“You will see, Libétime flies”, she liked to repeat, mischievous eye, highlighted kohl, to each new recruit for the paper. She was right. A pillar of the photo department for almost twenty years, the queen of iconography, Shereen Mahhouk made her mark in newspapers with her playfulness, unusual looks, swirls of menthol cigarettes and leopard … Read more
A painting by Gustave Courbet as well as a photograph by the Austrian artist VALIE EXPORT were significantly vandalized this Monday, May 6 at the “Lacan” exhibition presented at the Center Pompidou. Annette Messager’s work would also be removed. Performer Deborah De Robertis claims “action”. “Me too.» A feminist slogan written in red was marked … Read more
Disappearance Article reserved for subscribers From 1985 to 2005, with his “Dicos d’or”, the host, who died on Monday, May 6 at the age of 89, became the black hussar of the whole of France by sending texts as heavy as the show was praised. We admit that we participated and there is still somewhere, … Read more
They have the name of a progressive rock band, but they play post-punk. The very impressive first album of the Bordeaux trio is offered under an AI-assisted cover art by Ossagrosse, an Italian artist based in Berlin. Manuel Cayla, the group’s guitarist, and Ossagrosse decipher it. A reflection of time “We still don’t understand all … Read more
Disappearance Article reserved for subscribers The indestructible incarnation of decades of literature on television, the presenter of the legendary “Apostrophes”, who also chaired the Goncourt Academy from 2014 to 2019, passed away this Monday, May 6, at the age of 89. It is his favorite word, judging by the answer to the first question of … Read more
The collective Under the screen, la dèche calls for a strike this Monday, May 6, a week before the opening of the biggest event in the 7th art to warn of the insecurity of the sector. This includes, among others, cinematographers, programmers, press officers, ticket office managers, etc. “For a year now, we have been … Read more
Libé investigation Article reserved for subscribers Sexual violencecase The prolific theater man is the subject of a complaint filed in 2021 by one of his former students, alleging the “Libération” years of “fear-dominated subjugation” and rape of which he was allegedly a victim since adolescence. Pierre Notte, who uses the presumption of innocence, talks about … Read more
Festive and discreetly political, the Maif Social Club exhibition takes bodies out of formatted aesthetic canons. Fragmented, bionic, even monstrous bodies… This is a witty parade offered by Maif Social Club under a disco ball in the shape of a basketball, signed by Laurent Perbos (Basketball disco ball). In a solemn, but also discreetly political … Read more
Album Article reserved for subscribers With an unexpected creative breakthrough, the cult indie pop group of the Irishman Sean O’Hagan, close to Stereolab, and today a sought-after producer, offers a disturbing and irresistibly addictive musical experience. The scene takes place in the mid-90s, Richard Branson, the former boss of Virgin, wants to lure the big … Read more
Livres de Libé notebookcase Joan of Arc, a constant figure in the author’s work, returns with the “Tomb” and her old hermit confessor. After Johanna (Le Tripode, 2021), we left her childhood behind and became warriors, one night away from reaching Chinon and finding the Dauphin in “christmas light” one day in the year 1429. … Read more