Twenty years after the destruction of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban, the Guimet Museum in Paris is paying tribute to the dramatic 6th- and 7th-century sculptures and to the people of B…
The fourth French-Tajik consultations were held via videoconference on Tuesday, 12 January 2021. The Deputy Continental Europe Director of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Mr Sylvain Guiaugué, and Ambassador Michel Tarran met with Mr Firdavs Usmonov, Europe and Americas Director of the Tajik Foreign Ministry.
Many bilateral issues such as developing trade and tourism, cultural and linguistic cooperation and the fight against terrorism were addressed, as well as multilateral and regional issues.
After a year of slower trade due to the health situation, these consultations were an opportunity to define the main lines of bilateral cooperation and set goals to be met by autumn 2021. France will host the exhibition planned for the Guimet Museum this autumn on “Tajikistan, the land of golden rivers”. This will mark an important step in our bilateral relations, in the cultural area as well as in other areas, thanks to political and economic meetings on this occas
CM Sonowal releases e-book on Vrindavani Vastra Vrindavani Vastra an e-book authored by Shri Mrinal Chandra Kalita was released by CM Sonowal at Assam Legislative Assembly in Guwahati on Wednesday
| 30 Dec 2020 3:37 PM GMT
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday released an e-book titled Vrindavani Vastra authored by Shri Mrinal Chandra Kalita at a function held at Assam Legislative Assembly in Guwahati.
Along with CM Sonowal, state BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass, state minister for health and family welfare Pijush Hazarika, media advisor to the chief minister, Hrishikesh Goswami, MLA Prasanta Phukan, and many other dignitaries were also present at the book launch programme.
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles challenged art lovers to post photos of themselves recreating their favourite masterpieces – including Picasso’s Dora Maar – from home earlier this year. Photo: AFP
Museum doors may be shut for the time being, but that doesn’t mean that culture has ground to a halt.
Faced with the pandemic, and in the absence of visitors, museums and cultural institutions have turned to technology to reinvent their roles and missions digitally.
Strolling alone through the Paris Louvre’s Richelieu wing, without the crowds of tourists and school trips, was a dream that was previously out of reach for most of us. unless you happen to be Beyonce.