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You are here: Home » Arts + Culture + Fashion » Archive » November 2007-1
November 2007-1
French Arts + Culture Archive: November 1-16, 2007
French Art Lover Fined for Kissing Painting
Reuters. Nov. 16, 2007
Rindy
Sam, a Cambodian-born French art lover who kissed a $2-million Cy
Twombly painting, leaving red lipstick smears on the canvas, was fined
by a French court: 1,000 euros in damages to the painting's owner, 500
euros to the gallery owner, a symbolic one euro to the artist, and 100
hours of community work. The picture's owner, gallerist Yvon Lambert,
demanded $2 million in damages.
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Artist Evokes French Immigrant Hell
Boston Globe. Nov. 16, 2007
French-Algerian
artist Kader Attia's show at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art
evokes his poverty-striken childhood in the Paris slums and points up
the plight of France’s ex-colonial immigrants. His sculpture Momentum 9
resembles beds packed close together, as they did in Attia’s childhood
home. "A political consciousness filters through in his interest in the
human condition,” says ICA chief curator Nicholas Baume.
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French DJ’s Wow USA
Los Angeles Times. Nov. 15, 2007
Recently,
Hollywood's two largest nightclubs hosted French DJs -- Laurent Garnier
at Avalon and David Guetta at Vanguard. In the second half of this
year, more than a dozen DJs from Paris have played dates in town,
including Justice, DJ Falcon, Bob Sinclar, Dimitri From Paris, Ivan
Smagghe, Loo & Placido and the crew from Ed Banger Records --
Kavinsky, DJ Mehdi, Busy P, Mr. Oizo, So Me and Headbangirl. And that's
not to mention the 14,000-plus who checked out the iconic duo Daft Punk
at the Sports Arena in July.
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Major Manhattan Skyscraper by Jean Nouvel
New York Times. Nov. 15, 2007
A
new 75-story tower designed by the architect Jean Nouvel for a site
next to the Museum of Modern Art in Midtown promises to be the most
exhilarating addition to the skyline in a generation. Commissioned by
Hines, an international real estate developer, the tower will house a
hotel, luxury apartments and three floors that will be used by MoMA to
expand its exhibition space.
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Naudets Plan Film About Religion
New York Times. Nov. 14, 2007
French filmmakers Jules and Gedeon Naudet, authors of CBS' Emmy-winning
"9/11," have reunited with the network for another documentary, this
one featuring 12 of the world's most influential religious and
spiritual leaders, including Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama.
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Book Review: "Proust Was a Neuroscientist"
New York Sun. Nov. 14, 2007
In his slim but tightly packed book, Jonah Lehrer, a nascent
neuroscientist argues that, in understanding the brain, artists and
writers got there first, anticipating many major scientific discoveries
in their work. This debut book makes for extremely intriguing reading,
but Mr. Lehrer frequently gallops too fast and shortchanges the
cultural climate and creative imperatives of artists.
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Book review: Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815
Economist. Nov. 8, 2007
In a politico-military survey of extraordinary scope and detail,
Charles Esdaile, a lecturer at the University of Liverpool, tells us
what he believes caused Napoleon’s wars, what it was about and why it
lasted so long despite, frequent chances for peace. Neither battlefield
chronicle nor biography in disguise, “Napoleon's Wars” is explanatory
history of high order.
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Zany French Publicist Bats for Heather Mills
Daily Mail. Nov. 7, 2007
LA-basedFrench publicist Michele Elyzabeth has been in the news as
Heather Mills’s new PR mouthpiece. Mills, dubbed "the most hated woman
in Britain” for her grab at Paul McCartney’s millions, certainly needs
PR help. But Elyzabeth doesn’t seem to be winning hearts and minds. Her
latest gaffe is a series of laughable online videos in which she slags
off Barabara Walters and calls the media “assholes.”
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Mixed reviews for Broadway Cyrano
Washington Post. Nov. 1, 2007
Broadway's new production of Rostand’s play "Cyrano de Bergerac”
received mixed reviews. The Washington Post and Newsday praised Kevin
Kline as Cyrano and Jennifer Garner as Roxanne. The Canadian Press and
New York Sun found Garner the weakest link, leaving Kline to carry the
play by himself. The New York Daily News called it a play “in need of a
heart transplant.”
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