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.

Murder in the Latin Quarter

June 9, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Books

  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

Les Enfants Perdus

May 26, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

  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

May 26, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

“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

May 19, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

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

May 12, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

“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

March 30, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

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

March 24, 2009 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

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