In the heart of the Marquesas archipelago, tattooing - tā moko, or Te patutiki - is more than just a body adornment: it is a language, a living memory and an indestructible link between the individual, his or her community and the world...
Continue readingKathmandu 69 is a story that straddles the line between autobiography and fiction, based on Éric Chazot's own experience in the late 1960s, when Kathmandu became one of the magnetic poles for young Westerners on the edge of their lives. More...
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A new genetic and archaeological study published in Nature in January reveals that, despite Russian colonisation, the Yakuts' biological heritage, and even their oral microbiome, have remained surprisingly stable. And that shamanic practices have long survived...
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Between monastic patience, winegrowers' daring and industrial heritage, the Jura cultivates an art of living shaped by the land and time. Here, yellow wine converses with the stones of villages, age-old cellars and underground galleries. From...
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In 2016, Zaya Younan bought a 15th-century château, Château de Beauvois, west of Tours, on the road to the Bourgueil, Saumur and Chinon vineyards. With its fine slate roof, tufa stone facades and Renaissance tower...
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At the mouth of the River Aven in southern Brittany, Pont-Aven is set among green hills and shimmering water under the poplars. Windmills, galleries and wooded paths form the backdrop to this city of art, which inspired Gauguin and still cultivates a gentle...
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Troubs is, as he likes to call himself, a «travelling artist». A lover of nature, he travels to little-known places as a keen observer of the worlds he criss-crosses and the lives he shares. From Laos to Turkmenistan...
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Anchored on a rocky promontory in Maine-et-Loire, this former Benedictine priory is located just a stone's throw from Saumur, in Chênehutte-Trèves-Cunault, where the Loire lazes between abbeys and white tufa houses. Could this be Zaya Younan's favourite château?...
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A short portrait of this immense artist, followed by a look at his current presence at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. A look by photojournalist Sylvain Grandadam. Richter is one of the world's most influential living artists. He is described by some as...
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