Obama victory: french headlines celebrate the President elect.

Most french people would have vote for Barak Obama if it had been possible. The day after his victory, french newspapers where very positive. Le Monde, a very serious paper, wrote without any emphasis:...

Jeff Koons, king of neo-pop and Louis XIV in Versailles

Versailles embraces kitsch 2008-09From: http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/105/article_1589.aspPhoto from PalagretThe Château of Versailles has thrown caution to the wind, opening up its palatial apartments...

Paris: Cesar, exhibition of compressions, expansions and "empreintes humaines...

The Fondation Cartier presents a major exhibition of the work of French sculptor César on the tenth anniversary of his death. Jean Nouvel—the Fondation Cartier’s architect and a close friend of the...

France, local elections: left wons the first round

On the 9th of march 2008, in the first round of the municipal elections in France, the Socialist Party [PS]  gained ground mostly everywhere, specially  in  big cities like Paris, Lyon and Lille. ...

France: Nicolas Sarkozy doesn't smile, one week away from the municipal elect...

The president of the french republic, Nicolas Sarkozy is very low in the opinion polls, far behind his prime minister François Fillion. He also lost the approbation of the press. Many papers make a list of all...

France. In court for a kiss

AVIGNON, France (AP) — In july 2007, a woman left a lipstick kiss on an all-white painting by the American artist Cy Twombly. Friday, she was convicted of "voluntarily damaging a work of art" and ordered to do...

FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy, Président de la République.

Sunday may 6, 8 pm. Nicolas Sarkozy is elected "Présient de la République" with 53,1 % of the votes to Ségolène Royal (46,9 %).http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-823448,36-906044@45-1,0.html Sunday...