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“French Spring Festival” heralds the start of the new season in Ukraine

The French Spring Festival in Ukraine celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, with events taking place in the country’s six largest cities: Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odessa.
The event, which has been sponsored by UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group for the past 7 years, signals the arrival of spring.
A wide range of cultural and artistic [...]

Cubist Cubism in Rome

Cubistes and Cubisme, a new exhibition sponsored by BNL, is on now and running until June 23rd at the Vittoriano Complex in Rome.
Over 200 works will be on display, including oil paintings, drawings, sculptures, design objects, films, costumes, compositions and documents retracing the birth and growth of this movement, revolutionary in both Europe and across [...]

A new edition of the Young Artistic Talent Awards

The Young Artistic Talent Awards are back this year at BNP Paribas Fortis! This art competition was designed to promote artistic creation among young visual artists who live and work in Belgium.
The 2012-2013 edition is aimed at artists ages 18-35 (at some point in 2012) in all domains. And this year, there is no specific [...]

BlogTV: Through a child’s eyes

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For the community association known as Pourquoi Pas Nous (“Why not us”), culture is an indispensable tool in the education and development of young people. Based out of an old ironworks workshop, this troupe of artist-educators teams up with schools in order to integrate artistic expression into the curriculum… A winning combination for everyone involved.

Pourquoi [...]

“Friend of the Arts” exhibition in Côte d’Ivoire

Nearly every year since 2003, BICICI has organised an exhibition to showcase the merits of Ivoirian artists, both here and abroad. Previous years have highlighted the achievements of these talented young artists, structured around a range of themes. [...]

Edgar Degas travels from the Musée d’Orsay to Torino

This winter, until 27 January 2013, a large portion of Edgar Degas’ works will be on display at the Palazzina della Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Torino. Sponsored by BNL, Degas – Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay is the largest exhibition dedicated to this impressionist that Italy has seen in decades.
Curated by Xavier Rey [...]

Vermeer, Robert Doisneau, and the Silk Trade: 3 major exhibitions in Rome

This fall, BNL finds itself centre stage in Rome art world, partnering with Azienda Speciale Palaexpo to mount three major exhibitions in the Italian capital. [...]

Four artists honoured at the first edition of the New Heads Art Awards in Geneva

The Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD-Genève) and the BNP Paribas Foundation Switzerland announced the winners of the New Heads-BNP Paribas Foundation Art Awards, created to support and encourage the most promising graduates of the prestigious art school.
Giovanni Carmine, exhibition curator and current Director of the Kunsthalle in St. Gallen, was asked to curate [...]

An arts programme for children from all walks of life

Over the next two years, BNP Paribas Singapore will be contributing to The Business Times Budding Artists Fund (BT BAF). This donation will enable more than 100 children from low-income families to pursue arts training at The Little Arts Academy (LAA) Children Division.
BNP Paribas’ decision to become an Outreach Partner for the Children Division will [...]