Article - January 13, 2009

Colour !

Les hommes et femmes de l'Antiquité aimaient les couleurs.

Urban life developed in the 1st millennium BC. Capital cities were born (Athens and Rome). Prestigious monuments were built: temples, palaces, lavish mansions… All these buildings were decorated and coloured with frescoes, mosaics and hangings. The statues which decorated them were set off with colours. Painting in Antiquity used numerous pigments : black, white, red, yellow, blue and green. Antiquity should be imagined in technicolor !

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Article - July 24, 2024

'Les métamorphoses du Grand Palais': a France 5 and france.tv documentary to watch again!

The Grand Palais is completing the biggest renovation project in its history. For the past two years, director Stefan Cornic has been tracking this metamorphosis with his camera, giving an overview of the multiple events that have taken place in the building since it was inaugurated in 1900. A documentary to watch again and again on France 5 and france.tv!

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A regular venue for artistic and cultural events for over a century, the Grand Palais is reopening its majestic restored Nave for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to become the place for fencing and taekwondo events! And don't forget: this is...

Meanwhile, on the building site, the Grand Palais is back in full colour

Article - November 15, 2023

A monument of stone, glass and metal, the Grand Palais blends into the urban landscape. However, on closer inspection, it is in fact bursting with colour, and one of the challenges of the restoration work currently underway is to restore all its chromatic...