Born in the streets – Graffiti
  • 20
  • Jul
  • 2009

At Fondation Cartier they have an exhibibition starting July until November about Graffiti.

Occupying the entire gallery space of the Fondation Cartier, as well as the building’s façade and surrounding garden, the exhibition brings to light the extraordinary development of an artistic movement that was born in the streets of New York in the early 1970s to rapidly become a worldwide phenomenon. Today, graffiti has entered the cultural mainstream, crossing over to the realms of studio art, design and advertising. Yet, despite its immense popularity, this essentially illegal activity continues to evolve at the periphery of the contemporary art world, its origins and history little-known to the general public.

The exhibition traces the origins of the graffiti movement while offering a panorama of the diversity of contemporary writing. It provides the public with the opportunity to rediscover an art both ubiquitous and continually evolving, and thus relate to the city in a new way.

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 261, boulevard Raspail,75014 Paris

Open every day, except Monday, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Open Tuesday evenings until 10 p.m.

Free Admission for visitors under 18 Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

 

 

Access

Métro: lines 4 et 6, stations Raspail ou Denfert-Rochereau

Festival Paris Quartier d’été
  • 16
  • Jul
  • 2009

This festival offers a mix of dance, music, and theater performances held at some of Paris’s top sites, including the Jardin du Luxembourg and the Palais Royal. This year program has a lot top artists.

Many events are free, although note that some performances require advance registration.

Festival Paris Quartier d’été, for more details and tickets.

Parc de le Villette Open-Air Cinema
  • 14
  • Jul
  • 2009

Every evening of the week except Mondays, you can catch open-air screenings of English and French films at this 130-acre ultramodern park.

Some of the films on this year’s calendar include Broken Flowers, Brokeback Mountain, Mulholland Drive, and Little Miss Sunshine.

Most people spread a blanket out on the grass, but if you’d rather sit in a chair, rentals are available for €6.50.

The program can be seen on their site : Parc de la Villette Cinéma en Plein Air

Paris Jazz Festival
  • 10
  • Jul
  • 2009

On Saturdays and Sundays in June and July, this annual jazz festival comes to the lovely Parc Floral de Paris, the Bois de Vicennes’s 70-acre park and flower garden.

Entry to the Parc Floral is €5, but the concerts are all free.

Just have a look at the program at Paris Jazz Festival