Press Archive
Acclaimed Interdisciplinary Artist Meredith Monk And Art Historian Aimée Brown Price To Receive French Order Of Arts And Letters
May 7, 2015
NEW YORK, May 7, 2015—Meredith Monk, composer, choreographer, singer and performer, and Aimée Brown Price, art historian and specialist on the French painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, will be awarded the Order of Arts and Letters by the Deputy Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy, Thomas Michelon, in a double decoration ceremony on May 11 in New York. ...
New York French Film Festival Films On The Green Announces 2015 Line-up And Theme: La Mediterrannee
April 29, 2015
NEW YORK, April 29, 2015— Films on the Green is a free outdoor French film festival produced annually in New York City parks by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, FACE Foundation and the City of New York Parks & Recreation....
A Night Of Philosophy, Free, 12-hour Nocturnal Marathon Of Talks, Art, Performance, Music To Take On April 24-25
March 30, 2015
New York - March 30, 2015 - New Yorkers will pull an all-nighter on Friday, April 24, but instead of cramming to meet a deadline they will be eagerly joining A Night of Philosophy, a free, 12-hour marathon in two historic mansions that will showcase lectures by 61 leading philosophers, original performances, art installations, screenings, readings, DJ sets and more....
Galerie Cinema’s Photo Exhibition Housed At The French Embassy From March 10 To April 10, 2015
February 15, 2015
New York, February 18, 2015 – The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York will host a group photo exhibition featuring works by film directors, cinematographers, photographers, and actors such as Raymond Depardon, Agnès Godard, and Ed Lachman from March 10 to April 10, 2015, transporting the Parisian concept of the Galerie Cinema – an art gallery devoted to cinema – to a new American audience....
Original Painting By Ron Agam Created For Albertine, The French Reading Room And Bookshop, Unveiled
February 13, 2015
New York, February 13, 2015 - A painting by French-Israeli artist Ron Agam created especially for Albertine, the new French reading room and bookshop opened by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, was unveiled on February 13, where it will remain on permanent display. ...
Renaissance For French Books In America Takes Shape With Growing Numbers Of French-to-english Translated Texts Published And Increased Accessiblity To Translation
February 9, 2015
New York, February 9, 2015 - A New York French reading room and bookshop, “French Corners” in U.S. bookshops cross-country and an e-boutique, combined with a $10,000 French-English literary translation prize, signal an undeniably strong presence for French books in the U.S....
Mark Pigott Receives French Arts & Letters Insignia
February 4, 2015
New York, February 4, 2015 — Mark Pigott, Executive Chairman of PACCAR Inc, was awarded Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters by Deputy Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy Thomas Michelon on February 3, 2015. The decoration ceremony was held at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York....
Second Annual French Voices Awards Ceremony
January 14, 2015
New York, January 14, 2015 - On January 21, 2015, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the FACE Foundation will hold the French Voices Awards ceremony to reflect their commitment to translation and independent publishing....
Award-winning Author & Translator Lydia Davis And Internationally Recognized Writer & Filmmaker Kent Jones To Receive French Arts And Letters Insignia
January 12, 2015
New York, January 12, 2015— Lydia Davis, acclaimed author, and translator of over 30 books from French to English including Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, and Kent Jones, Director of the New York Film Festival and past Artistic Director of The World Cinema Foundation, will be respectively awarded Officier and Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters by Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy Antonin Baudry on January 15, 2015....
The New Yorker’s Film Critic And New Wave Historian Richard Brody To Be Awarded French Order Of Arts And Letters
December 4, 2014
New York, December 4, 2014 — On December 15, 2014 Richard Brody, film critic at The New Yorker, will be awarded Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters by Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy Antonin Baudry in New York. Brody is receiving this distinction in recognition of his work of introducing little-known aspects of French cinema to an American audience, both through his reviews and his other writings....
-m- & Emilie Simon In Central Park To Celebrate The Fête De La Musique
November 15, 2014
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and France Rocks celebrate a month of french music in new york with a concert of -M- and Emilie Simon at City Parks Foundation’s Summerstage on Saturday, June 21, 2014...
French Contemporary Theatre Production Highlighted In New York From Oct. 29 To Nov. 2
October 27, 2014
New York, October 27, 2014 — The Cultural Services of French Embassy is pleased to announce two major theater productions from France debuting in New York: Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, a production of Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (October 29 to November 2) and Kindertotenlieder by Gisèle Vienne at New York Live Arts (October 29 to November 1)....
