Until February 22, 2010, The Fine Arts Museum of Lille presents the E.Motion Graphique exhibition, which makes the link between classical drawing and international contemporary graphic art.

For this occasion, nearly 160 drawings taken from the renowned collection of the Fine Arts Museum of  Lille will be shown, some of which have never been presented before to the public.

This exhibition focuses on genres and subjects found in painting such as portraits, decors, academic nudes and draperies in order to reveal the aesthetic and technical links between classical drawings and animated films.

The originality of drawings from the sixteenth to the twentieth century (such as Raphael, Watteau, David, Delacroix, Fantin-Latour, Matisse, but also anonymous artists …) will be highlighted by contemporary graphic design (such as video-clips illustrating the music of Radiohead, Antony, David Bowie, Björk…, films of graphic designers’ associations H5 Blackheart Gang, Blip Boutique, Squint Opera…) and will show what the art of the twentieth and twenty-first century owes to the act of drawing itself.

More information:

Lille Fine Arts Museum: www.pba-lille.fr

Lille Tourist Office: www.lilletourism.com

For a night out with friends, the bars of the capital offer the pleasures of a drink in many different atmospheres. In “arty” bars, artists have had a hand in designing the interiors of these bars.

French contemporary art star Fabrice Hyber puts his signature on the walls of the DelaVille Café, while Youri decorates the whole interior of the Andy Wahloo with his oriental pop art. At the Point Ephémère, exhibitions show near the bar, and you rub shoulders with the resident artists who live on the floor above, while at the Mécène Café, private viewings are held every week in a resolutely festive atmosphere.

Must-go bars :

• Andy Wahloo: 69 rue des Gravilliers, Paris 3rd – Phone: +33 1 42 71 20 38
• Mécène Café: 9 rue Grenéta, Paris 3e – www.mecenecafe.com
• DelaVille Café: 34 bd de Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris 10th – Phone: +33 1 48 24 48 09
• Point éphémère: 200 quai de Valmy, Paris 10th – www.pointephemere.org

More information:

Paris Tourist Office: www.parisinfo.com

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Showing your appreciation for the latest contemporary in vogue artist while doing your shopping is very trendy! The worlds of fashion and visual arts collide and contrast in different ways.

Galleries absorbed into the sales area at Vuitton, Tsumori Chisato, Colette and French Trotters, even Out, a top-secret boutique, or discreetly placed art works in the changing rooms at Dior Homme.

A few must-go places :

• Colette: 213 rue Saint Honoré, Paris 1st – www.colette.fr
• Surface to Air: 46 rue de l’Arbre Sec, Paris 1st – www.surface2air.com
• Out: 9 rue Tiquetonne, Paris 2e – www.outshop.fr
• Galerie de la boutique Tsumori Chisato: 20 rue Barbette, Paris 3rd – Tel +33 1 42 78 18 88
• Dior Homme: 30 av Montaigne, Paris 8th – Tel +33 1 40 73 73 73
• Espace Louis Vuitton: 101 av des Champs Elysées, Paris 8th – www.louisvuitton.com
• Galerie de la boutique French Trotters: 30 rue de Charonne, Paris 11th – www.frenchtrotters.fr

More information: www.parisinfo.com

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