The first good news is that the 18th edition of La Gacilly Festival has just opened. The second good news is that this 2021 edition is called “Plein Nord”, and therefore is a tribute to Scandinavian photography. So, Monsieur Bernard, as a loyal visitor to this highly recommendable event, strongly suggests that you plan a […]
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Les Rencontres de la Photographie are opened until September 26, 2021. The arrival of their new director, Christoph Wiesner, is marked by a new graphic identity by ABM Studio, which brings the A of Arles into dialogue with the photo from the Désidération series by SMITH. Sam Stourdzé’s successor therefore presented an enticing program featuring […]
La Bourse de Commerce, revamped by Tadao Ando to accommodate the Pinault Collection, has therefore (finally) opened its doors. Definitely worth a weekend in Paris. Take the opportunity to visit the 5 exhibitions of the moment: Moriyama / Tomatsu at the MEP, Henri Cartier-Bresson at the Carnavalet Museum and at the BNF, Marc Riboud at […]
Let’s get straight to the point. Montpellier hosts 3 quite exceptional exhibitions which alone deserve that you honor the Languedoc city with your presence during a weekend that you will not fail to organize as soon as the time for winter deconfinement has sounded. First, “The New York School Show” at the Pavillon Populaire until […]
In short, Ghent is the best of Antwerp to which you add the best of Bruges. And as the Design Museum of the Flemish city is celebrating the Van Eyck year with a sublime exhibition entitled “Kleureyck, the colors of Van Eyck in design” (until February 21, 2021), you have already understood. Weekend in Ghent. […]
The antique dealers of rue Blaes and rue Haute, the maritime street-food of Nordzee, your best dinner of the year at La Buvette, the Kanal – Centre Pompidou, the Wiels, and cherry on the cake, an exhibition dedicated to light in art, cleverly entitled “The Light House”, at the Villa Empain… In short, Brussels has […]
The excellent Foam aka the Amsterdam Photo Museum dedicates an exhibition to the equally excellent Alec Soth, a talented chronicler of today’s America. “I know how furiously your heart is beating” is on view until December 6, 2020. If you needed an excuse to return to the timeless Batavian city, Mr. Bernard has just provided […]
The Frac Bretagne devoting a huge retrospective to the superstar of British photography Martin Parr, you must necessarily plan a weekend break in Rennes. Having said that, with the show on view until January 24, 2021, you have time to plan your weekend. But if we were you, we wouldn’t delay too much. Time flies… […]
Berlin is not the one and only destination. No doubt the German capital is an excellent choice for your well-deserved weekend break. But the country where Karl Marx, Karl Lagerfeld and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge were born has a number of towns worth visiting. Take, for example, at random, Hamburg. The Georges Braque exhibition at the Bucerius […]
The city that has seen the birth of the talent of Dries Van Noten, Martin Margiela, Dirk Bikkembergs and Ann Demeulemeester cannot be without appeal. An antique district that has nothing to envy the one of Brussels, quays revitalized since the inaugurations of the fantastic Museum Aan de Stroom and the iconic Maison du Port […]