arts24

By FRANCE 24 English

Culture news from the world's art, food and fashion capital, Paris. Join us every day at 12:15 Paris time for reviews and conversations on what’s arguably the only daily arts programme on TV.

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September 01, 2021 Film show: Stars flock to Venice as film industry aims to return to normal
From the Venice Film Festival, critic Emma Jones speaks to Eve Jackson about the event’s most anticipated movies, including Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana in "Spencer" and Pedro Almodovar's "Parallel Mothers", starring Penelope Cruz. In the studio, critic Lisa Nesselson tells us about two new movies out in French cinemas: "France" with Léa Seydoux and the erotic and mysterious Japanese film "Drive My Car".
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11min
August 31, 2021 TV series show: Jessica Chastain stars in story about a marriage falling apart
Israeli director Hagai Levi's latest series "Scenes from a Marriage" drags viewers into uncomfortable territory, where main actors Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac play a married couple breaking up. The story of love, desire and relationships is an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's 1973 hit of the same name. Our TV critic Yena Lee tells us why she enjoyed Levi's spin on the original.
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12min
August 30, 2021 Suuns frontman and France's hottest new alternative pop star on their lockdown music
Going back to live performances is very much on the mind of musicians these days, after months of introspective confinements and home recordings due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Ben Shemie from Suuns tells us more about his band's new album "The Witness", whose instinctive new sound will soon be taken to the stage, first in their native Canada and then on tour in Europe.
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13min
August 27, 2021 The Afghan female artists escaping to France
When the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan on August 16, Kabul-based artist and curator Rada Akbar felt she had no other option than to leave. Last week, she managed to escape to France, where she is now in quarantine. In an exclusive interview with FRANCE 24’s culture editor Eve Jackson, Akbar describes the Taliban’s bloody crackdown on female artists. “They would either put me in prison or kill me,” she said.
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6min
August 27, 2021 ‘I would have been killed’: The plight of Afghanistan’s female artists
Today on Encore, we speak to a female artist who escaped from Afghanistan and is now in Paris. Rada Akbar fled Kabul as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. She talks to Eve Jackson about the reasons she was forced to leave, why her striking self-portraits pose such a threat to the Taliban and her fears for the people left behind.
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14min
August 26, 2021 Bring back the arts! The Paris music festival that’s bringing us back together
In our first show of the new season we’re keeping the summer vibes alive with the French duo DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson who are performing at a brand new innovative ecological and Covid friendly Paris festival.
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13min
July 23, 2021 TV series show: 'Ted Lasso' and the transformative power of kindness
Season 2 of "Ted Lasso" is all about the simple yet transformative power of kindness. Created by and starring Jason Sudeikis, the series centres around a former American football coach who is thrust into the limelight when he is hired to manage a UK Premier League football team.
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12min
July 22, 2021 Paris Summer Festival: Annual arts event returns to French capital
Paris has temporarily become an open house for the performing arts, photography and paintings. A number of schools, parks and even pools have opened their doors for the "Paris l'été" arts and culture festival. Also in this edition, FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear visits the Bourse de Commerce to discover businessman François Pinault's vast contemporary art collection. Finally, our reporters meet a theatre company that's pushing for inclusivity at the Avignon festival.
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11min
July 21, 2021 Film show: 'The Bad and the Beautiful' puts Helmut Newton's photography in the spotlight
Gero von Boehm's documentary on fashion photographer Helmut Newton is out in French cinemas. It features interviews from his famous muses including Claudia Schiffer, Anna Wintour and Charlotte Rampling, but also delves into some of the controversies surrounding his provocative style.
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12min
July 20, 2021 Jeff Koons on juxtaposing the ordinary with the opulent
They're glossy, gaudy and, for some, a little bit lurid: Jeff Koons' graphic prints and sensational sculptures have made him the 21st century face of pop art and the king of the contemporary market. A new exhibition at the Mucem museum in Marseille reveals the vernacular roots of much of the US artist's work. It's placed side by side with the anthropological objects that recount the nature of daily life in the Mediterranean over the centuries.
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FAQs about arts24:

How many episodes does arts24 have?

The podcast currently has 2,295 episodes available.