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In this episode of arts24, we journey into the enchanting world of Isao Takahata, one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation and the creative force behind Studio Ghibli classics like "Grave of the Fireflies" and "Only Yesterday". From his early da

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From architecture to Amazons: The best of new French cinema

Culture • 4:32 PM

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This week on arts24's film show, critic Manon Kerjean from Lost in Frenchlation joins us to explore four very different slices of French cinema – from monumental architecture to female bandits, nostalgic comedy and a sweeping national portrait. We begin

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'Centering Black women': Artist Roxane Mbanga on imagining her dream family home

Culture • 1:57 PM

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A Parisian artist, who has roots in both Africa and the Caribbean, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how as a child she could not even dream of her work being on display in a gallery in the city. Roxane Mbanga's exhibition sees her reconstruct the rooms of h

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Thandiwe Muriu: She turns African fabrics into optical illusions and the world can't look away

Culture • 4:30 PM

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Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu is turning heads and bending reality. Her vibrant portraits blend women seamlessly into richly patterned fabrics, creating hypnotic optical illusions that celebrate African identity while questioning how we see beauty,

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France's Goncourt literary prize awarded to Laurent Mauvignier for family saga

Culture • 4:07 PM

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French novelist Laurent Mauvignier has won France's most prestigious literary honour, the Goncourt prize, for "La Maison Vide" ("The Empty House"). The book "recalls the great realist authors of the 19th century, like Zola, Maupassant and Flaubert", FRAN

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France's Goncourt literary prize awarded to Laurent Mauvignier for family saga

Culture • 12:53 AM

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French novelist Laurent Mauvignier has won France’s most prestigious literary honor, the Goncourt Prize, for "La Maison Vide" (The Empty House). The work is a sweeping 750-page family saga inspired by his own relatives’ stories and spanning more than a c

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Music show: Self Esteem is witty and wise on 'A Complicated Woman'

Culture • 4:05 PM

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In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem. She's one of the UK's most exciting breakout stars of the last decade, with Grammy and Mercury nominations under her belt. Her music is a mix o

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The week in pictures: Trump-Xi talks, Hurricane Melissa and Mexico's Day of the Dead

Culture • 10:26 AM

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US President Donald Trump hails an "amazing" meeting with China's Xi Jinping, Hurricane Melissa leaves a trail of destruction in the Caribbean, and Mexicans don colourful skeleton costumes as they celebrate El Dia de los Muertos – the Day of the Dead. FR

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Replay: The Grand Egyptian Museum's opening ceremony

Culture • 8:19 PM

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Please watch the Grand Egyptian Museum's opening ceremony in Cairo.

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World’s fascination with ancient Egypt a 'heritage', Egyptologist says

Culture • 7:51 PM

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The world’s fascination with ancient Egypt is a cultural "heritage" passed down from the Greeks and Romans, said Vincent Rondot, Egyptologist and former director of the Egyptian Department at the Louvre Museum. Rondot noted that many aspects of Cairo’s G

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Key objects missing from the Grand Egyptian Museum's collection

Culture • 7:39 PM

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As Cairo inaugurates the Grand Egyptian Museum Saturday, FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Eve Jackson discusses several key objects missing from the new museum which include the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, the Dendera Zodiac in the Louvre and the bust

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Grand Egyptian Museum to display tomb paintings bringing ancient Egypt to life

Culture • 7:06 PM

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The Grand Egyptian Museum, which held its opening ceremony on Saturday, will showcase tomb paintings and other artefacts offering insight into ancient Egyptian life, said Salima Ikram, Distinguished Professor of Egyptology at the American University in C

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Replay: Watch Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's address

Culture • 6:48 PM

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Please watch Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's address at the Grand Egyptian Museum's opening ceremony.

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Grand Egyptian Museum opening ceremony music show

Culture • 6:45 PM

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Please watch the Grand Egyptian Museum opening ceremony's music show

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Egyptologists seeking to ‘give the credit where the credit is due’

Culture • 5:50 PM

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Egyptologists are aiming to “give credit where credit is due”, recognising not only Western archaeologists but also the Egyptians who carried out much of the “heavy lifting,” said Peter Der Manuelian, Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology at Harvard Unive

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Grand Egyptian Museum a 'symbol' to be shared with world

Culture • 5:45 PM

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Egypt was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday, the world’s largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization. World leaders, including monarchs, heads of states and governments, were to attend the grand opening ceremo

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Billion-dollar Grand Egyptian Museum innaugurated with lavish ceremony

Culture • 4:37 PM

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Egypt opened the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday in a lavish, spectacle laden ceremony, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said was "a new chapter in the history of the present and the future". Cairo has pinned great hopes o

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Five things to know about the new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Culture • 10:32 AM

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More than two decades in the making, Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is finally opening its doors on Saturday, unveiling a vast collection of artefacts detailing life in ancient Egypt. Below, five things to know about the museum.

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Funk pioneer turned painter George Clinton opens art show in Paris

Culture • 9:15 AM

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Funk legend and Afrofuturism pioneer George Clinton opens a new chapter this autumn with an art show at the Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in Paris, featuring a collection of his abstract paintings and a sculpture of the "Mothership" – from his influential 1975

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Turkish-born French actor Tcheky Karyo dies at 72

Culture • 9:15 PM

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Actor Tcheky Karyo, who appeared in Luc Besson's "Nikita" and a string of other films by celebrated directors, died Friday at the age of 72, his family announced.

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Cairo set to open $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum after repeated delays

Culture • 2:17 AM

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Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum is on Saturday finally opening its doors, unveiling a vast collection of artefacts – some never before seen by the public – after more than two decades in the making and a series of protracted delays caused by political inst

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'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' soundtrack turns into musical phenomenon

Culture • 2:29 PM

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In this episode of arts24, we're at Paris Games Week, where the hit French video game "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" has gone from digital epic to musical phenomenon. Composer Lorien Testard's symphonic tour "A Painted Symphony" is taking sold-out audienc

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Film show: Dwayne Johnson smashes it as struggling wrestler

Culture • 3:00 PM

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Our film critic Emma Jones tells us why the Oscar buzz surrounding Dwayne Johnson's performance in "The Smashing Machine" is deserved and how the film deviates from the average "in the ring" biopic. We also discuss Jeremy Allen White's turn as Bruce Spri

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How to have a spooky and happy Halloween: Top tips for parents

Culture • 2:32 PM

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From creepy costumes to scary movies and games, we tell you how to take advantage of all the thrills that Halloween has to offer, without any of the nightmares. Digital parenting expert Elizabeth Milovidov gives us her top tips for this fun holiday.

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Precious Okoyomon's poetic language and unruly artwork

Culture • 1:20 PM

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Dreaming up creations that resemble a garden of earthly delights, filled with beauty, decay and poetry: Precious Okoyomon is a Nigerian-American artist who embraces dark and light, matter and impermanence. Their new exhibition is called "It's important t

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'L'Amour à la Folie': A posthumous love letter from Mariam to Amadou

Culture • 5:11 PM

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Amadou and Mariam, the iconic musical duo from Mali, performed together for more than four decades until the passing of Amadou in April. Their ninth and final album together, "L'Amour à la Folie" or "Crazy Love" in English, has just dropped. It's a posth

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Music show: Thylacine camps out in the Namibian desert on 'Roads vol.3'

Culture • 3:26 PM

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In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with French electronic producer and composer Thylacine. Travel is central to his artistry, having recorded music in unusual locations such as the Trans-Siberian Railway. He is releasing

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'One of the great French photographers': New Luc Delahaye exhibition opens in Paris

Culture • 3:12 PM

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A new exhibition here in Paris is exploring the talents of a man deemed one of the greats of French photography. Luc Delahaye worked in the 1990s covering major conflicts as a photojournalist including Afghanistan, Rwanda, Bosnia, the Gulf, Chechnya and

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The week in pictures: Kermit the Frog in Paris, Sarkozy goes to prison and a White House demolition

Culture • 12:25 AM

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Kermit the Frog takes over Paris's Place Vendôme, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes to prison, a mysterious gentleman goes viral in the wake of the Louvre heist, and US President Donald Trump demolishes the East Wing of the White House to make

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FRANCE 24's Elena Volochine wins top French journalism prize for book on Putin propaganda machine

Culture • 3:38 PM

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The Albert Londres book prize, France’s equivalent of the Pulitzer, has been awarded to Elena Volochine for "Propagande : l’arme de guerre de Vladimir Poutine" (Propaganda: Vladimir Putin's weapon of war). Volochine is FRANCE 24's Moscow bureau chief.

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Rediscovered Picasso portrait of muse Dora Marr sells for €32 million

Culture • 5:47 PM

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A portrait by Pablo Picasso of his muse and partner Dora Maar sold for at auction in Paris for €32 million on Friday. The auction offered a rare public viewing of the brightly-coloured painting which has been held in a private collection for more than 80

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AKAA 2025, the Parisian arts fair honouring African artists and art

Culture • 4:24 PM

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In this show dedicated to the 10th edition of Also Known As Africa (AKAA), Dheepthika Laurent talks to Zimbabwean mixed-media artist Victor Nyakauru, known for being a “found-object” sculptor. He tells us why he is passionate about breathing new life int

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Jeffrey Gibson invites us into a luminous, layered world of art

Culture • 2:01 PM

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His latest exhibition, Dedicated to the One I Love, reflects what Jeffrey Gibson describes as a journey much like a loving relationship — marked by ups and downs, moments of great joy, and times of difficulty. As the first Indigenous artist to represent

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Film show: 'La Petite Dernière', a searing portrayal of being Muslim and lesbian in Marseille

Culture • 2:05 PM

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In this week's film show, Manon Kerjean and Dheepthika Laurent look at Nadia Melliti's performance as an Arab woman struggling with her sexual identity in "La Petite Dernière", a film for which she won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival. We also lo

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Josephine Baker in the spotlight at Bobino's Paris theatre

Culture • 1:23 PM

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Josephine Baker was the first Black female superstar. In the 1920s, she took Paris by storm with her exuberant dance performances; she was also a Resistance fighter in World War II and a civil rights activist. Josephine was the first Black woman to enter

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Sculpting rocks, threads and poems: Otobong Nkanga’s multi-layered artwork

Culture • 2:15 PM

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Nigerian-Belgian artist Otobong Nkanga chose a particularly poetic title for her latest exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris: “I Dreamt of You in Colours.” This marks her largest show to date in France. Otobong joins us to talk about how livin

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Virginia Giuffre's posthumous memoir shines new light on Epstein ordeal

Culture • 5:53 AM

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A much-anticipated memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's main accusers – whose accusations have already led to the fall from grace of Britain's Prince Andrew – was released on Tuesday. The book is likely to keep Epstein's ties to Donald Trump in the spotlig

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British-Australian musician Mereki: 'Recording in France would be a dream'

Culture • 2:29 PM

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Our guest this week on arts24 is British-Australian singer-songwriter Mereki, who has spent time working and composing with other artists and who recently released her second album "Buttercup", a delightful mix of folk and grunge. She tells us more about

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'Music finds its own way': Mádé Kuti on perpetuating his family's Afrobeat tradition

Culture • 12:46 AM

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The grandson of the pioneer of Afrobeat Fela Kuti, and the son of African musical royalty Femi Kuti, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how he is carrying on the family tradition. Mádé Kuti is now redefining Afrobeat, whilst at the same time remaining true to

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Spring-summer 2026 ready-to-wear: Free, independent and proud

Culture • 5:22 PM

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This special report zooms in on the smaller fashion houses that sparkled during Paris Fashion Week. Vincent Pressiat, like Victor Weinsanto, looked to the past, when the king's favourites ruled the roost. Alain Paul recalled his first auditions as a youn

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Exiled Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov confronts absolute evil in new Hamlet and Mengele film

Culture • 2:00 PM

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In this edition of arts24, Eve Jackson meets one of Europe's most daring and visionary artists. Exiled Russian filmmaker and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov is in Paris with two powerful new works that confront the shadows of history and the system

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All aboard with Keira Knightley: October's best TV shows

Culture • 1:19 PM

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On this month’s Arts 24 TV series show, TV critic Dheepthika Laurent chats with Eve Jackson about the standout shows hitting screens in October. From “Les Disparues de la Gare”, a gripping French true crime series based on real-life femicides, to “The Wo

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Kristen Stewart weaves compelling, watery tale in directorial debut

Culture • 1:53 PM

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Critic Emma Jones reviews this week’s major releases, including Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water”, and the Japanese drama “A Pale View of Hills”. Director Myriam El Hajj offers a compelling portrait of a society in turmoil in

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D’Angelo, trailblazing neo-soul singer and Grammy winner, dies at 51

Culture • 5:53 PM

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Celebrated soul musician D'Angelo has died at the age of 51 after battling pancreatic cancer, several US media outlets reported Tuesday.

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From RuPaul’s drag race to France’s biggest stages: Meet Karl Sanchez, the artist behind Nicky Doll

Culture • 1:09 PM

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The first French contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race – and the fearless host of Drag Race France – Karl Sanchez, better known as Nicky Doll, joins Eve Jackson on Arts24 to share the story behind the persona. In this episode, Karl opens up about his powerful

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Music show: Scott Tixier and Célia Kameni, the ambassadors of French jazz

Culture • 2:54 PM

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On today's music show on Arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with two talented French musicians. Scott Tixier, a six-time Grammy-winning violinist, composer, and professor, has collaborated with some of the world’s biggest artists, including Stevie Wonder,

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The week in pictures: Gaza ceasefire, October 7 anniversary and Gen Z protests in Morocco

Culture • 11:36 AM

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Hamas and Israel agree to the first stage of a Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel marks two years since the October 7 attacks, Gen Z leads anti-corruption protests in Morrocco, and French guillotine abolitionist Robert Badinter enters the Panthéon. FRANCE 24 ta

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Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton dies at 79

Culture • 7:52 PM

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US actress Diane Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977's "Annie Hall" and her role in "The Godfather" films, has died at age 79, People magazine reported Saturday.

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A cultural stroll through Paris with singer Oumou Sangaré and violinist Camille Berthollet

Culture • 4:07 PM

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This week, we welcome Oumou Sangaré, one of Mali's greatest divas. Currently on an international tour and preparing for her next album, she takes us on a lively walk through the Château Rouge district in northern Paris, known as "Little Africa", where sh

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'A Journey Through Life' by Femi Kuti: A joyous and critical album

Culture • 2:49 PM

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Grammy-nominated Nigerian musician and activist Femi Kuti has toured the world and played with some of the biggest bands and at the most prestigious festivals. 2025 has been a busy year for Femi. He's been touring his latest album "A Journey Through Life

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'Les demoiselles de Rochefort' finds new audience in Paris

Culture • 1:25 PM

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The 1967 film "Les demoiselles de Rochefort" by Jacques Demy starred a young Catherine Deneuve and her real-life sister Françoise Dorleac as twins living in the French seaside town of Rochefort, where they sang and danced their way through a series of pa

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Hungary's Laszlo Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel literature prize

Culture • 11:04 AM

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The 2025 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art." The Nobel Prize comes with a diploma, a gold medal an

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Kristin Scott Thomas, Jennifer Saunders and Akinola Davies Jr. shine at Dinard Film Festival

Culture • 12:01 AM

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Arts24 comes to you from the charming seaside town of Dinard in Brittany, where France celebrates the best of British and Irish cinema. Join Eve Jackson on the red carpet for an exclusive conversation with Kristin Scott Thomas, who opens the festival wit

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Matthew Bourne brings his contemporary 'Swan Lake' to Paris

Culture • 12:40 AM

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In this edition of Entre Nous, we speak to choreographer Matthew Bourne, who is bringing his version of the "Swan Lake" ballet to Paris. It's a bold and reimagined take on the original. He tells us about his approach to storytelling through dance, as wel

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Film show: The New Wave for a new generation

Culture • 12:11 AM

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Director Richard Linklater has paid tribute to the groundbreaking moment in French cinema when jump cuts, cigarette smoke and rebellious youth were rendered in beautiful black and white celluloid. Manon Kerjean tells us why "Nouvelle Vague", his affectio

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UK prosecutors to appeal dropped 'terrorism' case against Kneecap rapper

Culture • 5:09 PM

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UK prosecutors said Tuesday they will appeal a court's decision to drop terrorism charges brought against Irish singer Liam O'Hanna. The charge against the member of the punk rap group Kneecap was dropped last month as it wasn’t brought to prosecutors wi

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Burç Akyol's designs bloom at Paris Fashion Week

Culture • 1:50 PM

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As the fashion industry looks ahead to sunnier times for its spring/summer 2026 collections, we learn about the inspirations behind Burç Akyol's latest collection, "Gülistan". The award-winning Franco-Turkish designer has just shown his fifth collection

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UNESCO board selects Egypt's former antiquities minister El-Enany as new chief

Culture • 5:17 PM

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UNESCO is set to appoint Egypt's Khaled El-Enany as its new director general, according to diplomatic sources. The cultural agency's executive board on Monday voted 55 to 2 in favor of Egypt's former tourism and antiquities minister, whose name will be p

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New band Pain Magazine on hoping for a peak spiritual experience live

Culture • 2:12 PM

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This week on arts24's music show, Marjorie Hache chats to Pain Magazine, a new band which sees French-American techno DJs and producers Louisahhh and Maelstrom team up with French hardcore punk band Birds in Row. They've just released their first album "

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The week in pictures: Trump's plan for Gaza, the Manchester attack and anger in Morocco

Culture • 1:27 PM

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US President Donald Trump announces a peace plan for the Gaza Strip, Manchester's Jewish community is devastated after a deadly anti-Semitic attack and Moroccan youth continue to mobilise in the face of government repression. FRANCE 24 takes a look at th

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