With its breathtaking location on the Mediterranean, Marseille is one of the French cities hosting the 2024 Olympics. The Games are a perfect opportunity to promote its cultural wealth to the world. Join Eve Jackson for a special show about the French city going for gold when it comes to music, food and the arts. We meet 3-star Michelin chef and former professional basketball player Alexandre Mazzia, who's an Olympic torchbearer and one of the chefs chosen to cook for the athletes. We also visit the photo exhibition where sportswomen are in the spotlight and speak to dancer and ..read more

As FRANCE 24 takes a look at the artistic and cultural iterations of the Olympic Games, fashion designer Stéphane Ashpool invites us into his Paris workshop to get a sneak preview of his creations for the French athletes competing this summer. With a modern take on French heritage, Ashpool blends his love for sports and his eye for detail in these hi-tech garments ..read more

For the 2024 Olympics, Paris has become an open-air art gallery. In part three of our arts24 Olympic series, we talk to American artist Alison Saar, who was commissioned to create an Olympic sculpture at the foot of the famous Paris avenue, the Champs-Élysées. The work, entitled "The Salon", shows a Black woman holding an olive branch and a golden flame – designed for the city of lights by an artist from the city that will host the next Games in 2028, Los Angeles ..read more

For the Paris 2024 Olympics, dancer, choreographer and photographer Mathieu Forget invited athletes to dance with him for a series of jaw-dropping photographs in iconic cultural spots around France. Through these gravity-defying photos with athletes, the Frenchman has succeeded in making photography an Olympic art. In part two of our arts24 Olympic shows, Mathieu Forget speaks to Eve Jackson about working with fencing double world champion Enzo Lefort in Paris's Petit Palais, playing handball in the Paris Modern Art Museum and the common values shared between sport and the arts ..read more

The summer sees the return of hit shows “Emily in Paris” and “Only Murders in the Building” for their fourth seasons. Dheepthika Laurent tells us why – love them or hate them – the new instalments of those series are set to delight their loyal fans. We learn more about Natalie Portman’s limited series “Lady in the Lake”, a slick crime drama adaptation of Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel. Rashida Jones stars in “Sunny”, a dark comedy set in Japan exploring grief and AI, and Netflix series “The Man with 1000 Kids” recounts the true story of a serial sperm donor who went too far ..read more

In the next few weeks, millions of people will descend on the French capital to attend one of the world’s biggest sporting events: the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. But most will turn their backs on Paris’s cultural attractions, many of which are expecting the worst revenue drop in years. While some venues have opted to close during the period, others have come up with creative solutions to try to make up the shortfall ..read more

We take a look at some of the summer blockbusters filling air-conditioned movie theatres around the globe, as film critic Lisa Nesselson showcases some of the more enticing meteorological, extraterrestrial and fantastical pictures coming to the big screen. Jacque Audiard’s award-winning “Emilia Perez” opens in French cinemas after a warm reception at the Cannes Film festival, and with Paris poised to welcome the Olympic Games, we check out a documentary following the city’s preparations. A group screening French films with English subtitles means that movie fans can enjoy a rich selection of f ..read more

Forging his own artistic path in the shadow of Afrobeat superstar Fela Kuti was a challenge that his son, Femi Kuti, struggled with in the early years of his career, he reveals. The Nigerian musician joins us in the studio to discuss the highs and lows of growing up with a globally celebrated artist and to explain how his own activism aligns with his father’s political positions. We also talk about breaking the world record for the longest note on the saxophone, the corruption that holds back many African countries, and his recent performance at Glastonbury with Coldplay ..read more

On today’s music show on Arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Gen-Z punk idol Yungblud, before his much anticipated headlining set at France’s equivalent to Glastonbury – the Vieilles Charrues festival. Three chart-topping albums in, the British musician has built up a loyal fan base around the world. His artistry and activism has made it cool to talk about mental health, sexuality, and standing up to the haters ..read more

Every year, hundreds of thousands of music lovers make their way to Carhaix in Brittany for the “Vieilles Charrues”. This year France 24’s Jennifer Ben Brahim joins them to bring us the highlights. She tells us how EDM giant David Guetta had festivalgoers dancing late into the night and ran through the big international names headlining at the four-day event: PJ Harvey, Sting, Simple Minds and Kings of Leon. We also check out a show in Paris that walks us through the history of breakdance and meet the women changing the face of Morocco’s Gnawa music scene in Essaouira.  ..read more