The FIAC is coming back

Giant Figure (Cyclops), 2010 - Thomas Houseago

The FIAC is beginning to be installed.
For the ninth consecutive year, associated with the and the Tuileries, FIAC presents, in the heart of the Tuileries Garden, a program of outdoor artworks.
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See also some pictures of the previous editions here: http://www.myamazingparis.com/search?q=fiac

The installation has begun:

Magna Mater, 2014 - Les frères Chapuisat

Beautiful Tube #3, 2014 - Lang / Baumann

Louise Fuller, 2013 - Georg Baselitz

Fanny Fanny, 1991 - César

Fontaine aux Nanas, 1974-1991 - Niki de Saint Phalle

In the garden of the Tuileries, two goats have for mission to crop the sloping lawns... Not really free because of their chains...

This Sunday was a very beautiful day in Paris, really sunny and warm, not so usual in October.
With such a blue sky, the Sacré-Coeur in Montmartre was clearly visible from the Left Bank near the bridge of "La Concorde":

The FIAC is here! Enjoy!

Be famous in Paris for 15 seconds!

Your Name in Lights at the Monnaie de Paris - Work of John Baldessari from Los Angeles

Monnaie de Paris* is about to reopen!
To celebrate this main event, famous artist from Los Angeles John Baldessari is invited to seize the majectic façade, between Pont Neuf and Pont des Arts, with his work Your Name in Lights.

For 15 seconds, your name will illuminate Paris!

You can apply, the exhibition will stay until, October 2014, 13th.

http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en_US/your-name-in-lights

Best place to see your name, the "Pont Neuf":

Good for the ego! ; )




* Read more here: http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/en_US/company/about-us