This is Beirut 23/06 12:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Basel 2025 Switzerland Market Luxury Art Culture
The global art market is not immune to current economic and geopolitical tensions and is counting on a new generation of collectors to revitalize the momentum. Some big transactions were concluded last week during Art Basel, the world's top contemporary art fair, notably by London's Annely Juda Fine Art gallery, which sold a David Hockney ...
This is Beirut 23/06 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Black Eyed Peas Culture Art Music Concert France
The Black Eyed Peas, the American group with over 35 million albums sold, kicked off their French tour on Sunday night with a sold-out concert at the Château de Chambord (Loir-et-Cher), performing for more than 30,000 fans. Wearing straw hats and waving hand fans, Carole and Patrick Atline grabbed front-row spots by 4 p.m. despite the intense ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 22/06 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Makeup Summer Beauty Heat Hair Routines
When the thermometer climbs past 30°C and humidity settles in, our entire relationship to beauty gets turned on its head. Routines become lighter, gestures more instinctive—and more sincere. Gone are the heavily made-up looks, the perfectly sleek hairstyles, the thick layers of product suffocating the skin. Summer tells the truth: sweat, frizz, ...
This is Beirut 22/06 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Vermeer Exhibition New York Art Culture Painting
An exhibition featuring just three paintings? That’s the bold choice made by New York’s Frick Collection, which has gathered a trio of 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer’s works—all linked by themes of hidden romance and emotional exchange. The museum’s founder, industrialist Henry Frick, purchased Mistress and Maid in 1919, a ...
This is Beirut 22/06 10:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Basel Exhibition Culture Art Basel
This year's Art Basel, the world's top contemporary art fair, paints a portrait of a troubled planet, with works embodying the relentless pursuit of happiness and the fragility of democracies. The four-day event in the northern Swiss border city of Basel, which closes on Sunday, features more than 280 galleries presenting works by around 4,000 ...
This is Beirut 21/06 14:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Milan Italy Fashion Milan Fashion Week Culture Art
Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani, who is "currently recovering at home", will miss two of his shows at the Milan Fashion Week, his company said Friday. The 90-year-old designer will not attend Saturday's and Monday's shows, set to present Armani's menswear collections for Spring-Summer 2026, a statement said. "Armani has worked with his ...
This is Beirut 21/06 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Concert Music Paris Art Culture
A massive free concert will celebrate World Music Day in Paris this Saturday, with a major highlight: the return of the Olympic cauldron. It will rise into the night sky to the sound of a new version of a classic Daniel Balavoine song, all under sweltering summer temperatures. Forty years after its release, Sauver l’amour—a beloved French ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 21/06 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Father's Day Lebanon Cinema Roles
Cinema has long been fascinated by the figure of the father. Sometimes a mentor, sometimes a tyrant, he represents legacy, authority, and at times, profound vulnerability. Through drama, comedy, and even animation, filmmakers have explored the many layers of paternal responsibility—the duty to raise, protect, and love. To mark Father’s Day, ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 20/06 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Tehran Mahsa Amini Iran Women Freedom Rights
During the 1960s and 1970s, Iran underwent sweeping transformations. In a bid to modernize the nation, the Shah launched a series of reforms under the banner of the “White Revolution.” Women stood at the forefront of this societal shift: they gained the right to vote in 1963, entered universities, joined the civil service and were gradually ...
This is Beirut 20/06 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Olympic cauldron Tuileries History Paris Culture
Before the Olympic cauldron—suspended from a helium balloon 60 meters above the ground—returns this Saturday to the Tuileries Gardens in Paris for the entire summer, the iconic location had already played host to one of the very first hydrogen balloon flights, dating back to 1783. On December 1 of that year, over 200 years ago, scientist ...
Marie-Christine Tayah 19/06 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu Actress Series Emily in Paris Cinema Culture
Born on April 25, 1963, in Boulogne-Billancourt, Leroy-Beaulieu was raised in a creative environment. The daughter of actor-director Philippe Leroy-Beaulieu and model Françoise Laurent, it felt natural for her to turn toward acting. Trained in Italy, she began her career on stage before stepping into French cinema. Her breakout role came in 1985 ...
This is Beirut 19/06 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Louvre Seine Paris France Museum
As Paris braces for a heatwave this weekend, a little-known network of underground pipes will be cooling the Louvre Museum and other storied landmarks using water from the River Seine. Since 1991, the river water has been cooling more than 800 buildings via a humble but hard-working system that is still relatively underutilized worldwide. Paris ...