Claudia HUCKLE

Nantes, opera-singer

By McGovern

Here's a a great artist you could see in the streets of Nantes and Angers. This British opera-singer is a contralto who plays Olga in Tchaikovski's Eugen Onegin. Her voice is exceptionally rich in tone and colour, her acting is perfect, mobile and sensuous....

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DJERBAHOOD

Faith47, Fitan Maggie, Swoon, taggers, Tunisia

By McGovern

Maëlle Baudry tells us about “Djerbahood”, a unique experience she has just discovered : Djerbahood is a humanitarian project, based on the houses of Djerba, a Tunisian island. Medhi Ben Cheikh, the director of this project, decided to call street artists...

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On J.-E. LABOUREUR

engraving, Nantes, WW 1

By McGovern

One French engraver, born in Nantes, is almost better known in the British Isles than he is in France : his name is J.E. Laboureur (1877 - 1943). Although little interested in the army, he was recruited by the Translation and interpretation corps in the...

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SUPERHEROES : THE REAL STORY.

Immigrants, NYC, Pinzon Dulce

By McGovern

DULCE PINZON is a Brooklyn-based Mexican artist’s work : In the post-9/11 context, this photographer aims to reconsider the notion of what a hero is. Of course the word itself was more and more frequent in conversation, as it was necessary to qualify...

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