Activist defaces Monet painting to draw attention to global heating โ€“ย video

A climate activist was arrested at the Musรฉe dโ€™Orsay in Paris after sticking a blood-red poster over Monet’s painting of poppy fields. The woman then revealed a T-shirt saying ‘L’enfer’ (hell). The action by a member of Riposte Alimentaire (Food Respon…

Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris

Woman from Riposte Alimentaire arrested after sticking poster on impressionist painterโ€™s CoquelicotsA climate activist has been arrested for sticking an adhesive poster on a Monet painting at the Musรฉe dโ€™Orsay in Paris to draw attention to global heat…

Historic meeting of French impressionists recreated in Paris exhibition

Immersive tour at Musรฉe dโ€™Orsay takes visitors back to 15 April 1874 โ€“ the moment that marked the movementโ€™s birthIn a lush red-and-gold carpeted photographerโ€™s studio in northern Paris, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas are adding the final touche…

โ€˜Itโ€™s time to re-examine its radical natureโ€™: Paris to celebrate 150 years of impressionism

Musรฉe dโ€™Orsay to open a major show to throw new light on the 1874 exhibition that marked the advent of avant-garde artIt is 1874 in Paris, and the early years of the Third Republic. Baron Haussmann has remodelled the city, creating the grands boulevard…