Here are my November 2015 favorites:
* Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun, the portrait-painter of Queen Marie-Antoinette
I’d love to see Vigée Le Brun exhibition in Paris. French painter Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun painted celebrities of her time such as Queen Marie-Antoinette or Lady Hamilton and also touching family portraits.
Madame Vigée Le Brun and her daughter, Julie, circa 1789 (self-portrait)
* Changing Fashion for the Sake of the Climate
Fashion Revolution France team is organising a colloquium on Fashion’s environmental impact. The colloquium takes place on December 7 in Paris and will be translated into English. Entrance is free but registration is required.
* A picture of Diana Rigg wearing a pantsuit in the Sixties
* An Art Nouveau walk in Vienna
* Does Divestment Work?
The New Yorker is wondering whether divestment such as fossil-fuel companies divestment is efficient. According to the article, divestment doesn’t decrease share prices so it doesn’t hurt financially the targeted companies. It mainly harms the companies’ image.
* The Case Against Buying Christmas Presents