https://www.scmp.com/rss/318106/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Everything is about to change for Huang Yongping. Twenty-seven years after this avant-garde artist from Xiamen was discovered during the "Magicians of the Earth" exhibition, at the Centre Pompidou, in Paris, he will star in "Monumenta", in the French capital's most prestigious showcase: the Nave of the Grand Palais. Since 2007, contemporary artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Richard Serra, Christian Boltanski, Anish Kapoor and Daniel Buren have risen to the challenge, creating mind-boggling pieces... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-entertainment/article/1934169/chinese-avant-garde-artist-huang-yongping?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/arts-entertainment/article/1934169/chinese-avant-garde-artist-huang-yongping?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 Apr 2016 18:49:07 +0000 So, what's the story? A legendary site in the 16th arrondissement, everyone in Paris has heard of the Molitor, whether it's as a pool in the 1930s, where the smart set would meet for parties, galas and a dip, or as its slightly less glamorous incarnation - a run-down artists' squat in the 1990s. Inaugurated by Johnny Weissmuller, aka Tarzan, for more than 60 years it was the place to be seen in the French capital. In 1946, it dared to launch the new-fangled bikini. After its closure, in 1989,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1835013/paris-molitor-hotel-whose-pool-hosted-bikinis-debut-back?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1835013/paris-molitor-hotel-whose-pool-hosted-bikinis-debut-back?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:05:24 +0000 Like the rest of Paris in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, I was outraged. Outraged that this could happen, here or anywhere. Outraged by the senseless killings but also outraged by some of the news coverage, notably that by the now much-maligned Fox News "expert" Nolan Peterson, who declared several of Paris' neighbourhoods "no-go zones" comparable to Baghdad, where Sharia law rules and most Parisians dare not tread. I've not been to Baghdad recently but Peterson's analysis is way off,... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel/article/1729158/delightful-stroll-through-no-go-zones-paris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel/article/1729158/delightful-stroll-through-no-go-zones-paris?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2015 04:45:30 +0000