Heidi Ellison
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
Bistrot Mee
No Comparison
I recently dined with a friend at the Korean restaurant Bistro Mee, prompted by the good press it has been receiving lately. I had high hopes that it would be as original as the restaurant Jong-no Samgyetang, a hole-in-the-wall place … Read More
La Fondation du Doute
When in Doubt, Make Art
The words “ebullient” and “irrepressible” are weak when it comes to Ben, the 87-year-old Fluxus artist, who showed up last week at the Fondation de Doute (Doubt Foundation) art center in Blois to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Fluxus … Read More
Paris Update Events 21.09.2022
September 23 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Rumba La Vie, directed by Franck Dubosc. Club de L’Étoile, Paris Through September 23 River art Sens Dessus Dessous: art honoring the upcoming Paris Paralympic Games adorns several Paris … Read More