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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.
Bioconscience: looking at life without losing precisionMaxime Blondeau’s illustrated book brings science and philosophy together. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault offers a concrete example of the distinctions that need to be preserved.
The Starry Night: when astronomers reread Van Gogh’s skyVenus, a crescent Moon and a group of stars: astronomers have searched the sky painted by Van Gogh for positions comparable to those in a real sky.
Pink Martini: how Sympathique opens the door to a repertoire without bordersA song in French, a band born in Portland and a debut album that moves from one language to another: Sympathique sums up Pink Martini’s ambition.
All the Lives of Rebeka Warrior: writing when death enters the roomA bedroom, a mosquito net, a narrator keeping watch: in the extract from All the Lives offered by Stock, death becomes a presence they try to keep at bay.
Lux Divina: Mark Priore builds an album as a journeyFrom Ante Lux to Lux Divina, Mark Priore announces a suite of thirteen pieces for his trio. The album, due on 6 November 2026 on Jazz Eleven, invites listeners to discover a sequence rather than a simple collection of tracks.
Duras: from La Musica to La Musica deuxième, a theatre that revisits itselfTwenty years separate the two versions of La Musica. A Paris revival invites audiences to rediscover this process of rewriting, also present in Les Eaux et Forêts.
Casino: what the songs add to Scorsese’s storyFrom Little Richard to Mickey & Sylvia, the music does more than provide a backdrop to Casino. The film and record archives offer clues to help trace its role.
Ana Mendieta: what film preserves of bodies and landscapesThe Siluetas are traces, but Ana Mendieta’s work also includes 104 films. The archives of two museums shed light on the role of duration and transformation.