Press Archive
2019 Films on the Lake in Chicago Parks Series Unveiled
June 1, 2019
Films on the Lake, the free outdoor French film festival produced annually in Chicago parks by the Cultural Services at the Consulat General of France and Chicago Park District as part of Movies in the Parks, announces this year’s line-up for its 4th edition taking place from June 21 to July 16, 2019....
Cupid on Loan at The Met for Another 10 Years
May 24, 2019
The Cultural services of the French Embassy and The Metropolitan Museum of Art announce the renewal of a loan agreement pertaining to one of the earliest known works by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) that is also his sole marble sculpture on view at a museum in North America. Originally loaned to The Met in 2009 for a 10-year period, Cupid will remain at the Museum for another decade....
Oui Design 2019 Returns to New York City this May
May 10, 2019
Oui Design is returning to WantedDesign New York for a fourth edition. This year, it will present several sets of collaborative projects from May 10-22, 2019 at NYCxDesign: Transatlantic Creative Exchange, returning on popular demand, Design Education, focusing on design at an academic level and Game ChangeHer, shedding light on female designers. These projects simultaneously bring together designers from France and the US while exploring new methods of production at the intersection of design, ...
New Podcast: The Thing About France
April 27, 2019
For the first time ever, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will release a bi-weekly podcast, The Thing About France, in which Bénédicte de Montlaur, Cultural Counselor to the United States, will interview distinguished American cultural figures with notable connections to France about their experiences in both countries....
Public Solidarity Concerts for Notre-Dame de Paris in the US
April 26, 2019
To celebrate the spiritual and cultural significance of Notre-Dame de Paris in the world, the French Embassy in the United States has organized a series of concerts in New York City (April 26), Washington DC (April 26), San Francisco (April 29), and New Orleans (May 5), offering the opportunity to come together around this drama and to reflect on the importance of world heritage and culture. In the spirit of French-American friendship, each concert will be held at an American Cathedral and wil...
2019 Films on the Green Program Unveiled
April 23, 2019
Films on the Green, the free outdoor French film festival announces this year’s line-up for its 12th edition that will focus on female directors in French and Francophone cinema through a selection of 13 movies. From May 31st to September 3rd, Films on the Green will screen films around New York City, with one screening in Fort Lee, New Jersey....
2018 French Voices Grand Prizes Unveiled
April 15, 2019
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and FACE Foundation have announced the recipients for the 2018 fiction and nonfiction French Voices Grand Prizes: Sciences de la vie by Joy Sorman (fiction) and The Unconstructable Earth: An Ecology of Separation by Frédéric Neyrat (non-fiction). Originally published in French by Le Seuil in 2017, Sorman’s Sciences de la Vie was translated by Lara Vergnaud and actively seeks an American publisher. Originally published in French by Le Seuil in 2016...
Call for Projects: Brooklyn Falls for France
April 11, 2019
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy will distribute grants to support cultural projects across Brooklyn as part of its upcoming program “Brooklyn Falls for France”, a locally-focused cultural season, slated to take place from September 2019 through January 2020....
Albertine Prize 2019 Unveiled its Five Nominees
April 3, 2019
The 2019 Albertine Prize, one of the only literary awards in the United States whose winner is selected by the reading public rather than a judging panel, today unveiled its nominee list of five works of fiction in French, translated into English and published in the U.S. over the past year. As of today, U.S. readers nationwide can vote for their favorite book. The $10,000 prize is co-presented by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and Van Cleef & Arpels....
Fourth Edition of Tilt Kids Festival Unveiled
March 2, 2019
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) are pleased to announce programming for the fourth annual TILT (March 2–31), a festival for kids, families, and adults showcasing lyrical and thought-provoking multidisciplinary international projects and new commissions from musicians, theater makers, visual artists, and philosophers. Co-curated for the first time by Laurent Clavel, Cultural Attaché of the French Embassy, and FIAF Artistic Directo...
Etant donnés Prize 2019
February 28, 2019
To celebrate their coinciding 25th anniversaries, The Armory Show and Étant donnés—a the contemporary art fund developed by the FACE Foundation and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy—are joining forces for the first time ever to award one living French artist of the Armory Show 2019 to take place March 7-10. Selected among more than 30 works presented by Armory Show galleries this coming edition, the Étant donnés Armory Prize winner will be unveiled at the beginning of the sho...
Charles S. Cohen To Receive Insignia Of Chevalier Of The Legion Of Honor
February 25, 2019
Businessman, leading patron of the cinematic arts, and dedicated advocate for French film in the United States, Charles S. Cohen, will be awarded the insignia of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor by Gérard Araud, French Ambassador to the United States, on Monday, March 4th, in a ceremony held at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York....
