Heidi Ellison
Sam Szafran: Obsessions d’un Peintre
Dazzling Madness
Never heard of the artist Sam Szafran? You are not alone. Szafran (birth name: Berger) the subject of the exhibition “Sam Szafran: Obsessions of a Painter” at the Musée de l’Orangerie, was born in Paris in 1934, not an auspicious … Read More
Aux 2 Saveurs Restaurant
How to Prolong Your Vacation
Returning to Paris from a relaxing vacation in the South of France some years ago, a friend and I walked out of the Gare de Lyon and looked at each other balefully. We were not yet ready to return to … Read More
Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Redux
This must be the season for exhibitions of the work of ballsy women artists in Paris’s museums. It’s about time. While I used the word to describe Alice Neel, whose work is on show at the Centre Pompidou, it could … Read More
Le Jourdain Restaurant
By the Book(ing)
In Paris, as you probably already know, if you want to eat at a good restaurant, you can’t expect to reserve at the last minute or just pop in unreserved. A case in point: on Wednesday of last week, I … Read More
L’Innocent
A Question of Innocence
L’Innocent is not really sure what kind of film it is. It’s a kind of stylish mystery/thriller/family drama, like Sophie Marceau’s latest, Une Femme de Notre Temps, but it’s also a kind of heist film, a kind of comedy and … Read More
Paris Update Events 02.11.2022
November 4 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Le Sixième Enfant, directed by Léopold Legrand. L’Entrepôt, Paris November 6 Soirée in aid of Ukrainian culture United Artists for Ukraine will auction off artworks and stage a party … Read More
Joan Mitchell & Monet-Mitchell
Expressions of Impressions
The Fondation Louis Vuitton is devoting not one but two exhibitions to the great American abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell (1925-92). One is a retrospective of her work, and the other, “Monet-Mitchell,” compares some of her paintings with those of the … Read More
Selva Restaurant
Getting to the Heart of South American Cuisine
Selva is a restaurant in Paris’s fifth arrondissement offering South American-inspired cuisine “enhanced by French technique.” The decor attempts to immerse you somewhere in the Amazon jungle with green plants and South American fabric designs. We ate in the rather … Read More
Ugo Rondinone
Dancing with the Elements
Just in time for Art Basel, the new contemporary art fair that has replaced FIAC, the Petit Palais has opened an exhibition of the work of one of today’s leading contemporary artists, Ugo Rondinone. The show’s lowercased title, “the water … Read More
Paris Update Events 19.10.2022
October 20 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents La Page Blanche, directed by Murielle Magellan. Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Paris Through October 22 Orlando revisited Joseph Nechvatal, creator of virus-modeled artificial life computer-assisted paintings and animations, presents … Read More