Seine

Created in 1887, the painting is estimated to fetch between $30 and $50 million. If it sells for the upper estimate of $50 million, it will become the most expensive work by a Western artist ever sold at auction in Asia, surpassing the current record-holder, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Warrior (1982), which sold for $41.7 million at Christie’s in 2021.

Tomorrow’s races will be held “provided that the subsequent tests—conducted on Tuesday morning—meet the swimming capability standards set by the World Triathlon,” clarified a joint statement from “Paris 2024” and the International Triathlon Union.

Rainfall on Friday and Saturday in Paris contaminated the Seine’s waters in the following hours, forcing organizers to cancel the triathlon training scheduled for this morning in the famous river, but they remain “confident” that the events will proceed as planned on Tuesday and Wednesday.

For the first time in Olympic history, the French organizers chose to hold the opening ceremony in the heart of the French capital, along the banks of the Seine River next to the city’s iconic landmarks. This decision sparked high television ratings.

A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion belted from the Eiffel Tower as Paris kicked off its first Summer Olympics in a century Friday, with a four-hour-long, rule-breaking opening ceremony that unfurled along the Seine River.

For the first time, the opening ceremony will take place on water and not in a stadium.

The delegations parade on boats along the Seine.

The Seine has been transformed into a…fountain with water jets appearing alongside the boats.

Thousands of athletes are set to sail through central Paris on Friday during an unprecedented and high-risk Olympics opening ceremony that will showcase the country's hugely ambitious vision for the Games.

The parade on Friday evening will see up to 7,500 competitors travel down a six-kilometre (four-mile) stretch of the river Seine on a flotilla of 85 boats.

Tomorrow, Paris will host the world’s premier sporting event for the first time in a century, welcoming the planet’s most photogenic champions from 206 countries. The aim is to restore the Olympic Games to their former glory after the challenges of Rio and the empty stands of Tokyo, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Will the €7.5 billion invested be enough to achieve this

PARIS - As pale morning light flickered across the Seine, Capt. Freddy Badar steered his hulking river barge, Le Bosphore, past picturesque Normandy villages and snow-fringed woodlands, setting a course for Paris.

The 2024 Paris Olympics' opening ceremony will be held on the famed River Seine, taking place outside of a sports venue for the first time in the Games' history. But for the booksellers who have found a centuries-old sanctuary on the riverbanks, that day is all but ceremonious.