Paris architecture: the modern looms over the past. In cities, the juxtaposition of new and old, present and past, is either relatively seamless or a catastrophic clash. There is no starker contrast in architecture in Paris that demonstrates a modern building looming large over the past aesthetic than in Montparnasse in the 14th arrondissement. On one side:Continue reading “Paris architecture: the modern looms over the past”
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2025 Brazil-France cultural season and the Salgado connection
2025 Brazil-France cultural season and the Salgado connection. The rhythms and colours of Brazil feature in the 2025 Paris summer of urban beaches! A deck chair by the Seine river with all the fun and music of Brazil! But the Brazil-France connection is more than a Parisian beach summer. Brazilian Sebastião Salgado, the world-renowned photographer, has an intimateContinue reading “2025 Brazil-France cultural season and the Salgado connection”