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Kopp Johnson: a song that mobilises also creates expectationsFrom Gilet jaune to La Réforme 49.3, archives and the rapper’s own words shed light on how songs circulate and the role audiences assign to an artist.
Together: Irina Chostakovitch at the heart of a collected accountCollected by Elena Yakovitch and translated by Maria Matalaev, Irina Chostakovitch’s testimony conveys an intimate memory. A look at how it was made.
At Père-Lachaise, Bartholomé sculpts a collective memoryWith his war memorial, Albert Bartholomé shifts the focus from famous tombs to the unnamed. His models shed light on this compositional choice.
Make My Day!: a film, but also ways in to watching itThe collection edited by Jean-Baptiste Thoret for StudioCanal accompanies its films with introductions and documents. The edition of The Hole offers a concrete example of what this editorial work contains.
Dominique A: with Mark, a youthful influence finds its way into SpiralesThe song Mark refers to The Opposition singer. This memory sheds light on an album where Dominique A returns to the electric guitar and places from his past.
At Versailles, adapting heritage to the climate begins with observationHeat, humidity, drought: the palace and its gardens do not call for the same responses. Monitoring collections and biodiversity helps guide interventions.
In Strasbourg, Sikle connects food waste to the soil through bicycle collectionComposting near market gardeners and gardens sets the Sikle project apart. This route must be distinguished from the public collection and anaerobic digestion scheme.
Azulejo: five viewpoints for organ and saxhornsLaurent Durupt pairs an organ with a saxhorn quartet in five movements that can be played in any order. The image of ceramic tiles illuminates the structure of this work, recorded in 2024.
On Île Seguin, Le Large brings the factory into dialogue with contemporary artOpened on 17 October in Boulogne-Billancourt, the art centre is showing “Moteur, Imaginaire” until 7 March 2027. The exhibition takes Renault’s industrial history as its starting point.
Houseplants: can a wick water them while you’re on holiday?A piece of string, a reservoir and water: a capillary system can help while you’re away, provided you test its flow and avoid waterlogging the roots.
Line Renaud: from ‘The Archives of My Life’ to collective memoryPublished on 14 October 2026, Line Renaud’s book opens a window onto her memories. The donation of her archives and those of Loulou Gasté had been announced as early as May 2025.
Demonstrations ‘without violence in the past’: what the archives really tell us1789, May 68 and research into civil resistance: the past never simply pitted good, peaceful marches against bad, violent protests.