September 29 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents La Dérive des Continents, directed by Lionel Baier. L’Arlequin, Paris October 1 Midnight culture Art of all types will be on display in the streets of Paris late into … Read More
The exhibition “Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death” at the Musée d’Orsay does not start off with the Norwegian artist’s most famous painting, “The Scream,” but a sense of strangeness and unease still hits the visitor right … Read More
I recently dined with a friend at the Korean restaurant Bistro Mee, prompted by the good press it has been receiving lately. I had high hopes that it would be as original as the restaurant Jong-no Samgyetang, a hole-in-the-wall place … Read More
The words “ebullient” and “irrepressible” are weak when it comes to Ben, the 87-year-old Fluxus artist, who showed up last week at the Fondation de Doute (Doubt Foundation) art center in Blois to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Fluxus … Read More
September 23 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Rumba La Vie, directed by Franck Dubosc. Club de L’Étoile, Paris Through September 23 River art Sens Dessus Dessous: art honoring the upcoming Paris Paralympic Games adorns several Paris … Read More
Just when you think you know everything there is to know about Frida Kahlo (1907–54), an artist whose life and work have deeply fascinated the public in recent decades, along comes this captivating exhibition at Paris’s Palais Galliera, “Frida Kahlo: … Read More
Tout le Monde Aime Jeanne is in some respects a very conventional movie. It follows all the rom-com clichés of a single woman having to decide between various men, with the probability that she will end up with the man … Read More
Wallace Fountains are among those elegant touches on Paris’s urban landscape that visitors marvel at and photograph without really knowing what they are or how they got there. In fact, they are perfectly functional public drinking fountains that combine practicality … Read More
The creation of a new museum in France today is a rare and challenging feat, even more so when it is accomplished by a village with a population of only 5,000. The Musée du Verre François Décorchemont (François Décorchemont Glass … Read More
Dinner at the Bistrot des Tournelles was the perfect kickoff to the Paris rentrée, the back-to-school and back-to-work season. A welcome throwback to earlier times, the smallish restaurant opened only a couple of months ago near Bastille and is already … Read More
