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  • Headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalonia, in La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Outside is the toilet block. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with works of art from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Jannick Thiroux, contemporary art collector and independent consultant in communications, specialising in luxury goods and cosmetics, photographed with a painting from his collection, on 31st January 2019 in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalonia, in La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Outside is the toilet block. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Choir of church, with contemporary stained glass windows by Gilles Audoux, at the Abbaye d'Auberive or Auberive Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded 1135 by St Bernard and the monks of Clairvaux, in Auberive, in the Parc National de Forets or National Forest Park, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and is now a cultural and contemporary art centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures by Marc Petit created 2011-21, exhibited June-September 2021 in the contemporary art centre, at the Abbaye d'Auberive or Auberive Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded 1135 by St Bernard, in Auberive, in the Parc National de Forets or National Forest Park, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and is now a cultural and contemporary art centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures by Marc Petit created 2011-21, exhibited June-September 2021 in the contemporary art centre, at the Abbaye d'Auberive or Auberive Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded 1135 by St Bernard, in Auberive, in the Parc National de Forets or National Forest Park, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and is now a cultural and contemporary art centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures by Marc Petit created 2011-21, exhibited June-September 2021 in the contemporary art centre, at the Abbaye d'Auberive or Auberive Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded 1135 by St Bernard, in Auberive, in the Parc National de Forets or National Forest Park, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and is now a cultural and contemporary art centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture by Marc Petit created 2011-21, exhibited June-September 2021 in the arcade of the cloister, rebuilt 17th - 18th century, part of the contemporary art centre, at the Abbaye d'Auberive or Auberive Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded 1135 by St Bernard, in Auberive, in the Parc National de Forets or National Forest Park, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. The abbey is listed as a historic monument and is now a cultural and contemporary art centre. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Brick House, sculpture by Simone Leigh, at The Plinth, featuring a rotating series of new, monumental, contemporary art commissions,s on the Spur, a section of the High Line at 30th Street and 10th Avenue, in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. Brick House is the inaugural Plinth sculpture, depicting a black woman with voluminous skirts, on display for 18 months June 2019 - September 2020. The High Line is an elevated park along a former New York Central Railroad spur, 1.45 miles long, in Manhattan. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abbaye d'Auberive or Auberive Abbey, a Cistercian abbey founded 1135 by St Bernard, and largely rebuilt in the 18th century (seen here), in Auberive, in the Parc National de Forets or National Forest Park, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France. On the lawn are sculptures by Marc Petit created 2011-21, exhibited June-September 2021 in the abbey's cultural and contemporary art centre. The abbey is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flavie Vincent-Petit, master glassworker at Manufacture Vincent-Petit, a company specialising in the restoration of historic stained glass and the creation of contemporary glass works, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Wooden roof with parabolic arches, in the headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalonia, in La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection of Lluis Bassat in the headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalonia, in La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modern art on display in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Crique, or The Cove (left), acrylic painting on silk paper, 2014, by Julien Descossy, b. 1970, and (right) Empreintes de filets, or Fishing Net Imprints, 1975, paintings by Claude Viallat, b. 1936, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the exhibition at Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, at MUHBA Fabra i Coats, in a former factory in San Andreu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Fabra i Coats was a large industrial site with cotton spinning factory employing 3000 people in the early 20th century. The factory declined from the 1970s and closed in 2005. A portion of the industrial site has since been refurbished as a cultural centre, the Centre Can Fabra, housing a library, startup companies, artist studios, contemporary arts centre and community and social centres. The site is part of MUHBA, the Museu d'Historia de Barcelona. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a contemporary rug in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a contemporary rug in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. On the right is a mural by Seth. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Descent from the Cross, detail, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of Memory in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The cross is tau-shaped (last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, sign of redemption) and is violet, the colour of Christ's Passion. Jesus' body has been brought down and he is mourned by the Virgin, 'Mater dolorosa'. A skull in the lower right corner represents Golgotha, ​​'place of the skull'. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass windows designed by Claude Viallat, b. 1936, and made by master glassmaker Bernard d’Honneur, in the Gothic choir of Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The design represents footsteps, indicating the path of all humans towards the heavenly Jerusalem. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philarmonie de Paris, also known as Philharmonie 1, a concert hall seating 2400, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened 2015, also incorporating  exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The building is a dynamic form covered with 340,000 aluminium birds, which appear to be taking flight, and aluminium swirls enveloping the concert hall or Grande Salle. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A la paroisse Saint Jean de Montmartre, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji pose devant un benitier qu'il a créé. In the church of Saint Jean de Montmartre in Paris, 18th arrondissement, on January 20, 2011, Goudji is posing behind a holy water font that he had created for the church. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail des mains de l'artiste portant une pierre de cristal. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Detail of Goudji's hands holding a crystal stone. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Portrait de l'artiste en arrière plan d'un tableau de l'ange aux cheveux roux et de ses outils. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Portrait of the artists in background of his tools and a painting called "the red-haired angel". Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail de la main de l'artiste montrant le moulage en cire d'une tête de vache. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Detail of the hand of the artist showing a wax casting cow. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail des mains de l'artiste au travail. Goudji pose les bras à un ange objet d'une future création. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Deatils of Goudji's hand fixing the arms on an angel. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail des mains de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Detail of Goudji's hands working. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Portrait de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. low angle portrait of the artist at his workbench. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Portrait de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Portrait of the artist working. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Vue générale de l'autel de l'église  avec la niche contenant le calice et l'oiseau créés par les soins de Goudji et arborant désormais la nouvelle croix. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. General view of the altar with the niche containing the chalice and the bird created by Goudji and with the new cross standing on the altar. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Vue en contre-plongée de la croix avec le choeur de l'église en arrière-plan. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. Low angle view of the cross with the choir of the church in the background. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Détail de la croix. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. Detail of the cross. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen - Further clearance required, please contact us
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  • A l'église Sainte Clotilde de Paris, 7eme arrondissement, le 19 janvier 2011, Goudji remet la croix créée par ses soins au Père Matthieu Rougé, curé de la paroisse. Portrait de Goudji avec la croix créée par ses soins et posée sur l'autel de l'église. In the Church Sainte Clotilde of Paris, in the 7th arrondissement, on January 19th, 2011, Goudji delivers the cross that he has created for the church to the priest Matthieu Rougé. Portrait of Goudji with the cross on the altar of the church. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flavie Vincent-Petit, master glassworker at Manufacture Vincent-Petit, a company specialising in the restoration of historic stained glass and the creation of contemporary glass works, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flavie Vincent-Petit, master glassworker at Manufacture Vincent-Petit, a company specialising in the restoration of historic stained glass and the creation of contemporary glass works, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flavie Vincent-Petit, master glassworker at Manufacture Vincent-Petit, a company specialising in the restoration of historic stained glass and the creation of contemporary glass works, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flavie Vincent-Petit, master glassworker at Manufacture Vincent-Petit, a company specialising in the restoration of historic stained glass and the creation of contemporary glass works, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Flavie Vincent-Petit, master glassworker at Manufacture Vincent-Petit, a company specialising in the restoration of historic stained glass and the creation of contemporary glass works, in Troyes, Aube, Grand Est, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Collection of Lluis Bassat in the headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Catalonia, in La Nau Gaudi, or the Gaudi Warehouse of the Mataronense Workers' Cooperative, a bleaching warehouse for a yarn factory, designed in 1878 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in Mataro, Catalonia, Spain. The building, built for the textile cooperative La Obrera Mataronense, uses wooden parabolic arches. Gaudi had originally planned homes, an assembly hall and a factory in an extended socialist project, although his plans were uncompleted. The building was restored in 2008. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contemporary art exhibition in the Salle d'Exposition or exhibition hall in the Chateau de Caladroy, Belesta, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Originally an 11th century fortress protecting the border of the Kingdom of Majorca, today the estate is a casino, olive grove and vineyard, producing olive oils, Cotes du Roussillon Villages and Vin Doux Nature. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Contemporary art exhibition in the Salle d'Exposition or exhibition hall in the Chateau de Caladroy, Belesta, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. Originally an 11th century fortress protecting the border of the Kingdom of Majorca, today the estate is a casino, olive grove and vineyard, producing olive oils, Cotes du Roussillon Villages and Vin Doux Nature. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Claire Muchir, Museum Director, with a painting in the exhibition entitled L’eau à la Bouche, February - May 2020, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Claire Muchir, Museum Director, with Ligne de Flottaison, or Waterline, installation, 2010, by Amandine Artaud, with a buoy and glasses, in an exhibition entitled L’eau à la Bouche, February - May 2020, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In this piece, the buoy hangs heavy, reflected in the glasses of seawater, playing with ideas of weight, density, illusion and weightlessness. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Claire Muchir, Museum Director, with Le Reve du Navigateur, or the Navigator's Dream, sculpture, 2011, by Josep Riera i Arago, b. 1954, in the staircase of the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Reve du Navigateur, or the Navigator's Dream, sculpture, 2011, by Josep Riera i Arago, b. 1954, in the staircase of the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ligne de Flottaison, or Waterline, installation, 2010, by Amandine Artaud, with a buoy and glasses, in an exhibition entitled L’eau à la Bouche, February - May 2020, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In this piece, the buoy hangs heavy, reflected in the glasses of seawater, playing with ideas of weight, density, illusion and weightlessness. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ligne de Flottaison, or Waterline, installation, 2010, by Amandine Artaud, with a buoy and glasses, in an exhibition entitled L’eau à la Bouche, February - May 2020, in the Musee d'Art Moderne de Collioure, in Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. In this piece, the buoy hangs heavy, reflected in the glasses of seawater, playing with ideas of weight, density, illusion and weightlessness. The Collioure Museum was created by the painter Jean Peske in 1934 and has a collection of modern and contemporary art. Collioure is a small town depicted by many artists in the 20th century, on the Vermilion Coast near the Spanish border. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Les Anneaux de Buren, or Les Anneaux (the Rings), sculpture by Daniel Buren and Patrick Bouchain on the Quai des Antilles, on the Ile de Nantes, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The 18 steel rings were created for the contemporary art festival Estuaire in 2007, and are illuminated at night. They form part of the Parc des Chantiers, a 13 hectare public park on the industrial heritage site of the former shipyards, which closed in 1987. Behind is the Quai de la Fosse and the Maille-Breze, a French naval T 47-class destroyer commissioned in 1957, built by the built by Arsenal de Lorient, decommissioned in 1988 and now a museum ship. The ship is named after the French admiral Jean Armand de Maillr-Breze, 1619–46, and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a contemporary rug in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Checking the overhead design while weaving a contemporary rug in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marking up the design on the warp threads while weaving a contemporary rug in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 1 of 6 new contemporary greenhouses designed by Marc Minram, built June 2019, around the new Simonne Mathieu tennis court at the Roland Garros stadium, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. On the right is a mural by Seth. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. On the right is a mural by Seth. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind on the right is the mural Liberte Egalite Fraternite by Obey (Shepard Fairey, American artist), created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mehdi Ben Cheikh, French-Tunisian gallery owner specialising in street art and contemporary art, on a rooftop in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is a mural by D*Face (Dean Stockton, b. 1978, English urban street artist), of a woman embracing a figure of death in uniform, created as part of the Boulevard Paris 13 project, by Galerie Itinerrance, founded and directed by Mehdi Ben Cheikh. Photographed on 29th May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • House of Coffee, a contemporary coffee shop opened in 2009 within 3 old traditional Bahraini houses in the old town of Muharraq, Bahrain. The buildings were restored as part of the Sheik Ebrahim Center. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michele Hayem surrounded by works of art in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michele Hayem surrounded by works of art in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michele Hayem surrounded by works of art in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michele Hayem surrounded by works of art in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michele Hayem with a sculpture in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michele Hayem surrounded by works of art in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Michele Hayem with a sculpture in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    09102018_MicheleHayem_MC_06.jpg
  • Michele Hayem with a sculpture in the Galerie Michele Hayem, on the Rue de Beaune in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gallery specialises in contemporary art, ceramics, furniture and sculpture and in late 20th century Russian art. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Homenaje a los Tainos, or Hommage to the Tainos, a monumental sculptural head by contemporary Canadian artist Mark Lineweaver, 2016, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Romanesque South transept in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The window depicts an unrolled parchment, the book of the Apocalypse, with the terrestrial globe halo - this revelation concerns the whole universe and all the saved (pictured below). The hole of the meridian lets through the sun's rays, at the exact moment of the solar noon. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window, 1991-6, designed by artist Francois Rouan, and made by master glassmaker Benoit Marcq, in the Gothic nave of Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The fractured shapes in this window refer to the Allied bombing of the cathedral in 1944 during the Second World War. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window designed by Claude Viallat, b. 1936, and made by master glassmaker Bernard d’Honneur, in the Gothic choir of Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The design represents footsteps, indicating the path of all humans towards the heavenly Jerusalem. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Descent from the Cross, detail, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of Memory in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The cross is tau-shaped (last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, sign of redemption) and is violet, the colour of Christ's Passion. Jesus' body has been brought down and he is mourned by the Virgin, 'Mater dolorosa'. A skull in the lower right corner represents Golgotha, ​​'place of the skull'. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, detail, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of Memory in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Here we see the faces of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus on the left, and Simeon on the right. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Coronation of the Virgin by her son, Jesus Christ, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Romanesque South transept in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. Here, an orange arch displays the tau, or tav, the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, also the symbol of the cross, and the symbolic numbers 144 and 000 - 12 is the perfect number and 1000 the number of plenitude. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Descent from the Cross, detail of ladder and skull, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of Memory in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The cross is tau-shaped (last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, sign of redemption) and is violet, the colour of Christ's Passion. Jesus' body has been brought down and he is mourned by the Virgin, 'Mater dolorosa'. A skull in the lower right corner represents Golgotha, ​​'place of the skull'. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Coronation of the Virgin by her son, Jesus Christ, detail, designed by artist Jean Michel Alberola, b. 1953, and made by master glassmaker Dominique Duchemin, in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament in Nevers Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Cyricus and Saint Julitta of Nevers, Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The project to commission contemporary stained glass windows in the cathedral was begun 1987-88 under Dominique Bozo, and they were inaugurated on 29th April 2011. The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 'Meditation Space', contemporary sculpture by Tadao Ando, b. 1941, commissioned by UNESCO in 1995 to symbolise peace and commemorate the 50th anniversary of UNESCO's Constitution, at the UNESCO Headquarters, or Maison de l'UNESCO, designed by Bernard Zehrfuss, Marcel Breuer and Pier Luigi Nervi and opened in 1958, at 7 Place de Fontenoy in the 7th arronidssement of Paris, France. The cylindrical, one-storey structure is paved with granite exposed to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and is positioned at the end of the patio of the Japanese garden. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. On the left is the Philarmonie de Paris, also known as Philharmonie 1, a concert hall seating 2400, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened 2015. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Folie P7, Cafe Goutu, a snack bar, designed by Bernard Tchumi and Peter Rice, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. 26 of these Folies were built around the park, all based on a bright red cube design. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Hamburger Bahnhof, or Hamburg station, built 1846-47 in neoclassical style by Friedrich Neuhaus, Invalidenstrasse, Berlin, Germany. The station building is today home to the Museum fur Gegenwart, or the Museum for the Present, a contemporary art gallery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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