This autumn in Paris will be marked by the launching of a new Hip Hop Cultural center at the Forum des Halles, La Place. A whole 1400 m2 will be exclusively dedicated to hip-hop cultural movement in full swing. In fact, the City of Paris and the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, are at the origin of this great project. Between sharing, creation and transmission, the canopy of the Forum des Halles will be the pole of urban art cultures in Paris.
This year, Paris Plages is taking place from 20 July to 23 August 2015. The summer operation amounts more festive than ever. Sports, concerts, relaxation workshops, 5,000 tons of sand and everything you need to relax ... Just follow the leader.
Crossing Paris (La traversée de Paris), is back this summer and it will take place Sunday 2,August 2015, for an amazing trip in the capital on vintage cars to immerse in the authentic charm of the city of lights. Organized by Old Vincennes, the crossing will bring together 700 old vehicles and leave Vincennes for a tour of 20km in the capital.
The Paris Jazz Festival welcomes you once again for its 22nd edition, from June 7 to July 26, 2015 at park Floral with the participation of artists from around the world.
Gaumont, 120 years of Cinema, a whole twelve decades since Léon Gaumont took the reins of Comptoir Général de la Photographie, believing in the future of Cinematographes and began production of fiction films. GAUMONT awakened vocations, braved perilous film sets, highlighted stars, clashed with box office and was critical to dream and entertain viewers of its cinemas. Thus, "Le 104" in Paris offers an exciting dive in the history of cinema with "The Gaumont exhibition: 120 years of cinema", (Gaumont:120 ans de cinéma), until August, 5, 2015.
The Pont Des Arts, the romance symbol and the must see tourist spot, is changing the look and removing forever the love padlocks "Cadenas D'amour". The council of Paris chose to remove all padlocks of the bridge for security reasons. Instead, the Paris City Hall and Mehdi Ben Cheikh, director of the Gallery Itinerrance asked four artists to imagine street art paintings for the bridge's new look.
