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...creators and intellectuals did indeed lose some ground in the U.S. after the war. But we are now seeing their ? return, and that of French galleries, onto the American scene. From translations of Bernard-Henri Lévy's books to artist Daniel Buren's installations at the Guggenheim, to the French presence at Art Basel Miami Beach, the news is very positive...
...Should fashion designers be excluded from the sphere of art and culture? Christian Lacroix, Azzedine Alaïa, Jean-Paul Gaultier and so many others are worldwide stars. Our luxury industries, as well as our Michelin-starred chefs, are perceived abroad as evidence of the vitality of French "culture...
...question on the magazine's cover. But never mind; the cause was one for which it was worth mobilizing. We have asked hundreds of our cultural partners in almost 110 countries worldwide to give us the names of worldwide stars in their own fields who happen to be French. We thought for a while that we might buy an advertisement to publish this list of "French stars" but, apart from having to pay a great deal for the right of reply, we would never have been able to fit all these names onto a single page...
...Olivier Poivre d'Arvor is director of CulturesFrance, a government agency responsible for the promotion of French culture...
...happy to read your assertion that "Nobody takes culture more seriously than the French." That's right. Cultural creativity is alive and well in France - and in French. The French Culture Ministry spends $4.4 billion a year on the development and nourishment of culture, and I have never heard a word of complaint about the cost. The wonderful thing about "culture" - its very essence - is that it doesn't have an expiration date. Culture is not a competition. The United States and France share a high regard for culture, and for more than two centuries, our respective cultures have been...