Over the long All Saints’ weekend in 2024, we returned to Paris — a comeback, wild and full of anticipation, with the firm plan to visit the Atelier des Lumières, where works by Gustav Klimt and Hundertwasser were animated and projected onto the walls and floors of a large exhibition hall. Wow, it was definitely worth it — a contrast between art and technology, raw and fascinating!
Cultural Highlights
The evening before, we visited the Palais de Tokyo and explored the exhibition by Tomás Saraceno — l’exposition carte blanche — another impressive experience, full of creativity. The rest of the time, we wandered through charming streets, enjoyed Paris from above for the first time — from Sacré-Cœur and the Arc de Triomphe — and, of course, couldn’t resist trying a few croissants — a spectacle of history and indulgence.
Left, the red awning of “La Liberté”; right, a ribbed facade – All Saints’ weekend 2024 in Paris.
White facades with grey shutters beneath a pale sky.
Sand-coloured houses with balconies and zinc roofs.
An overgrown old railway line in the middle of the city.
An angel on its pedestal above a bed of chrysanthemums.
Autumn trees in front of the dormer windows of a row of houses.
Corner buildings in black and white, three times.
A room with a wooden ceiling, arched windows and climbing plants.
Left, a stepped street; right, a mural of a child rolling a giant ball.
Looking down between tall facades.
Zinc roofs and dormers, in black and white.
The domes of Sacré-Cœur above the trees.
A house seems to tilt away behind the hill.
Between dark stone: Paris and the Eiffel Tower, seen from Sacré-Cœur for the first time.
The sea of rooftops from above, twice – with the Eiffel Tower on the right.
Lots of sky, the city and the Eiffel Tower right at the bottom.
Autumn trees in front of pale facades, twice.
“Sens de la visite” – an arrow shows the way through the exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo.
A floating cube of fine lines in a cone of light.
Visitors among floating webs – the exhibition by Tomás Saraceno.
A web of threads hanging in the room like a cloud.
Fine lines and geometric shapes in the white space, twice.
Geometric bodies and webs of thread beneath the round opening in the ceiling.
Visitors among the webs, one lying on the floor looking up.
Two clouds of thread linked by countless lines.
A black dodecahedron in the tangle of threads.
Lines, knots and a hand pointing upwards.
A facade behind green trees, a street lamp beside it.
Silhouettes in front of projected images – at the Atelier des Lumières.
A projected face above the heads of the audience.
Vaults and paintings projected onto walls and pillars, the crowd in front.
Left, a golden figure with a sword; right, the tree of life in golden spirals – Klimt animated.
Gold, hair and skin – Klimt across the whole wall.
The Kiss, projected onto wall and floor.
Portraits float above a carpet of flowers, the audience below.
Colourful houses and ships – Hundertwasser in blue and red.
Golden streams of light around the gallery, silhouettes on top – art and technology.
A wooden door numbered 23 on a pink wall, flowerpots in front.
Tall facades with wrought-iron balconies framing the sky.
Corner buildings behind autumn trees, twice.
Haussmann facades with long rows of balconies.
A building above a hedge beneath a blue sky with contrails.
Old posters and magazines at a bouquiniste’s stall.
Left, autumn trees in front of a corner house; right, a bridge over the Seine.
A row of pale facades with mansard roofs.
Reliefs and coffers beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
Dead-straight boulevards from the Arc de Triomphe, twice.
From the Arc de Triomphe to the Eiffel Tower – Paris from above.
A bridge over the Seine, houses and a church spire behind.
A corner building with red awnings and wrought-iron balconies.
Lights reflected in the Seine after sunset.
Red-lit facades and a café on the corner.
The dome of the Panthéon against the black night sky.
