The Nadars: A Photographic Legend
A Clan of Shutterbugs
I first came across the name Nadar while I was reading Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time and started collecting other books about him and his work, including a small book of portraits by Paul Nadar of Proust and … Read More
Restaurants, What's New Eat & Drink
The Paris Update Restaurant Awards 2019
Last Year's Best 10 Restaurants
A welcome touch of Mexico La Condesa Subtle hints of Mexican flavors brilliantly enliven seasonal dishes in this love of a restaurant. Tiny place/big expectations L’Innocence Chef Anne Legrand cooks up highly refined meals in front of diners in the same … Read More
Nativing
A Trip to a New Language
There is probably no better way to learn a foreign language than total immersion in a country where it is spoken. To make the logistics of a séjour linguistique (language-learning vacation) easier, French marketing expert Cédric Ghennouchi has come up … Read More
Statues of Buddhist monks meditate on a spectacular sunset in the Bois de Vincennes. © Paris Update
What's Happening in Paris This Week
For full details about an event, click on the title to visit the official Web site (in English when available).
January 18-26
Drinkathon
Paris Cocktail Week offers master classes, special restaurant menus with cocktail/food pairings and other festivities. Above: a pistachio cocktail created especially for Cocktail Week at Bar Bisous in the Marais.
Various venues, Paris
January 16-22
Cheap films
During the Festival Cinéma Télérama, you can see a selection of last year’s best films for only €3.50 each with the pass available in Télérama magazine or on the Télérama website.
Various cinemas, all over France
January 18–February 18
Free subtitled French films
My French Film Festival offers frees streaming of French movies.
Online
January 19
Night of reading
Author readings, retrospectives on writers and other events fill France’s libraries and bookshops for the third edition of Nuit de la Lecture.
All over France
Through January 27
Dorothea Lange’s photographs
The Politics of Seeing celebrates the renowned American photographer, known for her work documenting the interwar years in the US.
Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris
January 10-24
Photography exhibition
Irani photographer Nora Kabli seeks to challenge false perspectives on her country.
Cultural Centre of Iran, Paris
Through 9 February
Alternative art exhibition
The Rosa Brux collective presents “Action Directe, Discours Indirect,” an exhibition about trade union activists in collaboration with Videobox.
Carreau du Temple, Paris
Through February 11
Éric Rohmer
A retrospective of the work of the experimental French director.
Cinémathèque Française, Paris
Through February 21
Winter sales
Official six-week retail sales period.
All over France
January 17
French film with English subtitles
Lost in Frenchlation presents Amanda, directed by Mikhaël Hers.