Iconic photos of Avedon, A Midsummer Night’s Dream revisited, Hors Pistes festival… Our 5 cultural must-sees

Richard Avedon’s icons at the Gagosian Gallery

Richard Avedon would have turned 100 years old on May 15, 2023. On the occasion of the centenary of the photographer’s birth, the Gagosian Gallery has assembled a collection of 150 iconic photographs. It is located Vogue:, where in 1966 he began a collaboration with Diana Vreeland, to whom he lent the full extent of his talent. Along with his famous fashion photos, he creates cowboys, politicians like Ronald Reagan or the art world, from Marilyn Monroe to Francis Bacon, from the Beatles to Janis Joplin… The exhibition highlights his wall murals, unpublished prints. or the popular series of fashion photography Dovima with elephants… Artists and celebrities such as Naomi Campbell, Sofia Coppola, Elton John, Kate Moss and Miuccia Prada attended the event, commenting on his work and its impact on contemporary visual culture.

Iconic Avedon, through March 2, 2024, Galerie Gagosian

Cosi fan tutte new production at Chatelet

After Mozart and Da Ponte’s third opera The Marriage of Figaro And Don Giovanni, Cozi fan tutte synthesizes all styles into a work that is as protean as it is joyous. Created at the Aix-en-Provence Festival this summer for its 75th edition, the work is being revived at the Châtelet, with a modern staging by Dmitri Chernyakov, Christophe Rousset as musical director, and a partially renewed cast, with Patricia Petitbon as Despina. . The icing on the cake. 20 pairs of connected glasses will be available for spectators to get a closer look at this fool’s game between lovers.

Cosi fan tutteMozart February 2 to 22, 2024, Palais Garnier

A Midsummer Night’s DreameShakespeare’s comedy at the Theater de la Ville

Everything here is fantastic and arabesque, to use the words of Victor Hugo. The story, which takes place in Athens, unites and separates two pairs of young lovers. Hermia wants to marry Lysander, but her father, Aegeus, arranges for her to marry Demetrius, with whom Helena is in love. Actions take place in a magical forest, during the night, which looks like a dream. Emmanuelle Demarcy-Motta’s direction calls upon all the arts of theater, from the traps from which the fairies emerge to the flight of their queen, Titania, who crosses the main stage in Sarah Bernhardt’s chamber. Francois Reno’s new translation cleans up this masterpiece written between 1594 and 1595. Pure theater moment.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare, until February 10, 2024, Theater de la Ville

Hors Pistes Festival at Pompidou Center

The 19th edition of the Hors Pistes festival, dedicated to moving images that intersect the news, explores the rules of sport this year, drawing inspiration from the Women’s World Cup, the Rugby World Cup and the run-up to the Olympic Games in Paris. In the program: a collective exhibition that, in addition to sporting performances, questions today’s protests through the works of Pauline Bastard, Laurent Salvador, Maria Vedder, among others. Not forgetting the demo Somerspiel, Esther Salamon’s film (February 3) and parades, Nicolas Faubert’s presentation (February 4)… Or how sports are adapting to our times.

Off-Piste, the rules of the sportuntil February 18 at the Center Pompidou

My first Nutcracker in Mogador

after the success of My first Swan Lake which delighted 100,000 spectators, Mogador Theater repeated the experience My first Nutcracker, another masterpiece of Tchaikovsky. The same format: twice 40 minutes and narration aimed at a young audience. The same delight with the star dancer of the Paris Opera, Karl Paquette, on duty accompanied by a troupe of professional dancers. Breathtaking costumes and sets, remarkable choreography, this ballet is a magical journey for young and old.

My first Nutcrackeruntil February 25, 2024, Theater Mogador