plenty of parties in no time but i bet none come close to this the zero gravity policy do not try. but we begin with a rather unique exhibition that has just opened in paris which is renaming classic paintings and it's at the music and is called black models from jeffrey cole to matisse and it's all about black models who featured in famous paintings getting recognition or any recognition at all. to my colleague david les that levitz in just a minute but first is report. money a painter considered by many the father of modern art in the foreground a milk white prostitute who stair shocks nineteenth century viewers and who for a century and a half has fascinated scholars but more recently the figure behind her has become the focus of black servant the face of one of monies frequent models named for him

curators have renamed this famous work. the exhibition black models of paris as music is proof that for centuries black people have had a place in french art have even played a central role. not always a dignified one. we wanted to show that yes they were stereotypes such as black figures as servants figures which are sometimes heavily exhaustive sized and eroticized. there was also another side to it. they had a place where they fully took pos in the artistic scene of their time. for instance the models those f. a favorite of the great painter really cool. historians used to refer to as reserve simply as lou neck the negro although his face and body figure. in some of the

artist's greatest works here he's finally getting his dues as was f. an art lover and model from haiti. the exhibition is being hailed as an important step in france's reckoning with its racist and colonialist heritage. the we are the product of what happened during slavery and colonialism. in this product is also the construction of a view how black people see themselves and how they see others. how white people see themselves and how they see others see if we were able to construct a negative image in the past then today this exhibition allows us to deconstruct that image. because deconstructing something also means understanding that if you were able to construct something negative we can also construct a positive view. of. black models as more than a show it's a call for museums across europe to give visibility to people of color and to shine

a new light on old prejudice. is here with me david do you think the names that they've changed this exhibition will sort of some of them will remain permanently you know maybe some of them will but let's say for now that these are suggested new titles some of which may stick now if that sounds radical to give old paintings new names it's not actually that radical when you think about these curators are not suggesting a change to the western art canon which is basically white men for the most part they're not suggesting overthrowing that they're really just saying let's look at these black models now finally as humans now there is one case i want to highlight where i do think the title the new title might stick it's a painting by the. portrait of madeleine it's now being called its official title at the new though where it normally hangs it is portrait of a black woman originally. called portrait of the negress this painting was first

shown back in one thousand nine hundred during a period when slavery was briefly illegal in france before napoleon brought it back and originally people did know that madeleine was the name of the model but her name was forgotten for the last two hundred years it's all because art historians didn't care to record it it's only just resurfaced now a lot of people may know this painting today because it was actually in beyond sanjay z's video last year at the louvre well i mean hundreds of millions of people have seen the video and i mean i wondered actually do you think that the cost as famous video in the louvre has sort of influence this exhibition happening because i kind of wonder about myself i do think these exhibitions take so long to organize that i i sort of doubt it but in a way it is almost as if beyond say and jay z. did what this exhibition is doing now last year. they go the video for their song i can't say the full title it's at the louvre it inserts blackness points out black

figures in the western art canon including shows us the haze the haitian model we just saw in that report it was actually appears twice in this painting the raft of the medusa one of the most famous paintings in the loop go by julie co he by the way was a big abolitionist and by the way if you go to the movie going now you can take a jay z. and beyonce tour that is how big this phenomenon is this whole reexamining is a bit thank you very much as always thank you. now how about this for a combination of party planning company teamed up with the european space agency for a very exclusive experience up in the sky guess was it up into the upper atmosphere on a special flight and during the party got to experience zero gravity so as the flight was full of celebrity deejays football players and the occasional famous chef let's see what it was like.

how does it feel to be. in space. fifty celebrity guests zero gravity club found out at a party on board an airplane. musicians artists social media stars and athletes from the world over check in at frankfurt airport for their adventure in white as. they head off to board the airbus a three ten which is normally used by astronauts for weightlessness training these passengers won't need a space suit just a healthy dose of hardiness. at an altitude of eight thousand five hundred meters the fun begins first the passengers are way down at twice the force of gravity then suddenly they lift off.

the procedure is then repeated the plane flies of course much like a roller coaster. the organizers worked with experienced astronauts for the project. the microphone is in weightlessness from one one home to the other if i jump like this. the time my feet out of the ground it floors above my head. this is what we do with. the events organizers specialize in unusual parties this zero gravity class has brought them lots of publicist this is the second whiteness party they've thrown and it only lasts about six minutes. afterwards the party is are back on solid ground about still full of adrenaline.

the lives you have are so long people are sitting here saying great great great great great and another great. there were even some teary eyes to be honest it's really amazing. i couldn't. actually. to experience weightlessness was clearly something that was out of this world. of french lebanese architects says she eats sprees and sleeps architecture or inspiration comes from her childhood in war torn beirut where she grew up and from nature two very different inspirations the results are found in the very individualistic building she designs around the world facades that sprout forth trees and bushes and then others where her favorite building material is compacted earth we met up with her office in paris.

has already created a huge body of work together with her first architecture firm she designed dystonia national museum the museum is anchored your former soviet military base in tartu. it offers a spectacular exhibition space and an impressive land in one. creation is can also be found in japan it was here the group met together with two partners was commissioned to design this house that radiance timelessness. but in order to understand what drives linda got mad you have to travel to her home country of lebannon. she grew up in beirut a city shaped by war. it's here that she's realizing her latest project stung garden the architecture draws on the city's recent history for a new residential building. that if you

have seen beirut in ruins and seen how nature infiltrated the space and how the whole history of beirut was revealed if it was and there was nature invading the whole city of a year hard to clear for me it was fascinating to see how nature was capable of bringing beauty even to this pure atrocity and their level at it and all of that at last if they. did i guess i wondered about this holds these opening words that are today very political and beirut sit at has these openings or traces of war nicola harvest from these openings with an filled with life again because it's right here that grows. in her adopted home of paris got mail also has major works in the pipeline. in the south of the city a new quarter is being built. lena got married together with her team in paris are

working on real unwanted must end up with a plan to turn an all around way station into a center that explores sustainable food production and agriculture. tacit care. so i. decided as part of a cool innovative projects to reinvent paris to respond to the challenge of climate change they fit. my project is about food sustainability at all the. the station will soon be renovated conversion to and extended with a fifty meter high wooden talent. lena got man head critically acclaimed firm of architects practice and historical and materially sensitive approach to their work for a fan and sustainable future. talented

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