This artistically unique exhibition at Quai Branly in Paris is called: ”Parting the air”.

That’s the title of Khadija el-Salami’s Yemeni film. The movie was shown in Paris this winter and got a prize at the Malmö Arabic film festival. I met her in Paris, which has become her home since she left Yemen a number of years ago, saw her film and interviewed her.

This historical city is suffering under its success. Mass-tourism as well as rising waters are taking their poll. Will Venice survive and how?

Jenny Nyström’s children illustrations are an integral part of the Swedish children books’ ideal. She’s famous worldwide even if foreigners aren’t familiar with her name. In Stockholm there is currently an interesting exhibition that shows the great woman that she was.

This autumn/winter offers many new interesting exhibitions in Paris. Centre Pompidou’s retrospective of this famous Japanese architect shows some of his drawings, models, films and pictures. The exhibition gives us insight into Tadao Ando’s use of cement, light, water, space, and geometrical solutions to intricate problems, as well as how he integrates nature into his works.