Viviane Maier’s exhibition at the Musée Luxembourg this autumn showed us the life in everyday USA in the 1950s through the lens of this nanny – turned into a photographer. This is how the museum presents her: “The career path that Vivian Maier (New York, 1926 – Chicago, 2009) took is unusual yet is that… Continue reading Viviane Maier at Luxembourg
Judarna i Orienten: ett tidsdokument
I denna unika utställning på Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) – Arabvärldens institut – i Paris, visas judarnas tusenåriga historia i Orienten. Detta är den tredje utställningen i sitt slag som förtydligar de tre monoteistiska religionernas uppkomst och historia i Mellersta Östern. Den första handlade om Hajj, pilgrimsfärden till Mecka (2014) och den andra om… Continue reading Judarna i Orienten: ett tidsdokument
Online attacks on female journalists
The Swedish embassy in Paris together with the French Institute for International and Strategic Relations (IRIS) organised a conference, 26 November, 2021. The discussions evolved around the threats against female journalists on Internet. – In Sweden, we have implemented, since a few years back, a feminist foreign policy; explained the Swedish Ambassador to France, Håkan… Continue reading Online attacks on female journalists
Nätattacker mot kvinnliga journalister
Svenska ambassaden i Paris tillsammans med det franska institutet för internationella och strategiska angelägenheter (IRIS) inbjöd till konferens den 26 november 2021. Diskussionen handlade om hoten mot kvinnliga journalister på nätet. – Vi har sedan några år fört en jämlikhetsagenda med fokus på kvinnofrågor, förklarade svenske ambassadören, Håkan Åkesson, i sitt inledande tal denna vinterdag.… Continue reading Nätattacker mot kvinnliga journalister
Joséphine Baker celebrated in Paris
The variety artist that seduced all Paris is honored and recognized, the 30 November 2021, by making her entrance at Panthéon. However it’s as a resistance and anti-racist that her memory will be celebrated this time. Joséphine Baker (1906 – 1975) started her French career at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, then owned by the Swede,… Continue reading Joséphine Baker celebrated in Paris