Paris Events 2011

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Paris Winter festivities

Every year the big cities in the world get lightings for winter festivities. Paris is one of them and it is great to walk around the city admiring the lightings on the streets or along the department stores such as Galeries Lafayette.

When it is rainy the « Passages Couverts » covered commercial galleries become all great places also nicely decorated.

The sun let the place to the coats and hot chocolate is the new beverage at the coffee terraces… A romantic and festive ambience to enjoy!
 

Winter Sales will finish on February 14th.

From February

RBS 6 Nations 2012

The RBS 6 nations will start on February 4th in Paris with a France VS Italy at the Stade de France.
Two other games will be played at the Stade de France

• Sam 11 Fév 12 20:00 France v Irland Stade de France
• Dim 11 Mar 12 15:00 France v England Stade de France

If you are visiting Paris for this dates (even if it isn’t for Rugby), think about your hotel reservation.

Doisneau Paris les Halles

Robert Doisneau is a very important 20th century French photographer. He made the Halles District first picture in 1933 and then he continuously came back to the place and took new pictures. So when he hears about Les Halles destruction he comes to visit it he decides to see everything, to take it all in pictures.
The exhibition will show 150 pictures of the photographer that show his esthetical and social view on this historic and emblematic place of Paris.
 

From February 8th until april 28
From Monday to Saturday
De 10h00 à 18h00
Free
Hôtel de Ville
75004 PARIS
MÉTRO Hôtel de Ville (lines 1 & 11)
Book : 01.42.76.51.53

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931).
A Passion for Finland

Akseli Gallen-Kallela is recognised as one of the most emblematic artists of the Finnish genius at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was a pupil of the Académie Julian in Paris, in the 1880s, he triumphed at the 1900 World Fair with the frescoes of the Finnish Pavillion and he exhibited his work again in this city in 1908 before embarking for Africa from which he returned with a flamboyant series of paintings and watercolours.
The monographic exhibition shown at the Orasay Museum, shows together pieces from prestigious Finnish institutions and private collection accounting for the brilliant career of the artist.
Musée d'Orsay
Métro/ RER : Musée d'Orsay (RER C) & Assemblée Nationale (line 12)

Open from 9.30am to 6pm daily, except Mondays
late night on Thursdays until 9.45pm
last tickets sold at 5pm (9pm Thursdays)
museum cleared at 5.30pm (9.15pm Thursdays)
Entrance : 9 €

The Jade Masks of The Mayas

If Mayas are renowned mainly for their architecture works as Chichen Itza, Tulum… they were also great artists, especially in sculpture. The Pinacothèque de Paris wants to show this other aspect of this culture with the exhibition. Some jade masks on display were found in the burial chambers of the Mayan elites and represent the individualized features of the Mayan leaders. Others represent divinities from the Mayan pantheon which. These masks are shown with about one hundred works which are leaving Mexico for the first time.

From 26 january to 10 june
Full rate tickets from 10 € (exhibition only)
Pinacothèque de Paris
28, place de la Madeleine
75008 Paris
tel: (33) 01 42 68 02 01
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Metro : Madeleine (lines 8, 12 & 14)
Opened every day from 10:30 am to 6:30pm
On  1st May, opened from 2:00pm to 6:30pm
Late closure on Wednesday and Friday until 9:00pm