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February 13th, 2013

BOZAR EXPO exhibits Watteau’s “L’Indiscret”

In collaboration with the Fine Arts Museum in Lille, BOZAR EXPO is holding a magnificent exhibition, entitled ‘The Music Lesson’, which focuses on the work of Antoine Watteau (1684-1721).
The exhibition is at the Centre for Fine Arts (Bozar) in Brussels and runs until 12 May. This is a long-awaited event as the last European retrospective [...]

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Anne-France Simon

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January 25th, 2013

The Restoration of Fernand Léger’s “Le passage à niveau” work of art is completed

Foundation Beyeler: Restoration of Fernand Léger’s “Le passage à niveau” (1912) with Foundation BNP Paribas Suisse completed. [...]

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Thierry Lagache

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December 28th, 2012

Yoann Bourgeois: experiencing “living art”

Yoann Bourgeois’ artistic career began at a very young age. The first school he attended was Cirque Plume in Besançon. He then attended a whole series of circus schools until attending the Centre National des Arts du Cirque (CNAC) in Châlons in Champagne, where he would finally graduate, in combined honours, with the Centre National [...]

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Nelly Rousseau

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December 26th, 2012

A meeting with the choreographer Beatrice Massin

Choreographer, specialist in baroque dance, founder of the Compagnie Fêtes Galantes and the Atelier Baroque, Béatrice Massin started her career with contemporary dance, interpreting in particular the shows of Susan Buirge. Her meeting with the dancer, choreographer and dance historian Francine Lancelot in 1983 led to her join the Compagnie Ris et Danceries. So the [...]

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Nelly Rousseau

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October 15th, 2012

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 [...]

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Thierry Lagache

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September 4th, 2012

Dancing with Pierre Rigal in Korea

Pierre Rigal, a French choreographer supported by the BNP Paribas Foundation since 2008, hosted a dancing lesson with 10 orphans from Dong-myung Child Welfare Center and Hae Myeong Boyookwon at LG Art Center in Seoul on 29 August 2012. [...]

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Seon Ah Moon

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August 8th, 2012

Heritage conservation partnership in Taiwan: restoring a Qing Dynasty Mirror Case

Mission accomplished! The National Palace Museum Taiwan (NPM) has completed the restoration of the Qing dynasty mirror case known as the “Tang Dynasty Immortals Mirror”… [...]

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Joyce Leung

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March 14th, 2012

A cross-cultural collaboration between dance and fashion

Mourad Merzouki’s Yogeeti is an amazing crossover between Taiwan and French, knitting and choreography. BNP Paribas Taiwan, partnering with National Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural Centre, presented the World Premiere of this wonderful dance… [...]

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Joyce Leung

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