Masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci and Vincent Van Gogh have appeared in the list of 300 art objects which are to be exhibited in the Louvre of Abu Dhabi.
The museum having built for 500 mln euro with the opening intended to come off on December, 2015, will represent the pictorial art and sculptures of thirteen greatest collection of France, as it is reported by The Local.
Many significant museums of France among which there are the Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, and Versailles Palace, will lease out to Abu Dhabi the art subjects in framework of 30-year collaboration with Arab Emirates at the cost of 1 billion euro.
In the Louvre of Abu Dhabi which has the total square of 64 000 square metres and having been built on the island Saadiyat, 6000 square metres will be left for permanent exhibits, and 2000 square metres - for temporary expositions.
Masks, dances, and traditional music penetrate the carnival in Limoux, small and cozy city on the South of France. The carnival has been lasting for three month. Indeed, the performances are at the weekends.
The action will be lasting not only on the water but also in the air. The ceremony of opening will be organized on the 28-th of January twice, at 6 pm with the repetition at 8 pm at the channel Cannaregio.
Since 20-th of September in Kyiv the exclusive exhibition starts in the course of which there will be objects of mass-market art, mean presswork on the paper or metal from the printing form.
The castle Le Paluel in the South Western France is acclaimed to be auction showpiece. The sales with the purpose to save the destroying mansion will happen on the 21-st of September. The necessary amount is 500 thousand euro, however, the minimal contribution starts from 50 euro.
Classic works created by the famous British artist and children writer Quentin Blake as well as pictures painted by English rock-musician Erik Clapton, the composer of electronic music Brian Eno, and Scottish actor Peter Capaldi are put for the sales on the 7-th of December. The organizers of the stated event are planning to collect money for the further functioning of London gallery.
UNESCO has recognized as the heritage the songs performed by Cossacks within the territory where Dnepropetrovsk region is situated now. It is reported at the web-site of the international organization.
The best cooks of France will participate in the auction «CHEFS DE GARE» in the course of which the cooking profiles will be represented at the railway stations of the country. This year the auction will happen from the 14-th to 23-rd of October.
Nearly thirty French cities have already implemented the idea of the own local currency. Paris is on the turn. The essence of the concept is that citizens of any given city pay their purchases with the currency additional to euro. The stated currency is about to circulate exceptionally within the exact territory.
As UNN with the reference to Variety reports, French authorities forbade the filming of cinematographic extracts where the violence is represented. Such a decision is caused by the series of terroristic acts happening in 2015-2016. As the result of them government decided to take measures of extreme safety in the country.
Antibes, Dijon and La Baule have been included to the list ‘International travel areas’ of France. The stated status means that in these cities tourists may go shopping in the stores up to midnight and on Sundays.
On July 14 France celebrates the French National Day which commemorates the beginning of the French Revolution with the storming of the Bastille fortress.
