the essential Chronic. Pascal Cazottes makes us discover today the chapel of the Black Penitents of Saint-Geniez-d’Olt. Less known and perhaps a little less flamboyant than that of Villefranche-de-Rouergue, this chapel nevertheless has similarities with its sister in Bas-Rouergue, if only at the level of its ceiling, which is made of wood and covered in … Read more
Published on : 11/11/2022 – 08:05 That was almost a year ago to the day. Benin saw itself restored by France the 26 works of the royal treasures of Abomey. The Beninese authorities hope that other works will be returned to them in the coming years. But before that, they work, for temporary exhibitions, on … Read more
On this Sunday in April in Cotonou, Benin, under a blazing sun, a crowd throngs the immense alleys of the Marina, the presidential palace, to admire the exhibition “Art of Benin yesterday and today”, which hosts until the end of May the 26 “historic” pieces, dating from the 19the century, returned to Benin by the … Read more
Posted on 11/9/2021 at 2:19 p.m. This Tuesday, November 9 marked the official return of 26 works from the royal treasures of Abomey in Benin, previously kept at the Parisian museum of Quai Branly. France solemnly returned this Tuesday, November 9 to Benin 26 works from the royal treasures of Abomey looted in the 19th … Read more