Tag: paris
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Encouraging Facts To Give You Hope About The Future Of Notre Dame
Paris was burning quite literally on Monday after the attic of Notre-Dame cathedral caught on fire. Billowing Smoke and tall blazes were seen from around the city as citizens watched the famous landmark in horror. The fire is said to have spread from the attic, causing the cathedral’s spire, one of Paris’s most iconic architectural…
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Optical Illusion Added To The Louvre’s Pyramid Then Immediately Destroyed
Artist JR has created a giant 3D optical illusion from paper that imagines the iconic pyramid at the Musée du Louvre in Paris continuing underground, but it has already been destroyed. Named The Secret of the Great Pyramid, the trompe l’oeil was made from 2,000 stickers surrounding Pritzker Prize-winning architect IM Pei’s glass building, making…
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French Street Artist Turns Pedestrian Crossings Into Art
OakOak is at it again! He is a master of integrating his art into everyday surroundings, giving various objects new, different meanings. This time, the French street artist is using the white strips of pedestrian crossing as his canvas. What's your favorite? Scroll down to see them for yourself! [zombify_post]
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A Giant Serpent Emerges From the Sea Off the Coast of France
If you’re after something a little different and love skeletons, head to France. That’s because there you will find Serpent d’océan, a giant aluminum sea serpent skeleton by artist Huang Yong Ping situated off the shore of the Loire River where it empties into the Bay of Biscay just outside of Nantes, France. Measuring nearly…
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Banksy is Back and Taking on Paris With Sharp Political Criticism
Banksy is back and in France, taking aim at the French government’s crackdown on migrants in a series of new murals in Paris. The world’s best known street artist has “blitzed” the French capital over the last few days, leaving as many as six works on walls across the city. The first work takes issue…
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Spectacular Photographs of Paris Taken 100 Years Ago
Back in 1909, a super-rich French banker named Albert Kahn decided to create a photographic record of the world using the new color photography process that had just appeared, the Autochrome Lumière. He commissioned 4 photographers to take their cameras to places all over the world. One of the cities they documented was Paris. Starting…
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Paris Graffiti Removal Guy Comes Back to Discover Image of Himself in the Same Spot
Street artist Combo has spectacularly gotten back at a graffiti cleaner in Paris by making him the star of his next work. Combo snapped the cleaner painting over his recently completed piece featuring a graffiti-ing Huey, Dewey and Louie – so what did he do? He put up another piece the next day featuring the same cleaner! Gold! This…
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Black and White Photography of Male Ballet Dancers
The beauty and grace of a ballet dancer is a sight to behold. But what about twenty amazingly flexible, sculptured, male ballet dancers? That was the task faced by photographer Matthew Brookes in his recent Les Danseurs project. Matthew worked with twenty male ballerinas from the Paris Opera Ballet, bringing the dancers to a minimalistic setting that allowed the men…
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Flowers Spill Out of a Huge Tube of Paint in France
In a spectacular installation in France, orange marigolds are squeezed out of a giant tube of paint. If you are in France over the weekend, be sure to check it out in the public park in Boulogne-sur-Mer. The flower tube is accompanied by a large picture frame that is also filled with blooms. (h/t StreetArt Germany) And don’t forget,…
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French Street Artist Injects Humor into the Streets of Paris
A bronze bull head fountain is suddenly transformed into a minotaur. A decrepit corner of an alley becomes a holding pen for ostriches. If any of these odd happenings sound familiar to you, you’re probably living in Paris and have just witnessed the work of French artist Charles Leval. Going by the name Levalet, the artist…