Artist who bobbed down the Rhône in a bottle

The Marseille-born artist Abraham Poincheval is known for his hair-raising feats of endurance, such as living inside the hollowed-out carcass of a bear at the Muse de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris in 2014. An exhibition of Poinchevals works at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris next year (3 February-8 May) will throw light on the artists motivations and preparations for his off-beat projects (devotees of the artist can see installations and images linked to his latest quirky initiative: floating