Heidi Ellison
La Collection Bic
Creating with the Ubiquitous Bic
“La Collection Bic,” an exhibition at Paris’s Centquatre cultural center, shows us a new facet of the humble Bic pen, which, along with its relatives the Bic lighter and razor, have been a familiar part of our lives for decades. … Read More
Paris Update Events 25.04.18
May 5-8 Studio-hopping Artists living in the 20th arrondissement open their studios to the public during Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d’Artistes du Père Lachaise. Various locations, Paris April 25-May 28 Great American director William Wyler is the subject of a retrospective … Read More
Brutus Creperie
Apart from the Crepe Crowd
Most crepe restaurants seem more or less the same to me, even those known for using top-quality ingredients, like Breizh Café. My friend Terry recently introduced me to a creperie with a difference, however: Brutus on Rue des Dames in the 17th arrondissement. Brutus distinguishes itself … Read More
Capitaine Restaurant
A Well-Steered Gourmet Ship
The restaurant inhabiting this location in the Marais seems to change every few years, but one thing remains the same: the plaque noting that mystery writer Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, was a regular in one of its previous … Read More
Paris Update Events 18.04.18
April 11-May 25 The year that shook the world The festival La Révolution n’Aura pas Lieu presents films about, influenced by or made in 1968. Forum des Images, Paris Through May 16 Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective The entire œuvre of … Read More
Guernica
Picasso's Cri de Cœur
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the painting of Picasso’s “Guernica,” Paris’s Picasso Museum has put together an absorbing exhibition that dissects the symbolism of the monumental work and explores in detail its genesis and influence. “Guernica” was the Spanish-born … Read More
Empreinte Restaurant Lille
The Long Road to Lunch
When my food-blogger friend and I hear about a good restaurant, nothing will stop us from going there, even if it’s in another city and we have to take a train for over an hour each way. That’s how we … Read More
Paris Update Events 11.04.18
April 13-15 Rare book fair Some 150 bookshops with present their latest and rarest discoveries at the Salon du Livre Rare, including the recently found Proust questionnaire pictured above. Grand Palais, Paris April 14 Travel yarns Travel fanatics get together at … Read More
Kupka: Pioneer of Abstraction
One Artist's Road to Abstraction
The exhibition “Kupka: Pioneer of Abstraction” at the Grand Palais takes us on a fascinating journey through one artist’s evolution from figurative painting to the radical modernity of pure abstraction. For me, the exhibition was even more exciting since I … Read More
La Condesa Restaurant
A Meal Fit for Royalty
Relying on a rave review from a food-blogger friend, I went to the Michelin-ready restaurant La Condesa (The Countess) in the ninth arrondissement with Paris Update’s former humor columnist David Jaggard and his wife, Nancy Li. This is a new … Read More