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Lien Pham is a Vietnamese artist born in Hanoi who lives and works in Paris. After studying fashion design in Paris and creating numerous clothing pieces, she turned to painting. Lien is presenting her acrylic and mixed media paintings on canvas from 13 March to 15 April 2026 in the town hall of the 6 th  arrondissement of Paris Inspired by her work as a fashion designer and her homeland, her work features tones that are both dark and luminous, reflecting her own personality.   Her collection is a profound reflection on nature and identity, blending classical techniques with bold materials such as acrylic, Indian ink, cotton thread, and gold or silver leaf. Sometimes her paintings give rise to mirages reminiscent of celestial bodies and nature.   A unique artistic signature, characterized by subtle geometric patterns and powerful contrasts, her collection is an ode to nature and introspection. Under the theme of contemplation and identity, the exhibition unfolds around th...

  JAPAN.Fes is global with  70 events  from   New York  to  New Jersey, Miami, Texas, Tokyo , and here in Paris . In Paris, JAPAN . Fes expanded to 15 events , one a month across the city from March to November 2025 bringing Japanese food, culture, and craftsmanship to France. It arrived in the 15 th arrondissement of Paris on Saturday 8 November. The aim   was  to introduce authentic fla vou rs and traditions to  Parisians  while supporting Japanese vendors and artisans.   These include vendors of Takoyaki (dough balls), wheel cakes (pastries), sushi corn dogs, sticky rice, tea, kimonos, and language classes, 

  Artist Lien Pham is exhibiting her work in the Town Hall of the 6the arrondissement from 28 February to 19 March 2025.   Born in Hanoi in Vietnam, Lien Pham arrived in Paris 25 years ago, settling into the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area where she lives and works. Trained in fashion design, she was initially a fashion designer. She attended art school in 2021 where she explored her interest in pictorial art.    Her exhibited artwork is about “peaceful dreams linking nature to the line, through space, sea, and mountains” with a striking use of colours. MARTINA NICOLLS MartinaNicollsWebsite    I    Rainy Day Healing    I    Martinasblogs    I    Publications    I    Facebook    I    Paris Website    I    Paris blogs    I   Animal Website    I   Flower Website   I   Global Gentlemanliness SUBSCRIBE TO MARTINA NICOL...

  Heat and Dust  by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1976) is set in India during the 1920s.    The story is narrated by the granddaughter of Douglas Crawford, an English civil servant in India. He married Olivia, the sister of Beth, both beautiful Englishwomen. The narrator, growing up, was not allowed to talk about Olivia, her grandfather’s first wife. The narrator’s mother was Douglas’ second wife, Tessie, and her father was their son who moved to England with Tessie when he was 12 years old. In Surrey, Tessie and her son lived with Olivia’s sister Beth – Tessie and Beth were now both widows.   Fortunately, the narrator kept a journal that begins in February 1923 when she leaves England and arrives in Bombay – now called Mumbai – as a married woman with children, remembering her first impressions of her grandparents in India. But this is not the narrator’s story – this is the truth about Olivia and  that  scandal.    Olivia met the Nawab, an Indian p...

  The Householder by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1960) is set in New Delhi, India.    Prem, newly arrived in New Delhi, is a poorly-paid Hindi teacher at a local college and his wife Indu is pregnant. Prem has recently become a householder and finds these responsibilities challenging. He wants to ask his landlady Mrs. Seigal for a reduction in rent but is afraid to do so.    Prem befriends a German boy, Hans Loewe, wearing the traditional  lederhosen  – leather shorts – who rents a room from his landlady Kitty in ‘the best part of New Delhi’ where he is studying to reach ‘the spiritual greatness of the Indian yogis.’ Prem is a little envious. Then he sees his room that: ‘It was the untidiest room Prem had ever seen.’   Prem’s mother comes to visit and although he is happy about that, ‘the atmosphere in his small flat became rather strained’ and his wife retires to bed earlier and earlier. His mother is not impressed and offers to stay with him permanent...