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  The Tangram Building in Paris is a building with a large, coloured fresco in enamelled glass, in the design of a tangram. A tangram is a puzzle consisting of flat polygons, called  tans , which are constructed to form shapes. The  tans  are used to create minimalist designs that are ‘either appreciated for their inherent aesthetic merits or as the basis for challenging others to replicate its outline.’ Installed in 2019, visual architect Aldric Beckmann worked in association with Proarti and the support of StoVentec Glass, Sietech, Sorbonne University, and the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris. The project develops a landscape perspective according to a principle of ‘reflection and shimmer’ reinterpreting the environment. This work was installed in 2019 as part of the “Beautify Paris” campaign launched by the City of Paris to promote initiatives and beautification projects in targeted Parisian spaces.  MARTINA NICOLLS MartinaNicollsWebsite   Martin...

  Munich: The Edge of War (2017) is set over four days in September 1938, predominantly in London and Munich. It is the lead up to, and the events of, the  Munich Conference – the meeting between the leaders of Britain, Germany, Italy, and France: Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Edouard Daladier. The outcome of the historical meeting determines war or peace in Europe.   It begins in London with Guy Legat, private secretary to Britain’s Prime Minister Chamberlain, and in Berlin with Rikard von Holz of Fuhrer Hitler’s German Foreign Office.   Guy and Rikard were once friends, studying at Oxford University in England in the 1920s, but they lost contact with each other after graduation.   On the edge of war, Guy and Rikard travel to Munich with their leaders – Guy and the British contingent by plane and Rikard with the German contingent by train.    It follows the actions and decisions of the leaders and the professional dutie...

  The friendship alliance between France and Costa Rica was inaugurated on 8 April 2022 with the exhibition called “ Paris-Costa-Rica: L’amitié par les Arbres ” – “Paris-Costa-Rica: Friendship through Trees.”   The exhibition is a series of tree photographs on the perimeter railings of the Paris City Hall in the 4 th  arrondissement of Paris. The exhibition will continue until 9 May 2022.    The photographers are Giancarlo Pucci and Georges Feterman. Giancarlo Pucci is a Costa Rican photographer and founder of the non-government organization (NGO) Arboles Magicos – Magic Trees. Georges Feterman is a French photographer and the president of the association A.R.B.R.E.S. Both men aim to show trees from crown to root in their photographs while forming a collaborative pathway for friendships through nature.   The photographs are in two parts: 1) trees in the urban streets of the City of Paris, and 2) trees in the forests of the country of Costa Rica in Central A...

Bringing together Japanese and French artists, the 2022 Japan Art Festival was held in the Halle des Blancs Manteaux in the 4 th  arrondissement of Paris from April 24-26. As part of the Franco-Japanese Cultural Exchange, the Japan Art Festival is a partnership between the City of Paris and the City of Tokyo through the Paris City Hall, the Embassy of Japan in France, and the Japan-Europe Palace Art Association, Tokyo. Here in Paris are the works of Japanese artists. The works of about 30 Parisian artists will be exhibited next autumn in the Tokyo exhibition at the Theatre Metropolitan.  The 2022 Japan Art Festival in Paris showcased 269 Japanese artworks from traditional to contemporary in all kinds of disciplines: calligraphy, photography, painting, sculpture, needlework, and poetry. The exhibition also selected seven haiku poems, traditional Japanese poems, and two photo-haiku poems of Parisian creators. Haiku is an ancient form of Jpanese poetry of 17 syllables in three l...