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Rmn-Grand Palais joins the fight against breast cancer
October 29 2011
Rmn-Grand Palais is joining forces with "Le cancer du sein, parlons-en !", an association whose mission is to develop awareness of breast cancer.On October 29 2011, for the first time, the Grand Palais will be lit up in pink, the symbol of the fight against the disease. The event, on a grand scale, has become part of a tradition of major illuminations organized worldwide for the last 19 years by Estée Lauder Companies. Every year, in October, more than 200 national heritage or natural sites are lit up in pink. Venues have included the Sydney Opera House, the Niagara Falls, the Water Cube in China, and New York’s Rockefeller Center and JF Kennedy Airport.
For the occasion, an impressive pink ribbon will be formed in the Nave with 700 people symbolising 700 hearts in the fight against breast cancer.
Playtime at the Grand Palais
Autumn-winter 2011/2012
To launch its first season under the new unified Rmn-Grand Palais banner, the Grand Palais has chosen the central theme of play. The joint production will include the Toys and Us exhibition in the Galeries nationales, while Jours de fêtes, celebrating the traditional funfair, returns to the Nave, and the South-East Gallery hosts Game Story, the first ever museum exhibition devoted to the history of video games.2010 Business Report
June 22 2011
Every year the Rmn - Grand Palais stages some forty events in Paris, throughout France and abroad, exploring culture in all its forms.The Grand Palais, one of the French people’s most loved venues, is a showcase of immense prestige in the heart of Paris.
Its programme, including exhibitions, concerts, fashion parades, shows, performances... is at once ambitious and popular, and, in a spirit of cultural democracy, accessible to the widest possible audience.
The 2010 business report looks back on a year that was a turning point in the life of the Rmn - Grand Palais.
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