Boxes of wine are for sale at a wine dealer shop as President Donald Trump threatened a 200% tariff on European wine Champagne and spirits if the European Union goes forward with a planned tariff on American whiskey WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened a 200% tariff on European wine which was unveiled in response to steel and aluminum tariffs by the U.S just ahead of separate reciprocal tariffs that Trump plans to place on the EU vowed a new escalation in his trade war if the EU goes forward with the planned 50% tax on American whiskey “If this Tariff is not removed immediately will shortly place a 200% Tariff on all WINES & ALCOHOLIC PRODUCTS COMING OUT OF FRANCE AND OTHER E.U “This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that the EU trade commissioner would be having a phone call Friday with his U.S “We don’t like tariffs because we think tariffs are taxes and they are bad for business and they are bad for consumers,” she said “We have always said at the same time that we will defend our interests but at the same time I also want to emphasize that we are open for negotiations.” Trump has defined his opening weeks in the White House with near daily drama regarding tariffs saying that taxing imports might cause some economic pain but would eventually lead to more domestic manufacturing and greater respect for America But with the EU and Trump now tussling over alcohol tariffs the impact of a trade war could surface for consumers It’s unclear how the import taxes would be absorbed among vintners This slim novel about sisters meeting in the Parisian suburbs elegantly conjures up an alternative world of possibilities This little book full of big questions is the first by French novelist Dominique Barbéris to be translated into English though she’s well-established in her home country and well-awarded too - this novel was shortlisted for the Prix Femina and longlisted for the Prix Goncourt That in itself tells you something about the difference between British and French literary culture: here prize shortlists tend to be books that are big either in length or subject slim volume could slip by unnoticed if you weren’t paying attention Not the least of its evasive qualities is that the title alludes to the French film Les dimanches de Ville d’Avray (Sundays and Cybèle in English) though the film and book have little in common beautifully rendered into English by John Cullen atmospheric quality in its descriptions of the languid Parisian suburb where the action takes place Narrator Jane leaves Paris to make a rare visit to her sister west of the city: on “the immobility of an autumn Sunday” with “the still air full of the peace proper to the beginning of autumn” and the strains of her niece’s piano practice drifting through the window as she approaches piano sounds – is part of the book’s successful blend of ease and tension detached tone Barbéris uses makes the events seem inevitable and the decisions faultlessThe sisters rarely see each other there is either not much to talk about or an awful lot “certain things come back to you more than on other days she thinks about an episode that she has never before disclosed about a man she encountered 15 years before when she was filling in as secretary at her husband’s medical practice The details of what happens between Claire Marie and the man she meets – Marc Hermann – are less important than the ripples they send out detached tone Barbéris uses makes the events seem inevitable and the decisions faultless The story of Claire Marie and Marc is woven through with other elements on the theme of infiltration: a burglary in the neighbourhood; a suspicious stranger seen as a threat to children which he hid when he saw her” – a perfect evocation of her disgust.) It is also woven through with the cultural experiences throughout Jane and Claire Marie’s lives: Jane Eyre Gérard de Nerval and a repeated refrain from the poem Autumn Song by Théophile Gautier: “Rain bubbles on the garden pond/ The swallows gathered on the roof/ Confabulate and correspond.” One reason why Jane rarely visits her sister is that her husband dislikes the bourgeois Ville-d’Avray believing it to contain the seed of its own downfall Barbéris’s cautious but tense novel is a subtle game of hide and seek with that void and how it plays on the “fragile peace” of life “so fleeting that we’re frightened of losing it” A Sunday in Ville-d’Avray by Dominique Barbéris, translated by John Cullen, is published by Daunt Books (£9.99). To support the Guardian and Observer order your copy at guardianbookshop.com This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media The Global Education office added another piece to its puzzle when French professor Dr Christine Gaudry was hired as its faculty coordinator With the addition of Patriece Campbell the office is ready to implement the initiatives in Millersville University’s Bold Path plan She then moved to the suburbs of Ville d’Avray where her mother still lives Gaudry received a maîtrise in British literature in 1979 and a master’s degree in twentieth century French literature in 1982 from the Université de Paris X Nanterre in eighteenth century French literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 As Global Education continues to shift from strictly study abroad to more international education Gaudry figures to play a big role in that transition she collaborates with the staff to support the development and implementation of international initiatives serving the university community through on-campus programs and opportunities abroad She also serves as an advisor to international students who come and study at Millersville University The faculty coordinator is also very much involved in approving who is going to study abroad and ensuring that academic credits transfer back to our home institution  She is the person to reach out to if a faculty member wants to teach a course abroad She also has vital information about scholarships for both students and faculty For more information on Global Education go to http://www.millersville.edu/globaled/. You must be logged in to post a comment PA 17551-0302© 2022 Millerville University Les Etangs de Corot, the lakeside haven of peace in Ville-d'Avray, 92, owned by Beautiful Life Hotel and a new member of Relais et Châteaux while highlighting the legacy of painter Camille Corot and the natural surroundings Just15 minutes from Paris and a stone's throw from Versailles and its château this is a hotel that's sure to win you over you'll find yourself in a veritable haven of greenery with views over the Forêt de Fausses-Reposes the Maison's interior garden and the Ville-d'Avray ponds From the classic room to the prestige room from the junior suite to the 3 exceptional suites And don't forget to (re)discover the hotel's Michelin-starred gourmet restaurant , Le Corot chef Rémi Chambard draws his inspiration from the natural surroundings plants and refinement await you on the plate Fancy a break after a leisurely stroll around the ponds The Bar Le Camille has something to refresh you You'll discover signature and traditional cocktails along with a fine selection of wines and spirits you can also indulge in a tea time experience The wellness areas and cabins overlooking the ponds are ideal for total relaxation In short, why not (re)-discover Les Étangs de Corot for a romantic getaway This test was conducted as part of a professional invitation Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Global Lead Partner “This is extremely rare in France, because most royal properties were badly damaged, if not destroyed, during and in the wake of the French Revolution. It might be the only testimony of that scale we have left of the 18th-century royal decorative arts,” says Jérôme Hanover, whose new book, The French Royal Wardrobe: The Hôtel de la Marine Restored (Flammarion) details the history of this remarkable structure and its evolution into the exciting new cultural destination it is today “It shows us what it was to live like the King of France and there is no other place where you can actually see that,” says Hanover stood as a testament to the grandeur of the French state in what is today the Place de la Concorde and his wife boasted interior decoration considered lavish even for the king—silk wall coverings blue Turquin marble fireplaces with bronze medallions the structure became the headquarters of the Department of the Navy until 2015 after which the building sat vacant for two years until the country’s Centre des Monuments Nationaux launched a four-year restoration maintained its decorative details with characteristic precision Among the many astounding—and astoundingly preserved—elements is a “flying” elevated table which was raised and lowered by servants on another floor so meals could be set and cleared without anyone entering the dining room There is also a gilded library that had been concealed behind a stainless-steel kitchen by the navy “It might be the only testimony of that scale we have left of the 18th-century royal decorative arts” Photographer Ambroise Tézenas was granted unfettered access to the renovation documenting the many rooms as craftsmen painstakingly peeled back the layers to reveal the hidden paintings and secret passageways which are featured in the comprehensive book serve as a historical record to the exceptional restoration Tasked with bringing the rooms back to life designers Joseph Achkar and Michel Charrière sourced period-correct pieces from the Mobilier National one of the most eye-catching additions to the Hôtel de la Marine is a 21st-century designed by Hugh Dutton and architect Christophe Bottineau and inspired by chandeliers from the 1700s “Visitors will learn about 18th-century architecture and decorative arts,” says Hanover A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2022 Spring Issue under the headline “Crowning Achievement.” Subscribe to the magazine © 2023 Hudson One Media, LLC. 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If you continue to be blocked, please send an email to secruxurity@sizetedistrict.cVmwom with: Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information The bedroom of Madame Thierry de Ville-d’Avray the Hôtel de la Marine is the newest must-see in Paris XLinkedInEmailLinkGiftFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftBy March 14 2022 at 1:00 PM EDTBookmarkSaveFirst-time visitors to Paris will invariably check-off a series of boxes: the Louvre Each is a relic of France’s prerevolutionary ancien régime has been rebuilt or reconstructed over the past few centuries into some approximation of what it was like before France overthrew the Bourbon monarchy in 1789 But there’s another building: The Hôtel de la Marine on the Place de la Concorde reopened last year after a four-year restoration and is arguably a more complete representation of 18th century design than anything else in Paris Finished in 1775 from designs by Ange-Jacques Gabriel the building was intended to be the repository for state treasures A Sunday in Ville-d’Avray by Dominique Barbéris the melancholy of a Sunday afternoon in early September as Dominique Barbéris’s unnamed female narrator tells us an “antique sadness” can creep up on you; “the sadness you feel when things close down” In this gently disquieting short novel she has travelled to the Parisian suburb of Ville-d’Avray — where the houses have “phony airs” and the “neatly aligned gardens” have English lawns and blowsy roses — to visit her elder sister It stirs up unsettling memories for both of them “On Sundays you think about life,” the sister muses and proceeds to tell the story of her “encounter” This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Hotelier Middle East Home » People » W Maldives welcomes new general manager W Maldives welcomes Thomas Vaucouleur de Ville d’Avray as its new general manager Vaucouleur de Ville d’Avray is a graduate of the Singapore Temasek Polytechnic Institute and has completed various hospitality management courses with Cornell University.The French national brings to W Maldives seventeen years of hospitality experience gained from a variety of executive and food and beverage management positions across Asia Prior to his 2015 relocation to the Maldives as resident manager of LVMH Cheval Blanc Randheli he had assumed several executive positions with Hyatt International in Japan He joined The Four Seasons Cairo at Nile Plaza as assistant director of food and beverage prior to relocating to the Maldives for the first time in 2009 as director of food & beverage for One & Only Reethi Rah He then joined The Peninsula Bangkok in the same capacity and was later promoted to executive assistant manager in charge of food & beverage for the opening of The Peninsula Paris in 2014 Vaucouleur de Ville d’Avray will be responsible for the overall operation of W Maldives providing strategic leadership to his onsite team and delivering the W experience to hotel guests and clients Thomas will oversee implementation of the annual business plan achieving marketing and guest satisfaction goals Art is an award-winning reporter who covers advanced industry and technology on the Deseret News' special projects team Following a European Union announcement of new tariffs going into effect on April 1 in response to U.S levies on steel and aluminum that began Wednesday President Donald Trump upped the ante Thursday threatening an additional 200% tariff on EU wine and spirits Trump painted EU trade policy as hostile to the U.S and said the new surcharge on EU alcohol exports would go into effect unless the group of 27 European countries withdrew their own alcohol tariff “The European Union, one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the World, which was formed for the sole purpose of taking advantage of the United States, has just put a nasty 50% Tariff on Whisky,” Trump wrote in a posting to Truth Social early Thursday morning “If this Tariff is not removed immediately This will be great for the Wine and Champagne businesses in the U.S.” In 2024, the U.S. imported roughly $5.4 billion in wine from the EU, which includes about $1.7 billion in sparkling wines, according to Census Bureau data, per a report from the Wall Street Journal It also imported more than $1 billion of beer and more than $3.5 billion of spirits such as vodka Canada has already imposed tariffs worth a similar amount on U.S goods in response to broader tariffs by Trump In comments to reporters Thursday during a White House Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte Trump reiterated his commitment to the new tariff policies “I’m not going to bend at all,” Trump said, per a report from CNBC. “We’ve been ripped off for years and we’re not going to be ripped off anymore,” he said a number of new tariff policies in the past few weeks with only the new 10% increase on Chinese goods taking effect in February Trump’s sector-specific levy of 25% on all imported steel and aluminum went into effect European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that the EU trade commissioner would be having a phone call Friday with his U.S. counterpart, according to The Associated Press “We don’t like tariffs because we think tariffs are taxes and they are bad for business and they are bad for consumers,” von der Leyen said “We have always said at the same time that we will defend our interests but at the same time I also want to emphasize that we are open for negotiations.” investment markets reacted negatively to Thursday’s international trade salvos S&P 500 and Nasdaq all in negative territory just ahead of the close of regular trading Thursday The market negativity continues the week-long trend that kicked off Monday with the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite posting its biggest single-day losses since 2022 while the S&P 500 had its worst day so far this year A growing number of economists are expressing worries that the escalating global trade war could drive up U.S inflation and potentially push the economy into a recession “The president is in a tight spot, and every tariff (or threatened tariff) makes his position more difficult,” Simon Johnson, professor of global economics and management at MIT, told CNN prices will rise and the economy will slow even further.” often made in the countryside surrounding Rome freed artists to leave the studio—to fully experience nature the Forest of Fontainebleau became a sanctuary for the growing leisure classes for whom a train ride from Paris was an easy jaunt these pioneering painters of nature came to be called the Barbizon School the artists of the Barbizon School collectively embraced their native landscape particularly the rich terrain of the Forest of Fontainebleau They shared a recognition of landscape as an independent subject a determination to exhibit such paintings at the conservative Salon and a mutually reinforcing pleasure in nature close friend and biographer of Barbizon painters Théodore Rousseau and Jean-François Millet wrote of the romantic attraction of the Forest of Fontainebleau: “They had reached such a pitch of over-excitement that they were quite unable to work… the proud majesty of the old trees the virgin state of rocks and heath… all these intoxicated them with their beauty and their smell Théodore Rousseau was indeed possessed by the forest he spent more time there than any of his fellow artists and returned to Paris only to advance sales Rousseau deplored the encroachment of industry and tourism at Fontainebleau He appealed to Napoleon III to halt the wholesale destruction of the forest’s trees and in 1853 the emperor established a preserve to protect the artists’ cherished giant oaks Among the painters who followed Rousseau into the forest Narcisse Diaz de la Peña was his most loyal disciple they often packed a picnic to last the day as they ventured into the woods in search of imagery Diaz was not of a temperament to paint the meticulous detail so familiar in Rousseau’s landscapes yet his heavily impastoed canvases nonetheless won much praise at the Paris Salon Millet moved his growing family to Fontainebleau to escape an epidemic of cholera that followed the Revolution of 1848 He and his wife raised nine children in a spare peasant cottage bordering the forest Penurious circumstances never dampened Millet’s spirit nor did they compromise his productive career he painted farm laborers with blunt realism and quiet dignity (60.71.12) perhaps the most influential of all French landscape painters of the nineteenth century although its rocky outcroppings and majestic trees informed some of his prized early paintings Fontainebleau: Oak Trees at Bas-Bréau (1979.404) is one of the most vigorous and precise Its sharply focused topography stands in contrast to his much later paintings in which nature dissolves in a silvery mist of tonal lyricism Corot always returned to the studio to process his visual experience and never admitted conflict in reconciling academic values with the newfound freedom afforded by direct observation Of the artists who joined Corot in the French countryside in the summer months Charles-François Daubigny was among the most accomplished Whether painting storks hovering over a marsh or an apple orchard swaying in the wind he brought his canvases to a radical degree of completion outdoors Daubigny worked in the Forest of Fontainebleau in his early years but his preference for water soon led him to other regions of France a refitted ferry called Le Bottin (The Little Box) Daubigny ambled along the Oise River painting transient skies and limpid waters His simple scenes of reflected light—A River Landscape with Storks (14.40.818) for example—resonate with the immediacy of that direct experience outdoors Daubigny supported many Impressionists in their early years and urged their inclusion in Salon exhibitions Barbizon was more than just a place; it was an encompassing motif even despite daily trials of frostbitten fingers at winter’s dawn or sunburned hands at summer’s midday Barbizon answered the quest for landscape’s metaphoric power The artists of the Barbizon School showed us the rapidly disappearing rural path to painterly “truth” well before the Impressionists trod the same forest and fields carrying with them their factory-made satchels with metallic tubes of new pigments and their modern ways of seeing Landscape painting was no longer subservient to history painting The Barbizon School & the Origins of Impressionism L'école de Barbizon: Peindre en plein air avant l'impressionisme “The Barbizon School: French Painters of Nature.” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/bfpn/hd_bfpn.htm (March 2007) More from the Timeline of Art HistoryView all legislators at the European Parliament made sure it won't happen anytime soon some French cheese producers in recent weeks sniffed out something and turned it into a culinary stink They claimed that the proposal's wording would make it illegal for the famous cheese to be cradled into its usual wooden packaging for its final weeks of ripening and The round box is as essentially Camembert as its unctuous texture and pungent smell there was a frenzied flutter that something fundamentally French would fall foul of the Brussels bureaucrats — derisively known by many as Eurocrats — who are all too often blamed for flaws real and false Don’t touch our Camemberts!” said Jean-Paul Garraud a member of the European Parliament for France’s far-right Rassemblement National The reasoning was this: If Camembert were forced into something easier to recycle like plastic the perfect breathing of the cheese through wood might instead produce something sweaty and flabby and the EU wants to remove it from food packaging as much as possible Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius said ahead of Wednesday's vote that the EU would make sure that the raw-milk specialized non-industrial Camemberts — those with a controlled designation of origin — will be exempt from any such regulation the French World War II hero and later president of the nation “How do you want to run a country that has 246 kinds of cheese,” he was quoted as complaining Wednesday's action proved that cheese can be an effective binding agent as European legislators ranging from free-trade liberals to the far-right made sure that an amendment to allow wooden boxes in case of exceptional circumstances would survive “We have saved our Camemberts,” said French free-trade Renew Europe legislator Valerie Hayer after the vote And she said others will be safe under the measure: “Camembert Pont l’Évêque or Mont d’Or will be well protected." The center-right European People's Party the biggest group in the European Parliament with a traditional farming electorate and penchant for heritage protection led the defense of the wooden boxes for Camembert and other cheeses “Who can imagine a Camembert or a Mont d’Or without its wooden strapping Packaging them in plastic would be a gustatory and environmental aberration," said French MEP Laurence Sailliet “Europe must know how to protect the environment but never to the detriment of the specific characteristics of its member states,” she added And food is one of the touchiest characteristics for sure leading the tabloid assault with stories that the EU would insist that bananas would have to be straight and eliminate beloved British biscuits It helped turn the United Kingdom against the EU and voters decided in a referendum to leave The only place more frequented than the Eiffel Tower was the exalted mattress of the Valtesse de la Bigne Her story is the quintessential rags-to-riches tale and clues to her influence over the era’s most powerful figures are still visible in Paris to this very day… Before she became “the Valtesse,” she was just Émilie-Louise Delabigne: a Parisian girl from an impoverished household working to make ends meet with her single mother She worked in a sweet shop in the working class neighbourhood of the 9th arrondissement– an area known then as Notre-Dame de la Lorette– where clothing and confectionary shops flourished in particular employing a predominantly female workforce Given the neighbourhood’s veritable army of women it also became a go-to area for men in search of steamy liaisons But these women weren’t like the infamous prostitutes of Pigalle— they were “lorettes”– ladies who only occasionally dipped their toes into sex work to pay an extra bill or two at the end of the month “that women in the workforce were paid miserably at this time This was the only tool she had at her disposal to climb the social ranks.” “At 20 she was ready to get out of there,” explains historian Joëlle Chevé in a 2017 French documentary on her life a master in the art of conversation and a woman as charming as she was well-read “Valtesse” sounded like the French phrase for “Your Highness,” (“Votre Altesse”) and set the tone for the reputation she fabricated for herself and said she was the mistress of Napoleon III,” says Chevé “to get her foot in the door.” But her big break came when she seduced the composer Jacques Offenbach who was basically like the Mick Jagger of the era she graduated from the rank of lorette to full-blown courtesan. She met her lovers at the infamous Lapérouse a legendary restaurant still open to this day founded in 1766 to cater high society gentlemen looking to spoil their lovers on fine dining while remaining discrete There were private dining rooms with secret passageways and to this day scratches can be seen on the rooms’ mirrors — evidence of courtesans testing out the authenticity of the diamonds gifted to them went bankrupt building a swanky mansion for the Valtesse at 98 boulevard Malesherbes in the 17th arrondissement: She became a lover and muse of impressionist painters like Eduard Manet They called her house “the Painter’s Union” due to the amount of wonderful and rather groundbreaking art she inspired… although fascinated by “Her Highness” made a cruel caricature of her in his 1880 novel “A bed such as has never existed,” he wrote about her sleeping chambers when she refused him as a client an altar where Paris came to admire her sovereign nudity a band of cupids among flowers who look on and smile watching the pleasures in shadows of the curtains.” You can still see the bed today at Paris’ Decorative Arts Museum It’s presented with its sheets disheveled one of her portraits… she packed up her fortune and moved to the suburbs of Ville-d’Avray to teach her courtesan apprentice “There was even a bench by her tomb for her lovers to sit and cry,” concludes Chevé She was buried in 1910 with two unknown men “One must love during an instant…as one loves the crimson hues of the sun at the moment when it disappears below the horizon.” Last Updated on July 12, 2024 by MessyNessy a TV animation production studio located in the Ville D’Avray commune of Paris announces that the first season of its original animated series Story Time will premiere October 23 on French kids’ channel Piwi+ — part of the Canal+ Group The studio is also launching production on a second season of Story Time! which will bring the series package total up to 26 episodes of 13 minutes’ duration Superighs is handling worldwide distribution rights for both seasons allows young viewers to discover countries around the world and their cultures through their folk legends and original stories created for the series the show introduces the whole family to the language places and music of far off places through enchanting narrated stories ANGOA and PROCIREP and the participation of Cofinova 12 We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorised as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyse how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content 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“Travels with a Curator” and “Cocktails with a Curator,” deep dives into singular works in the collection and the artists and locales that shaped them As the time draws near to see those works in-real-life again critics and pop culture icons to opine about their favorite pieces in the collection — the ones that got under their skin and made them go back to Mr again and again to soak up their essence — and published their musings in the walkup to the opening of Frick Madison It’s a chance to get up close and personal with the Old Masters and notable successors before you experience them anew if you are one of those New Yorkers who still feel squeamish about indoor activities and may not venture to the Frick’s new quarters any time soon — with or without the vaccine — this book is for you the sculptures and those gorgeous Meissen porcelains until you meet them again The roster of contributors is a riot of bold-faced names They bring critical analysis to their chosen pieces in addition to heartfelt emotion and lots of off-the-cuff Take novelist Jonathan Lethem’s appraisal of Hans Holbein the Younger’s famous portrait of Sir Thomas More (1527) His statement was excerpted for the book’s title: “I was into science fiction and knew he’d written ‘Utopia.’ Whatever it was And More had that outlandish beard stubble Falling — just letting go and getting lost in another realm — is critical right now takes you outside yourself and offers transcendence all rock stars: Rembrandt’s “Self-Portrait” (1658) an unknown artist’s “Nude Female Figure (Shouting Woman)” (early 16th century) which was paired with his portrait of Thomas Cromwell (1532-33) at the mansion They were rivals in life but companions in the afterlife Cartoonist and funny woman Roz Chast stands in front of Rembrandt’s solemn self-portrait and imagines communing with the master: “I felt as if he were saying to me: Once I was alive Some of the authors find inspiration in little things those brilliant touches that mark a particular work of art forever Writer André Aciman studies Corot’s landscape “Ville d’Avray” (ca It’s “a mirthy spot of red on the boatman’s hat .. like a subtle hint of lipstick on a stunning face the mark of genius that reminds me each time that I like to see other than what I see until I notice what’s right before me.” As the New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik writes in the foreword: “We all locate pictures not in their created moment alone but in the intersection of two moments “The Sleeve Should Be Illegal & Other Reflections on Art at the Frick” Published by The Frick Collection in association with DelMonico Books+D.A.P The Hôtel de la Marine is opening to the public after a long restoration project This emblematic monument on the Place de la Concorde in Paris is thus preparing to open a new chapter in its already rich history How did the Hôtel de la Marine come into being Let’s take a look at the history of this monument the city of Paris wanted to build a statue to the glory of Louis XV not far from the Tuileries Paris was not yet the size it is today: the city covered a relatively small area from the Tuileries gardens to the Bastille and this new statue was in the middle of nowhere To embellish this equestrian statue commissioned from Edmé Bouchardon the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel imagined a square to the glory of the king: this would be the Place Louis XV better known today as the Place de la Concorde he created two twin palaces on either side of the Royale street These two palaces were built without any specific purpose It was not until 1765 that it was decided to install the Garde-Meuble Royal in the palace to the east the forerunner of the french National Furniture Office (Mobilier National) was to buy and maintain the king’s furniture: the “usual” furniture (beds Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray occupied the palace for 25 years and fitted it out according to the needs of the Garde-Meuble storage areas and exhibition galleries were installed… The first intendant of the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne he had a cabinet built next to his bedroom with mirrors painted here and there with figures in lascivious positions This Cabinet des Glaces was not to the taste of the wife of the second intendant Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray The paintings were covered up to transform the figures into chubby cherubs and women in long dresses the French Revolution marked a turning point in the history of the palace the Garde-Meuble was not a very popular administration Louis XVI and his government were forced to leave Versailles and move to the Tuileries The Secretary of State for the Navy then settled in the palace of the Garde-Meuble the administration of the Navy sat in this sumptuous palace until 2015 when the Ministry of the Navy left the Place de la Concorde to join the Hexagone Balard which now houses the headquarters of the French Armed Forces the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne also preserved the Crown Jewels: a treasure trove of more than 10,000 precious stones including the “Régent” diamond a jewel estimated to be worth 12 million pounds (several million euros) some 40 thieves got hold of the precious treasure after having succeeded in breaking a window and creating a hole (still visible!) in the inner shutter there were several inconsistencies: the locks were not forced and it is hard to believe that forty thieves were able to enter without arousing the suspicions of the surveillance staff Was it a real theft or were there accomplices within the administration As for the jewels, they were found in the years that followed. As for the thieves, most of them were arrested in the days that followed and eight of them ended up on the guillotine… Nowadays, you can see the “Regent” in the Louvre Museum The administration of the Garde-Meuble was abolished for a time and many pieces of furniture and objets d’art were sold or transformed to recover the noble metals But in 1800 it was recreated and was called in turn Garde-Meuble des Consuls Mobilier impérial and finally in 1870 Mobilier national its role is to manage the furniture of national institutions and its headquarters are located in the Gobelins It was in the Hôtel de la Marine that the decree abolishing slavery in the French colonies was signed on April 27 granted former slaves citizenship and forbade the French to own a human being 248,500 slaves were freed following the signing of this decree The Hôtel de la Marine displays the desk on which Victor Schoelcher wrote this text Following the departure of the Ministry of the Navy, the management of the Hôtel de la Marine has been entrusted to the Centre des Monuments Nationaux which has just completed a vast restoration campaign begun in 2017 LEARN MORE: Restoring the Hotel de la Marine From Saturday 19 June 2021, the Hôtel de la Marine will be open to the public Visitors will be able to discover the heritage spaces and the history of the building in the company of the “confidant” an audio headset that offers a scripted tour The “Grand Tour” route gives you access to the entire tour: 18th century rooms loggia and exhibition galleries; the “Salons & Loggia” route gives you access to the state rooms and the loggia An exhibition space of 400 m² installed in the former command area will also present works from the Al Thani collection in a few months. You can already book your visit on the website https://www.hotel-de-la-marine.paris/ the Hôtel de la Marine has been designed as a place to live If you would like to know more about the history of the Hôtel de la Marine, Alexandre Gady has just published a very beautiful and richly illustrated book in the Regards collection Location:2 place de la Concorde75008 PARIS – France Opening hours:Every day from 10.30am to 7pmFridays until 10pmInner courtyard open from 9am to midnight Website:https://www.hotel-de-la-marine.paris/en/ Admission:Access to lounges & loggia: 13 €.Grand Tour: €17Free for children under 26 years old from European Union This article was produced in partnership with the Centre des Monuments Nationaux Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.  Learn more recevez le meilleur de Culturez-vous dans votre boite mail 2021East Meets West at Marubeni GalleryA trading house shows off its treasures.Saburosuke Okada "Beside a Swamp" (1919) © Marubeni Gallery AD It showcases works of French Impressionism as well as acclaimed Japanese painters influenced by French art in the 19th-20th centuries The show opens with Corot’s The Arbor of Ville-d’Avray (1847) verdant landscape surrounding the home of Corot’s father in Ville-d’Avray where the artist spent considerable time in the summer of 1847 Corot portrays his father reading a newspaper in the sunlight carrying a portfolio as he returns from a sketching trip Towering trees contrast with diminutive human figures Visitors are also treated to a rare Renoir landscape in bright hues of yellow: The Olive Groves of L’Estaque (1882) Renoir visited L’Estaque and stayed at a hotel overlooking the sea Although Renoir painted this work during winter he clearly visualized a spring-like mood with dazzling sunlight that showers over the foliage of the olive trees.Ryohei Koiso’s Judgement of Paris (1956) illustrates a fusion of Western styles in Japanese art Koiso based this work on the Greek myth of Paris (son of King Priam of Troy) who arbitrates a contest of beauty among the three goddesses Hera Koiso was recognized in the early-to-mid 1900s for his Western-style paintings including the first Imperial Academy of Arts Award in 1942 He developed an approach that would be called “Koiso Art,” an elegant style of painting people and portraits of women Another striking painting is the still life Roses (1955) by Zenzaburo Kojima It shows a vase decorated with an ancient mythological figure The vessel holds dark pinkish roses and is juxtaposed against a flat yellow background Kojima emphasizes the two-dimensionality of the work with a balance between the contrasting colors and a vividly patterned tablecloth Kojima lived in France and studied classical and Western-style painting He was heavily influenced by Rubens and Degas Among the gallery’s priceless collection is a woodcut print that is unusually large (134 cm x 89 cm) Nagahama Hikiyama Festival of Shiga Prefecture (1964) was created by Kiyoshi Asai who founded the Japanese Printmaking Society in 1960 The impressive work vividly depicts the Nagahama Hikiyama Festival in Shiga where Chubei Itoh established his trading business men in varied positions carry and surround a mikoshi (sacred palanquin) seeming to echo the energetic beat of the traditional drums Marubeni Gallery’s textiles and other important pieces from its collections are scheduled to be displayed in the next exhibition The Homage section of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival was dedicated to French film and stage actor Isabelle Huppert who was awarded an Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement In conjunction with the Award Ceremony on February 15 the festival screened À propos de Joan (About Joan Isabelle helps the director shoot the film” describe an actor who is as original as she is unique Isabelle Huppert – more versatile than almost any other “The cliché that an actor slips into the skin of another person should be tossed out in my opinion” and the character comes by accident” Her father was a security engineer and successful businessman her mother an English teacher and enthusiastic amateur pianist Among her five siblings is writer and essayist Rémi Huppert screenwriter and novelist Elisabeth Huppert sociologist and professor emeritus at HEC Paris Jacqueline Laufer a director and screenwriter with whom Isabelle Huppert has worked several times where she also studied acting at the conservatory Huppert went on to study acting in Paris at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Techniques du Théâtre (ENSATT) and the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique (CNSAD) She was taught by Jean-Laurent Cochet and Antoine Vitez She also took Russian at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) Isabelle Huppert made her screen debut with Faustine et le bel été (Faustine and the Beautiful Summer dir: Nina Companéez) and soon began attracting notice for her performances in César et Rosalie (Cesar & Rosalie) by Claude Sautet Les valseuses (Going Places) by Bertrand Blier and Le juge et l’assassin (The Judge and the Assassin) by Bertrand Tavernier She won the BAFTA as Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for her portrayal of the title character in Claude Goretta’s La dentèlliere (The Lacemaker) Isabelle Huppert with Claude Chabrol and François Berléand at the premiere of L'Ivresse du pouvoir in 2006 Violette Nozière was the first of many collaborations with director Claude Chabrol Huppert was rewarded for her intense portrayal of the notorious 1920s murderer with the Silver Palm for Best Actor in Cannes Among the other films she made with Chabrol are the period drama of a wartime abortionist and the psychological thriller Merci pour le chocolat (Nightcap) Isabelle Huppert’s first outing in front of the camera in the USA was Michael Cimino’s avant-garde western epic Heaven’s Gate she then worked with top Hollywood directors such as Otto Preminger (Rosebud) Huppert is a committed and artistically discerning member of the auteur cinema circle – not only in France In the 1980s Jean-Luc Godard casted her as the lead in his Sauve qui peut (la vie) (Every Man for Himself) and Passion She can count André Téchiné and Olivier Assayas among the other greats of French cinema with whom she has worked One of Huppert’s many international successes was her appearance in the murder mystery musical 8 femmes (8 Women) as well as garnering the European Film Award Mia Hansen Løve’s L’Avenir (Things to Come) also premiered in Berlin as well as this year’s French-German co-production À propos de Joan (About Joan) 2018: At the Press Conference for Eva by Benoît Jacquot Isabelle Huppert’s entree to European cinema was aided by her work with Italian filmmakers such as Mauro Bolognini (La storia vera della signora delle camelie | Lady of the Camelias) Marco Ferreri (Storia di Piera | The Story of Piera) and the Taviani brothers (Le affinita elettive | Elective Affinities) She proceeded to work with Eastern European directors such as Márta Mészáros (Örökség | The Inheritance) and Andrzej Wajda (Biesy | The Possessed) Among directors in the German-language realm it was Werner Schroeter who first discovered Isabelle Huppert She was awarded the German Film Award for Best Actress for her lead turn in his Malina And Huppert has enjoyed a successful collaboration with Austrian director Michael Haneke Her extraordinary performance in his provocative adaptation of a Jelinek work La Pianiste (The Piano Teacher) garnered her the best actress award in Cannes for the second time She also played roles in the German-French Haneke productions Le temps du loup (Time of the Wolf) After making movies with young Norwegian director Joachim Trier (Louder Than Bombs) and Ireland’s Neil Jordan (Greta) it was Dutch director Paul Verhoeven who provided Isabelle Huppert with the opportunity for another tour-de-force performance For her portrayal of a woman bent on revenge in Elle she won her second César (she has been nominated 16 times She has said she sees her profession as an inner expedition At the premiere of L´Avenir in the Berlinale Palast in 2016 Since making her stage debut as an extra at the Comédie-Française in a Molière play Isabelle Huppert has always remained true to her theatrical roots She has worked onstage with directors such as Peter Zadek She has appeared alongside rock poet Patti Smith including with French rock musician Jean-Louis Murat for the album “Madame Deshoulières” based on poems by Antoinette Deshoulières (1638–1694) Huppert also produces films and curates art Isabelle Huppert has also won the European Theatre Prize and an honorary award for lifetime achievement from the French theatre awards She is an officer of the Légion d’honneur Commandeur de l'ordre des arts et des lettres and an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite Lolita Chammah is an actor and appeared in her mother’s films even as a child dir: Bertrand BlierLe juge et l'assassin (The Judge and the Assassin) / 1976 dir: Bertrand TavernierLa dentellière (The Lacemaker) / 1977 dir: Claude GorettaViolette Nozière / 1978 dir: Claude ChabrolLes sœurs Brontë (The Brontë Sisters) / 1979 Sauve qui peut (la vie) (Every Man for Himself) / 1980 dir: Jean-Luc GodardHeaven’s Gate / 1980 dir: Maurice PialatLa storia vera della signora delle camelie (La dame aux camellias | The Lady of the Camellias) / 1981 dir: Mauro Bolognini Une affaire de femmes (Story of Women) / 1988 dir: Hal HartleyLa cérémonie / 1995 dir: Claude ChabrolL'École de la chair (The School of Flesh) / 1998 dir: Michael Haneke8 femmes (8 Women) / 2002 dir: François OzonI Heart Huckabees / 2004 dir: Patrice ChéreauL’Ivresse du pouvoir 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Suscribe x MercoPress, en Español Montevideo, May 6th 2025 - 07:53 UTC Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov lost 53 million US dollars deposit on a 530 million USD villa in southern France after a court ruled Tuesday that he failed to complete the purchase “The law has been applied and justice has prevailed” Lily Safra said in a statement Some of the millions from Tuesday’s ruling will be distributed among ten charities in France a 20-acre (8 hectare) estate with views of the bay at Villefranche and the Mediterranean Sea fetched a world record price for a home the Nice-Matin newspaper said when it reported the agreement in 2008 vie with London as the most expensive in the world The Nice court ordered the release of the deposit pay Safra 1.5 million Euros in damages and 30,000 Euros in costs Prokhorov himself was ordered to pay 15,000 Euros Prokhorov and Societe Fonciere du Treho will appeal the ruling a Paris-based attorney at Herbert Smith LLP who represents them They didn’t proceed with the purchase because the agreed-upon sale price was changed That led them to file a lawsuit for return of the deposit in January 2009 The sale came at the end of a decade-long boom in property prices on the Cote d’Azur the French name given to the coastline that runs east of Marseille to the Italian border luxury homes on nearby Cap Ferrat were worth about 42,320 Euros a square meter owns stakes in aluminum producer United Co investment bank Renaissance Capital and OAO Polyus Gold and his personal wealth is 17.9 billion USD The villa at the center of his dispute with Lily Safra is named after Belgian King Leopold II Edmond Safra bought the property from Giovanni Agnelli (whose family owned Italy’s Fiat) and used it to entertain guests including Ronald Reagan and Frank Sinatra The French Riviera luxury home market has started to recover after coming to a standstill with the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc “People were very afraid and some lost part of their fortunes,” said Geoffroy de Ville d’Avray marketing director of the brokerage Engel & Voelkers France Finans said Prokhorov was Russia’s wealthiest man with a fortune of 14.1 billion USD That was even after the global financial crisis caused the number of Russian billionaires to shrink to 49 from 101 a year earlier Commenting for this story is now closed.If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page Archive List > Childhood and Evacuation Gabrielle and Margaret Coakley June 1940 France Gabrielle Coakley (British by marriage) and her two daughters Margaret (10) and Lillian (5) were rounded up by the Germans and taken to an internment camp in Besançon Coakley had returned to England to serve in the British armed forces Gabrielle’s bank account had been frozen by the Germans the tax inspector to whom she had explained her penniless plight organized a plan to help her escape; however Gabrielle and her daughters were interned before his plan could be effected the three women recorded what they could recall of that time This is the much abbreviated version of their flight across Europe to England © Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. 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