed putting taxpayers' cash into staging ...
Marie-Christine Tayah 24/11 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The screening of Cilama, directed by Hady Zaccak in 2024, at the IMA in Paris, as part of Focus Tripoli: Tripoli, Arab Cultural Capital 2024, offered an evocative glimpse into Tripoli’s cinematic past. The documentary, both poetic and deeply reflective, serves as an album that chronicles the collective memory of cinema at the heart of this ...
This is Beirut 24/11 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Artificial intelligence Music Art
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Do I really need it? This is the question posed by Lulu Gainsbourg in his song Elle, where he reflects on the impact of AI on music. The son of Serge Gainsbourg, with a touch of irony, wonders about the growing presence of generative artificial intelligences, which are transforming musical creation. In this emerging ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 24/11 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
France Algeria Literature Writer Culture
The arrest of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal upon his arrival at Algiers airport on November 16 has sparked outrage across the literary world and beyond. At 75 years old, this committed intellectual, who became a French citizen in 2024, is known for his courageous stance against Islamism and totalitarianism. His detention by Algerian ...
Béatrice Moreau 23/11 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France Historian Resistance Panthéon
Marc Bloch, a prominent French historian of the 20th century, will soon join the Panthéon. This decision, announced by President Emmanuel Macron during the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Strasbourg, pays tribute to a visionary intellectual, a devoted patriot, and a courageous resistance fighter who died for France under Nazi gunfire. Born ...
This is Beirut 23/11 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A rare and previously unseen painting by the Italian master Caravaggio is being displayed to the public for the first time in Rome. The Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, which depicts the future Pope Urban VIII, will be part of a new exhibition running from November 23 to February 23 at the Barberini Palace. The portrait, part of a private collection, ...
This is Beirut 23/11 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Bursts of red, blue, green, and yellow velvet radiate from a large golden cross affixed to a humble ecru wool gabardine: on Friday, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac revealed to AFP the new liturgical vestments for Notre-Dame de Paris. Light reflects off a door resembling a stained-glass window in a Paris apartment in the 17th arrondissement, cluttered ...