French Creative Island

The French Government is offering tax breaks and a new showcase to encourage talent in the country’s struggling art scene, which has long since lost its dominant position in the world’s galleries and auction houses. The Prime Minister, announced a series of measures to boost artistic endeavour and help French painters and sculptors catch up with their British counterparts in price and creativity.The main part of his plan is to open a European Centre for Contemporary Creation on a 70-acre island in the Seine outside Paris. For the full story - click the title Irish Art