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It’s the most important moment for our photo project PHPA (Photo d’Hôtel, Photo d’Auteur, otherwise know as A Hotel Photo, An Artist’s View): the exhibition that brings together all the photos from the previous year as well as unveiling the brand new commissioned work by Patrick Tournebœuf. We are very excited!

Dans le decor, Monumental. Fauteuils dans la salle du theatre de l'Odeon, Paris. © P.Tournebœuf / Tendance Floue / PHPA

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Known as the Fête des Jardins, this is your once-yearly chance to discover some of Paris’ amazing green spaces, including some which are closed the rest of the year…

photo by graphic spirit used under cc licence

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France’s favourite naughty tipple (erm, 100 years ago) has given its name to this extremely reputable restaurant. We thought we’d try the place out to see whether it would transport us into an agreeable green haze, or just leave us with a nasty hangover…

photos : JasonW

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Our annual exhibition is starting! And we’d like to invite you to the grand opening! (lire la suite / continue reading)

Once again, farmers from three regions of the southwest of France group together to advertise their delicious produce with a giant market along the Seine (which is why they call it ‘floating’. Hmmm). Want to know what they’re offering? Read on…

photo by mason masteka used under cc licence

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An exhibition about the influence and importance of actress’ hairdos, a Kubrick exhibition net year, a Larry Clark weekend with thé man himself, a cycle of David Lynch films with Lynch présent tau, a Lubitsch rétrospective… the Paris Cinémathèque has a lot line up for the next few months. (lire la suite / continue reading)

You may know the shocking images of Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, but this is probably the first time you will have seen them as backdrop for a slightly burlesque concert by English group the Tiger Lillies. Or perhaps the music is more a backdrop for the photos?… (lire la suite / continue reading)

Porter The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (La Ballade de la dépendance sexuelle) sur scène en musique ? Tout un programme, mais pas inintéressante comme démarche. Les photos de l’américaine seront projetées et accompagnées par le musique des anglais des Tiger Lillies. À moins que c’est la musique qui sera accompagnée par les images…
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An exceptional weekend to discover a host of places that are usually closed to the public. For the 27th edition of what is known here as Les Journées Européennes du Patrimoine, not only is the theme Les Grands Hommes – like our hotel – but the Hôtels Paris Rive Gauche photo exhibition at the Théâtre de l’Odéon is part of the programme!

(c) RATP / Barinet

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