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FRANCE 24 English

Culture news from the world"s art, food and fashion capital, Paris. Join us every day at 12:15 Paris time for reviews and conversations on what’s arguably the only daily arts programme on TV.

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00:12:23

Diane Kruger redefines power and desire in HBO's...

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2025/11/07

In this edition of Arts24, we meet award-winning actress Diane Kruger as she returns to French screens in HBO's "Merteuil" or "The Seduction", a bold reimagining of the novel "Dangerous Liaisons". The German actress conquered Hollywood with "Troy" and "Inglorious Basterds"; now she returns to screens to explore a different kind of power, one that plays out in whispers, strategies and seduction in a candlelit 18th-century Paris. This new series sees Kruger play Madame De Rosemonde, a woman navigating

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00:10:47

Paris celebrates Isao Takahata, the pioneer who...

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2025/11/06

In this episode of arts24, we journey into the enchanting world of Isao Takahata, one of the founding fathers of Japanese animation and the creative force behind Studio Ghibli classics like "Grave of the Fireflies" and "Only Yesterday". From his early days in the 1960s to his final masterpiece, a new Paris retrospective traces Takahata's lifelong quest to capture humanity, emotion and the beauty of everyday life through animation.

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00:10:53

From architecture to Amazons: The best of new French...

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2025/11/05

This week on arts24's film show, critic Manon Kerjean from Lost in Frenchlation joins us to explore four very different slices of French cinema – from monumental architecture to female bandits, nostalgic comedy and a sweeping national portrait. We begin with "L'Inconnu de la Grande Arche” (The Great Arch), a visually striking portrait of the architect behind Paris's modern landmark, La Grande Arche de La Défense. Director Demoustier turns stone and steel into emotion, capturing the tension between

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00:11:03

Thandiwe Muriu: She turns African fabrics into...

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2025/11/04

Kenyan photographer Thandiwe Muriu is turning heads and bending reality. Her vibrant portraits blend women seamlessly into richly patterned fabrics, creating hypnotic optical illusions that celebrate African identity while questioning how we see beauty, culture and self-expression. Now, Muriu returns to Paris for her third solo exhibition, "Clouds Bring Blessings", at 193 Gallery. For the first time, she's created her own tie-dye fabrics, calling nature her "uninvited co-creator". In this edition of

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00:04:34

France's Goncourt literary prize awarded to Laurent...

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2025/11/04

French novelist Laurent Mauvignier has won France's most prestigious literary honour, the Goncourt prize, for "La Maison Vide" ("The Empty House"). The book "recalls the great realist authors of the 19th century, like Zola, Maupassant and Flaubert", FRANCE 24's Culture Editor Olivia Salazar-Winspear tells us from the awards ceremony in Paris.

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00:12:37

Music show: Self Esteem is witty and wise on 'A...

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2025/11/03

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka Self Esteem. She's one of the UK's most exciting breakout stars of the last decade, with Grammy and Mercury nominations under her belt. Her music is a mix of bold, genre-blending pop and razor-sharp lyrics. She’s also an actress, with roles including Sally Bowles in the West End production of "Cabaret". Self Esteem's third album "A Complicated Woman" is her most theatrical and truthful record to date,

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00:12:03

'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' soundtrack turns into...

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2025/10/30

In this episode of arts24, we're at Paris Games Week, where the hit French video game "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" has gone from digital epic to musical phenomenon. Composer Lorien Testard's symphonic tour "A Painted Symphony" is taking sold-out audiences by storm across France. Next, we head to Paris's newest cultural landmark as the Fondation Cartier unveils its spectacular new home opposite the Louvre – a Jean Nouvel-designed masterpiece blending Haussmannian charm with modernist flair. Finally,

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00:13:16

Film show: Dwayne Johnson smashes it as struggling...

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2025/10/29

Our film critic Emma Jones tells us why the Oscar buzz surrounding Dwayne Johnson's performance in "The Smashing Machine" is deserved and how the film deviates from the average "in the ring" biopic. We also discuss Jeremy Allen White's turn as Bruce Springsteen in director Scott Cooper's "Deliver Me From Nowhere", which zooms in on a difficult period in The Boss's career. We then discover a new talent in Laura Carreira, who's captured the precarity of the gig economy and the weight of loneliness in

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00:12:15

Precious Okoyomon's poetic language and unruly artwork

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2025/10/28

Dreaming up creations that resemble a garden of earthly delights, filled with beauty, decay and poetry: Precious Okoyomon is a Nigerian-American artist who embraces dark and light, matter and impermanence. Their new exhibition is called "It's important to have ur fangs out at the end of the world" and the artist tells us why this new work has a fairytale quality, encouraging the viewer to open up to the softness at its heart. We also discuss the wild and urban Brazilian landscapes that inspired a

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00:00:57

'L'Amour à la Folie': A posthumous love letter from...

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2025/10/27

Amadou and Mariam, the iconic musical duo from Mali, performed together for more than four decades until the passing of Amadou in April. Their ninth and final album together, "L'Amour à la Folie" or "Crazy Love" in English, has just dropped. It's a posthumous love letter from Mariam to her late husband, with help from their son Sam Bagayoko. FRANCE 24's Marion Chaval and Yong Chim spoke to Mariam about performing without Amadou.

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00:11:08

Music show: Thylacine camps out in the Namibian...

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2025/10/27

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with French electronic producer and composer Thylacine. Travel is central to his artistry, having recorded music in unusual locations such as the Trans-Siberian Railway. He is releasing the third instalment of his "Roads" series, which had previously taken him to Argentina and the Faroe Islands. This time, he went to the Namibian desert to record "Roads vol.3", turning a 1972 airstream caravan into a recording studio. We also talk

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00:12:24

AKAA 2025, the Parisian arts fair honouring African...

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2025/10/24

In this show dedicated to the 10th edition of Also Known As Africa (AKAA), Dheepthika Laurent talks to Zimbabwean mixed-media artist Victor Nyakauru, known for being a “found-object” sculptor. He tells us why he is passionate about breathing new life into old objects and what messages he hopes to convey about environmental sustainability. Also on set: South African photographer and visual artist Gavin Goodman. He talks about his “Vela series” at AKAA, in which he blends African heritage with a

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00:11:55

Jeffrey Gibson invites us into a luminous, layered...

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2025/10/23

His latest exhibition, Dedicated to the One I Love, reflects what Jeffrey Gibson describes as a journey much like a loving relationship — marked by ups and downs, moments of great joy, and times of difficulty. As the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale, Gibson talks about bringing Native American practices and performances to his pedestals at the U.S. Pavilion, and about how the ideas of French philosophers Simone de Beauvoir and Jacques Derrida have found

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00:12:46

Film show: 'La Petite Dernière', a searing portrayal...

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2025/10/22

In this week's film show, Manon Kerjean and Dheepthika Laurent look at Nadia Melliti's performance as an Arab woman struggling with her sexual identity in "La Petite Dernière", a film for which she won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival. We also look at François Ozon's daring, bold adaptation of Albert Camus' masterpiece "L'Étranger" and discuss the technical prowess of "L'Homme qui rétrécit", a film starring Oscar-winning actor Jean Dujardin. Finally, we check out Isabelle Huppert's new film,

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00:12:30

Sculpting rocks, threads and poems: Otobong Nkanga’s...

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2025/10/21

Nigerian-Belgian artist Otobong Nkanga chose a particularly poetic title for her latest exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris: “I Dreamt of You in Colours.” This marks her largest show to date in France. Otobong joins us to talk about how living entities are in constant dialogue with the environment in her multi-media installations, and why “bling” means so much more than the glint of cheap jewelry in her artwork. The award-winning sculptor also discusses how stone, textiles and even her

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00:11:10

British-Australian musician Mereki: 'Recording in...

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2025/10/20

Our guest this week on arts24 is British-Australian singer-songwriter Mereki, who has spent time working and composing with other artists and who recently released her second album "Buttercup", a delightful mix of folk and grunge. She tells us more about the record, her love for France and which artists have influenced her. We also take a look at new releases by Demi Lovato, Serj Tankian from System of a Down and Ireland's up and coming band Just Mustard.

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00:12:04

Exiled Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov...

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2025/10/17

In this edition of arts24, Eve Jackson meets one of Europe's most daring and visionary artists. Exiled Russian filmmaker and theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov is in Paris with two powerful new works that confront the shadows of history and the systems that let them thrive. At the Théâtre du Châtelet, his radical, multilingual "Hamlet/Fantômes" features eight actors sharing the role of the Danish prince – speaking in English, French, German, and Russian – as Serebrennikov explores the ghosts

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00:11:08

All aboard with Keira Knightley: October's best TV shows

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2025/10/16

On this month’s Arts 24 TV series show, TV critic Dheepthika Laurent chats with Eve Jackson about the standout shows hitting screens in October. From “Les Disparues de la Gare”, a gripping French true crime series based on real-life femicides, to “The Woman in Cabin 10”, a stylish yacht-set thriller starring Keira Knightley, there’s plenty to keep you hooked.

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00:12:50

Kristen Stewart weaves compelling, watery tale in...

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2025/10/15

Critic Emma Jones reviews this week’s major releases, including Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water”, and the Japanese drama “A Pale View of Hills”. Director Myriam El Hajj offers a compelling portrait of a society in turmoil in her latest documentary, “Diaries from Lebanon”, following Georges, Joumana, and Perla Joe. The film exposes Lebanon’s simmering tensions amid economic, political, and humanitarian crises. El Hajj shares the challenges of filmmaking in Lebanon in

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00:11:37

From RuPaul’s drag race to France’s biggest stages:...

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2025/10/14

The first French contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race – and the fearless host of Drag Race France – Karl Sanchez, better known as Nicky Doll, joins Eve Jackson on Arts24 to share the story behind the persona. In this episode, Karl opens up about his powerful new album “Apollo • Artemis”, his journey balancing masculinity and femininity, and how drag has become a platform for art, fashion, and activism. He also tells us about the first-ever Drag Race France Live All Stars Royal Tour.

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