French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 82-year-old artist father is putting on his first show in Paris, featuring naked buttocks, exploding television sets and a portrait of French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
via Reuters
Buy a painting from Sarko’s dad
French Catholic church rebrands to recruit priests – in English
This image, adorning 70,000 postcards distributed to young people across France, is part of an unprecedented recruitment drive launched this week by the French Catholic Church.
via The Independent
Of all Catholic countries, France has the lowest regular Sunday mass attendance (4.5%).
“My Little Paris”
Paris secrets and surprises, straight from a Parisienne. My Little Paris is in French and English. But what we love the most is the iPhone app!! Both feature the delightful art of Kanako Kuno.
French Art Deco cars in California museum
The Mullin Automotive Museum held a grand opening party here last week, offering a preview of a collection that includes more than 100 historic cars with a French connection, featuring marques like Delahaye, Delage, Talbot-Lago, Voisin and Bugatti.
via NYTimes.com
The crème de la crème of Paris street fashion
These French boys launched P & P as a spoof of the blogs of the top Paris fashionista blogueuses. Who might these queens of Paris street fashion be, you ask? Look in the P & P sidebar under Mes amis and you’ll find all you need to blend right in with the Parisiennes next time you’re here.
via Ykone.fr
Apple picks Paris to showcase its Maps app for iPad
Apple, exhibiting its usual good taste, chooses Paris for the demo video (http://www.apple.com/ipad/guided-tours/#maps) of its Google Maps app for the iPad.
via tuaw
Pierre Grisot (1911-1995)
High art? No. Saccharine? Yes. But there is something about the work of Pierre Grisot we love. The son of a watchmaker, he worked for a time designing hats and creating perfume ads for Dior, and as an artist for L’Officiel de la mode et de la couture. The good news? You can still buy his work. The painting above is for sale at Dartington Antiques in the UK…
A treasure trove of vintage Paris postcards
Great collection of scanned vintage postcards at Paris en 1900.
Paris-New York arts exchange for underprivileged kids
French President Nicolas Sarkozy joined his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the French Institute Alliance Francaise on Monday to support the launch of her foundation’s exchange programme for underprivileged French and American arts students.
Pounding the pavement in Toulouse
In the French city of Toulouse, the newest craze in sustainable energy is about to hit the streets. Literally. Inspired by a nightclub in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the city of Toulouse has begun investigating the installation of energy-absorbing sidewalk panels that would harvest pedestrian power to fuel the street lights.
via Popular Science
The stranger on the métro
The author of l’inconnu du métro takes photos of random people on the métro and interviews them. Beautiful way to present the diversity of Paris and a brilliant idea for a blog (in French).
Seen @Sylvainw
New photo of Rimbaud found
Until now, the only photos of Arthur Rimbaud were of him as a child (17 at the oldest). This recent discovery is believed to be Rimbaud, which would make it the only photo of him as an adult. It was found by a couple of bookshop owners at a flea market.
via France Info
Planet Paris
Paris from the Eiffel Tower, a montage of 12 photos. See the full-sized version on Flickr.
Marie Claire France does an all-natural issue
The April issue of French Marie Claire, featuring natural beauty Louise Bourgoin (star of Les Aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec) is 100% unretouched.
via Honey Magazine
“Pirates of the Caribbean” #4 to have a French mermaid
Disney has cast one of France’s most in-demand young stars, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, in the key role of Syrena for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Syrena, according to Pirates’ press notes, is a “beautiful and alluring young mermaid” who will play opposite Johnny Depp’s Captain Jack Sparrow.