LES GRANDES EAUX MUSICALES AT VERSAILLES Set against the remarkable gardens of the Chateau de Versailles, which, along with the gardens, are themselves listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site, it’s hard to give this miss. This musical and visual extravaganza fountain show is set to period melodies, and, if you think about how the pools were constructed in the 17th century, it is considered feat today to get technology in so the water dances to the music. The event is popular with the tourists in spring and summer, but visit in the Fall and you’ll have less of queue to worry about. www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr
IO PONTI GIO PONT Pioneering designer and architect of last century, Gio Ponti’s eclectic approach to his projects won him which counts Milan’s Pirelli Tower and the Denver Art Museum among its accolades with more than 500 works of the Italian creative’s furniture designs,
and silverwork.
19 October, 2018 10 February, 2019 Musée des Arts Décoratifs, 107 rue de Rivoli, 75001
Paris.
Madparis.fr
QATAR PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE The newly refurbished Paris Longchamp Racecourse is once
again host to Prix de LArc de Triomphe’s galloping steeds, previous two years at Chantilly Racecourse. The Arc bears the trophy as Europe’s most prestigious horse race, with prize fund of EUR million. Admirers of unparalleled equestrian grace
can’t miss the purebreds in The Arabian World Cup. Since it was first held on October 1920, the Prix de I’Arc de Triomphe has become the most important flat race in the world, bringing together the finest racehorses and the best jockeys on the
planet over one weekend.
October, 2018 Paris Longchamp Racecourse, www.parislongchamp.com
Route des Tribunes, 75016 Paris.
GRAYSON PERRY In this first major solo exhibition in France by the celebrated
British artist Grayson Perry, La Monnaie de Paris pays tribute to immense capacity to produce work that as well as his sharp wit when it comes to contemporary social issues. series of lectures on the countertypes of masculinity in contemporary society will be held during the
duration of the exhibition.
19 October, 2018 February, 2019 La Monnaie de Paris ,11 Quai de Conti, 75006 PARIS
www.monnaiedeparis.fr
Spy Pablo Blue period began in 1901 and was defined by sombre images of despair and loneliness following the death of his friend. rosier outlook followed from 1904, reflected in the Spanish aftist’s use of warmer colours in his paintings. This the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée Picasso Paris, as one of the world’s most eminent modern artists.
18 September, 2018 January, 2019 Musée Rue de la Légion d’Honneur,
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2018 Sep-Oct, pages 25-30. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
