Hors du Temps
Reliving an Idyllic Lockdown
19th June 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Film
As a Parisian who was cooped up in a small apartment during the various lockdown periods for COVID-19, I was extremely envious of French people who were able to hunker down in lovely country houses with big gardens, while we … Read More
Présences
Certificates of Presence
19th June 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Daytrips From Paris, Exhibitions
We have already sung the praises of the Maison Caillebotte, the family home of Impressionist painter Gustav Caillebotte, on Paris Update, and now we have a new reason to return to one of our favorite bucolic escapes from the jungle … Read More
Ellsworth Kelly: Shapes and Colors & Matisse: The Red Studio
Connected by Color
16th May 2024 | By Heidi Ellison | Exhibitions
I felt great gratitude to the Fondation Louis Vuitton on my way out to the Bois de Boulogne to see its two new exhibitions: “Ellsworth Kelly. Shapes and Colors” and “Matisse: The Red Studio.” Why? Because the subject was not … Read More
Nina Khemchyan: Echo
Meditations on Sin and Repentance, from Venice to Paris
16th May 2024 | By Brian Childs | Exhibitions
A catwalk of contemporary artistic fashions and a display case for the projection of cultural soft power, the Venice Biennale has grown in size and extravagance over the years as powerhouse nations have vied to outcompete one another for the … Read More
Médée
Stage Magic
13th April 2024 | By Nick Hammond | Music
Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s opera Médée (called a tragédie lyrique) has had a lot of waiting to do. The dramatist Pierre Corneille wrote his version of the Medea myth as early as 1634, at the beginning of his career. Thomas Corneille, 19 … Read More
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