Heidi Ellison
Qui A Peur des Artistes?
Life and Death in Dinard
Here’s an excellent excuse for an excursion to the seaside: François Pinault, French billionaire businessman, art collector and father-in-law of Salma Hayek (choose your own order of importance) is showing part of his extensive collection of contemporary art in the … Read More
Murder in the Latin Quarter
Cara Black is an incorrigible recidivist, coming out with a new crime novel set in Paris every year. Now she is back again with the ninth in the series, “Murder in the Latin Quarter.” The latest “Aimée Leduc Investigation” … Read More
elles@centrepompidou
Affirmative Art Action
“What’s the point of going to see five hundred artworks by women?” a friend asked. “Would you go to see a show that advertised five hundred artworks by men?” The question came up in relation to the Centre Pompidou’s new … Read More
Dans l’Œil du Critique
Committed Critic
Visitors to the exhibition “Dans l’Œil du Critique: Bernard Lamarche-Vadel et les Artistes” may not know who Lamarche-Vadel was and need not care: with 250 works of art, dating mostly from the 1970s through the ’90s, on display, the show … Read More
Les Enfants Perdus
Pros: Eager-to-please staff; fresh, well-sourced, well-prepared food Cons: Not much in the way of decor Things are looking up on the canal-side culinary front. New boutiques, cafés and restaurants are springing up nearly every day in the wildly popular … Read More
Le Bain et le Miroir
“Vénus à sa Toilette.” Anonymous. France, c. 1550. © RMN/Daniel Arnaudet. Those who decry the vanity of our era and mock the current obsession with Botox and other less-than-natural methods for physical enhancement need only pay a visit to the … Read More
Gustave Eiffel: Le Magicien du Fer
André Granet: “Illumination of the Eiffel Tower for the Exposition Universelle of 1937.” © RMN (Musée d’Orsay / © Hervé Lewandowski “Gustave Eiffel: Le Magicien du Fer,” a new exhibition at Paris’s Hôtel de Ville celebrating the iconic tower’s 120th … Read More
Les Premiers Retables
“Le Repas chez Simon et la Flagellation du Christ” (Bourgogne, 1230-40) © Ville de Semur-en-Auxois/Christophe Gilles How many people avoid the Louvre, that museum of museums, just because it is so big, crowded and overwhelming? When taken in small bites, … Read More
A Collection of Exhibitions
Three cheerful new exhibitions in Paris – “The Jazz Century,” “Warhol’s Wide World” and “Alexander Calder: The Parisian Years” – provide an artful antidote to these morose … Favorite
Europe XXL
The city of Lille inaugurated a major cultural festival called “Europe XXL” on March 14 with a massive parade, the burning of giants papier-mâché falla sculptures (a heritage of the time when … Favorite