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  ‘Sukarno, the Visionary’ is an exhibition in the Town Hall of the 6th arrondissement in Paris from 24 June to 11 July 2022.    Under the patronage of the Embassy of Indonesia in France, the Town Hall is displaying photographs of Sukarno (1901-1970) – born Koesno Sosrodihardjo – the first president of the Republic of Indonesia after the country’s independence on 17 August 1945.    Considered to be the ‘Builder of the Nation, he gave Indonesia a state identity and philosophy: PANCASILA (‘Five Principles’). Pancasila Day is observed in Indonesia on 1 June annually, commemorating President Sukarno’s 1945 speech known as ‘The Birth of the Pancasila.’    The exhibition retraces the key stages in the history of President Sukarno to make his legacy known to the French public.      MARTINA NICOLLS MartinaNicollsWebsite   Martinasblogs Publications Facebook Paris Website Animal Website Flower Website SUBSCRIBE TO MARTINA NICOLLS FOR NEWS AND UPDATES  MARTINA NICOLLS   is an international human

  Misha Sydorenko is exhibiting his works in the ‘Hope’ collection in the Town Hall of the 6th arrondissement in Paris from 18 June to 11 July 2022. Based in Paris, he is known for his landscapes and figurative compositions.   Misha Sydorenko is a Ukrainian and French painter born in Lviv, Ukraine. He graduated from the National Academy of Arts in Lviv in 1999 where he studied painting, drawing, artistic culture, art history, philosophy, and psychology.    He had his first international exhibition in 2008 at La Salle University in Philadelphia, America, before exhibiting at the Ukrainian Embassy in France. He moved to Paris in 2014.    This collection of 80 pieces is the largest collection of Sydorenko’s works in one exhibition. There are many paintings depicting views from the Jardin du Luxembourg – the Luxembourg Garden – predominantly the Medici Fountain. Talking to the artist, he said he brings brushstrokes, texture, colour, and form to the canvas, leaving room for viewers to inter

  The Town Hall of the 6th arrondissement in Paris is exhibiting student drawings from 23 to 30 June 2022.    Montaigne College students participated in the exhibition under the theme: ‘Bestiaire‘ (‘Bestiary’). The animal drawings include birds, insects, fish, a fox, a camel, and more.   The students were inspired by the texts of Spanish poet Jose Moreno Villa, translated by Montaigne College Coordinator Ramon Romero Naval, and guided by visual artist Magali Brien.       MARTINA NICOLLS MartinaNicollsWebsite   Martinasblogs Publications Facebook Paris Website Animal Website Flower Website SUBSCRIBE TO MARTINA NICOLLS FOR NEWS AND UPDATES  MARTINA NICOLLS   is an international human rights-based consultant in education, healing and wellbeing, peace and stabilization, foreign aid audits and evaluations, and the  author   of:  The Paris Residences of James Joyce   (2020), Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deades