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Send us Fan Mail In part 3 of our series on the Mona Lisa we explore a little deeper on who exactly the thief was and the woman portrayed in the portrait.  Who is Lisa del Giocondo? It’s hard to even imagine that she was a real person outside the poplar panel she was painted on. Born on June 15, 1479 in Florence she married at 15 years old and at 24 was seated in front of Leonardo da Vinci and the...

Send us Fan Mail I was a born an natural intuitive and medium from a long list of intuitive women. I learned to use tarot as a tool for being able to process thought, and ideas in order to help humanity. When people ask me what I do, I usually tell them, I’m universally employed. So this is who I am this is who I’ve always been and I’ve always been very clear about who I am and what my purpose on...

Send us Fan Mail She doesn’t need an introduction and her face is known in every corner of the globe, but do we really know the story of the Mona Lisa and why she is so famous?  In part one of our series on the story of the Mona Lisa we shared her life on the run and the theft that made her famous. 400 years after the master Leonardo da Vinci painted her she appeared on the front page of every new...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan is a French-Mauritian queer singer-songwriter/arranger/composer who writes alternative folk-pop music anchored by “smooth vocals and rich, warm instrumentations” (Buro 24/7 Singapore, July 2015) likened to Sufjan Stevens, Regina Spektor and Kings of Convenience. After a childhood and teenage years spent in Mauritius, he lived 15 years in Singapore where he released an alb...

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Send us Fan Mail There are many designers that have shaped fashion in France. However, before there were Dior and Chanel there was Jeanne Lanvin. Lanvin was a designer that paved the way for all the others to come after her.  Jeanne was born on January 1, 1867 in Paris at 35 Rue Mazarine. She was the oldest of eleven children to parents Bernard Lanvin and Sophie Blanche Deshayes. Jeanne got a job...

Send us Fan Mail Omer Majiauk (born 7 October 1992) is a British artist best known for his large silkscreen paintings.   Majiauk's artistic endeavours include painting, photography and screen printing. Best known for his large scale silk screen paintings of wordly subjects, Majiauk paints society in which he sees it; idealised. Vivid imagery is created through the use of primary colours and n...

Send us Fan Mail Her love life after Boy was one horrible decision after another. In 1922 she met the Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Grosenor or Bender. He was a huge anti-semite that gave her jewels and even a home in London. Their relationship lasted ten years. Then there was Paul Irbe, another anti-semite who started an ultra right wing newsletter against Jews and foreigners in France. Coco p...

Send us Fan Mail Born in Fairborn, Ohio and raised in California Josiah Woodson started his musical journey under the tutelage of his mentor Khalil Shaheed in Oakland Ca at the age of 14. Beginning in Shaheed’s own Oaktown Jazz Workshop among the now prominent musicians like Ambrose Akinmusire, Dayna Stevens, Jonathan Finlayson, and Geoffrey Countrymen, Josiah later went on to complete his undergr...

Send us Fan Mail Johanna Bonger van-Gogh a name you may not know, but without her, we would never know her brother-in-law, Vincent. Married to Theo van Gogh, art dealer, and brother to Vincent van Gogh for less than two very short years. When Vincent and Theo died just six months apart, she was left with an infant and an apartment filled with paintings. Told they were worthless and to toss them ou...

Send us Fan Mail Liba WS Franco-American www.artwork-liba.com https://www.facebook.com/Liba.art https://www.instagram.com/libawaringstambollion/ www.dreamsanddivinities.com Liba, a multi-faceted artist, was born to American parents but grew up in Southeast Asia before making Paris her home in 1993. Her art spans painting, writing, design, and curatorial work, with a focus on Ecology, the Sacred Fe...

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Send us Fan Mail David Sauzay Born in 1972, David Sauzay began playing the saxophone at the age of 8 in Roger Michel Frederic's class. In 1988, it was during an exchange with the Doncaster music school in England led by John Ellis that he decided to become a jazz musician. He then studied at the Lyon Conservatory, at the EMN in Villeurbanne with Gilbert Dojat and at the AIMRA with Jacques Hel...

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Send us Fan Mail Annelies Danielle Schubert was born in Santiago, Chile to a Chilean father and a Bolivian mother, and with both cultures very accentuated throughout her upbringing. She arrived in Paris, where she is based to date, in order to pursue an education in the Arts and graduated with a BFA from Paris College of Art. Since graduating, she has taken part in various exhibitions, and has org...

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Send us Fan Mail Every Wednesday at Chez Cocotte et Tire Bouchon, 8 to 10pm, 184 rue Marcadet, no cover Born in 1990, Parisian based guitarist Lucas Montagnier starts music at the age of 6. After playing piano for a year and double bass for 3 years, he finally picked the guitar at the age of 14. After graduating from "Le Cim" and conservatory of Versailles, Lucas Montagnier starts playin...

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Send us Fan Mail KnightressM1, brainchild of violinist, vocalist, pianist & composer Emily Palen fuses dark metal, crushing violin tones, intimately raw vocals and a relentless rhythm section, redefining metal as a genre inclusive of beauty. KM1, based in Paris, FR is completed by native French musicians Waldo Losada on bass, Leo Caviglioli on guitar and Paul Gaget on drums. They recorded thei...

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Send us Fan Mail Enchanté!  I’m Anne “Stuart” Folkes, sometimes known as ASF.  Based sometimes in Paris, most of the time in Provence, and every now and again in the USA and the United Kingdom.  I am an instructor, writer, chef, traveler, and avid learner.  Lover of all things artistic and historic, I left my career in international business to live the life I’d always imagined in France.  In Amer...

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Send us Fan Mail Bonjour ! I am Lucille Pialot, a French Fashion designer from the South of France. Aujourd’hui I am going to share with you my story and present my Provençal lifestyle brand Pastisse. I believe that our Love memories are treasurable and Pastisse is about sharing my passion. With Pastisse, Lucille Pialot shares her personal story and her endless Passion for French Textiles. Deeply...

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