Heidi Ellison
Oskar Kokoschka: Un Fauve à Vienne
Wild Thing
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) was a wild young thing in staid turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna. A critic even called him the Oberwildling, or “head savage” of the exhibition ”Kunstschau,” where he exhibited his illustrated poem “The Dreaming Youths,” a tale of teenage sexual … Read More
Notre Café
Where to Lunch in Paris
Readers, I may have found the perfect lunch spot for you. Picture a restaurant with not only a bright, clean, attractive interior but also a beautiful terrace in a quiet garden courtyard, where you can lunch on tasty, super-fresh, reasonably … Read More
Paris Update Events 12.10.2022
October 15 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Le Tigre et Le Président, directed by Jean-Marc Peyrefitte. Club de l’Étoile, Paris October 11-15 Italiano in Paris Italian culture is on show around the city for the Festival Italien … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
VAN GOGH IN PARIS The great Vincent van Gogh, who arrived in Paris in 1886 and befriended Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, claimed the city did him “a world of good.” (Literary Hub) CUTTING-EDGE BOOKS For the first time, a Frenchwoman, Annie … Read More
Paris Update Events 05.10.2022
Through October 8 Chanson française L’Estival features French-language singers. Various locations outside Paris October 8-9 Artisans on show Nearly 70 artisans – including jewelers, ceramists, dressmakers, designers, gilders, cabinetmakers, framers, engravers and bookbinders – open their doors to the public to demonstrate … Read More
Alice Neel: Un Regard Engagé
An Irrepressibly Radical Artist
I fell in love with the work of Alice Neel (1900-84) when I came across a show of her quirky portraits while gallery-hopping in London several years ago. After that, I never heard a peep about her until the Centre … Read More
Café Les Deux Gares
On the Right Track
The aptly named Café Les Deux Gares is located smack between the Gare du Nord and the Gare de l’Est (within walking distance of each other) at the top of a handsome double staircase. This used to be an ordinary … Read More
Une Femme de Notre Temps
Target Practice
The French actor Sophie Marceau, who is approaching the age of 57, has been an absolute star in France and elsewhere for some 42 years, ever since her first adolescent role in Claude Pinoteau’s La Boum (The Party) in 1980. … Read More
Paris Update Events 28.09.2022
September 29 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents La Dérive des Continents, directed by Lionel Baier. L’Arlequin, Paris October 1 Midnight culture Art of all types will be on display in the streets of Paris late into … Read More
Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death
Origins of “The Scream”
The exhibition “Edvard Munch: A Poem of Life, Love and Death” at the Musée d’Orsay does not start off with the Norwegian artist’s most famous painting, “The Scream,” but a sense of strangeness and unease still hits the visitor right … Read More