'Keeping the rings on the Eiffel Tower says a lot about how culture was instrumentalized during the Olympics'; writes Michael Guerrin in Le Monde;

 

‘…   …Culture lovers, both French and foreign, fled Paris. Conversely, sports enthusiasts and mass audiences from all over the world came to the French capital with little or no interest in culture. It's been that way for decades. London in 2012 and Rio in 2016 were catastrophic for cultural venues…   …’ https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2024/09/06/keeping-the-rings-on-the-eiffel-tower-says-a-lot-about-how-culture-was-instrumentalized-during-the-olympics_6725082_23.html