Ecology Article reserved for subscribers The attractiveness of low-cost flights, the bridges of May are approaching… Despite the decline in domestic flights, air traffic is back at the pre-Covid level. However, more and more French people are choosing to travel differently. In October, Lisa (1), a 64-year-old from Yvelines, will have to go to the … Read more
welfare Article reserved for subscribers Animal liberationcase In the name of animal welfare, Italy’s health minister announced at the end of April that he would ban “puppy yoga” classes, a questionable American concept that has spread across Europe. We can’t say that we were thrilled by the concept. Riding on pet therapy and the general … Read more
Meeting Article reserved for subscribers After excelling in intimate contexts, the American guitarist joined forces with the Brussels Philharmonic and the Umbria Jazz Orchestra for “Orchestras”, a double album performed flexibly and without killing the desire to improvise. The last time we spoke with him was in January 2011 during some wonderful Lagrimas Mexicanas with … Read more
Reporting Article reserved for subscribers The first tattoo convention “for people with dark and mixed skin color” was held on May 4 and 5 in Paris, which made it possible to remove the clichés that still burden non-white skin. This Sunday, May 5, at brunch time, the premises of the Maison Python tattoo parlor in … Read more
Critically Article reserved for subscribers Through films and sculptures of robots indifferent to the world, a French visual artist questions the future of humanity at the Venice Biennale in a disturbing exhibition. Immersed from beginning to end in darkness barely dimmed by the faint glow (amber, greyish or greenish) of the projected films, Pierre Huyghe’s … Read more
“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