Heidi Ellison

Heidi Ellison, a long-time Paris resident, is a freelance journalist specializing in art, travel and literature. Her articles have been published in dozens of international publications, and she has contributed to a number of guidebooks on Paris and France.

Masters of Chaos

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes CHAOS AND CATHARSIS Jean-Michel Basquiat’s “Exu” (1988). © The estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/ ADAGP, Paris 2012 For its exhibition “Les Maîtres du Désordre” (“Masters of Chaos”), the Musée du Quai Branly has come up with a … Read More

Joel-Peter Witkin

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes TORMENTS OLD AND NEW Joel-Peter Witkin’s “Poussin in Hell” (1999). © Joel-Peter Witkin. Courtesy Baudoin Lebon Joel-Peter Witkin is not everyone’s cup of bile. Even those accustomed to his over-the-top, death-obsessed (some with real corpses for … Read More

Seasons in the Abyss

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes ART GALLERY AT SCHOOL “Seasons in the Abyss.” Artists’ residencies are common around the world, but it is perhaps rarer for an internationally renowned artist to donate his time to a grammar school. French artist Claude … Read More

Monumenta

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes BUREN’S GRAND PALAIS Mirrored discs on the floor give visitors a new perspective on the roof of the Grand Palais. For this year’s Monumenta, French artist Daniel Buren, famed for his obsession with stripes, has been … Read More

Wim Delvoye at the Louvre

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER,YOUR IMPERIAL MAJESTY “Kashan” (2010), by Wim Delvoye, in the apartment of Napoleon III in the Louvre. © 2012 Musée du Louvre/Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP The exhibition “Wim Delvoye at the Louvre” … Read More

Lost in Paris

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes PARIS ON A VELIB BUILT FOR TWO Prototype for a tandem Vélib, from the exhibition “Lost in Paris.” “Lost in Paris,” the current show at the Lieu du Design (74, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, 75012 Paris; … Read More

Katsinam Auction

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes AMERICAN MASKS IN PARIS The Zuni rattlesnake kachina, a Situlilu helmet mask, is made of leather, wood, turkey feathers, and wool. Estimate: €20,000-€25,000. Under strong protest from the Hopi community in the United States (read about … Read More

Brasilia

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes THE MAKING OF BRASILIA Construction of the Ministries Esplanade in Brasilia, 1958. Photo by Marcel Gautherot. Collection de l’Institut Moreira Salles, Brésil The exhibition “Brasilia” at the Paris headquarters of the French Communist Party (PCF; 2, … Read More

Tuck Shop

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Flash News MEAT-FREE HOME COOKING Long gone are the days when it was almost impossible to get a decent vegetarian meal in a Paris restaurant. Now almost all of them offer at least one non-fish veggie option, and … Read More

Domaine de Chamarande

February 7, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Paris Update Art Notes THE PERFECT ESCAPE The Château de Chamarande and a London plane tree that is approaching its 150th birthday. The Domaine de Chamarande is a rare place: a handsome 17th-century château that is easily accessible from Paris, … Read More