Art / Culture in France
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FRANCE, 2013/08/11
Paris has displayed a string of portraits of the lives of “ordinary Parisians” on advertising billboards across the city, using sketches that have delighted tourists but left locals somewhat bemused.
“Les Parisiens” features 48 different comic sketches by artist Kanako in 1,000 locations around the city – see slide-show below.
“The idea is to offer something free for the summer on billboards that would otherwise be used for advertising or public service messages,” city hall spokesman Lionel Bordeaux told FRANCE 24.
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FRANCE, 2013/05/02
The world’s love affair with French macarons is here to remain . In order to meet world demands, the pastry chef who made macarons famous, Pierre Hermé, is about to step up production in the factory where most of his macarons are created – always by hand.
