Heidi Ellison
Inventing Anna
Anna Delvey: The Prequel
Today, everybody knows about Anna Delvey, the “fake heiress” who was convicted in 2019 of swindling New York City financial players and others for over $200,000 and whose story is currently being told in the sensational Shonda Rimes series … Read More
Out of the Shadows: Sculptures from Southwest Congo
Form vs. Function
Like many exhibitions I have seen in France, the ambitious “Out of the Shadows: Sculptures from Southwest Congo,” at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, is full of fascinating and wonderful objects but covers too much ground and offers so … Read More
Le Petit Italien Restaurant
One Time Lucky...
Four of us went to Le Petit Italien the other night on the recommendation of one of our little group, who had a memory of a great evening there and a sublime pairing of red wine from Puglia and Parmesan … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
Truffaut revisited It’s been 90 years since the birth of the great French director François Truffaut, who died too young, at the age of 52. A look back of some of his best films. (The Guardian) “Immoveable Beast” A veteran … Read More
David Hockney: A Year in Normandy
Boundless Light
David Hockney seems omnipresent in Paris lately, but that can only be a good thing — not only do his cheerful, colorful paintings brighten our Covid-darkened days, but it is also heartening to see an artist of his age (he … Read More
L’Archimede Restaurant
Keeping It Simple
Sometimes the things that are right under your nose are the easiest to miss. How many times have I strolled along Rue Marie et Louise in Paris’s 10th arrondissement, not far from where I live, without noticing the restaurant L’Archimede, … Read More
Picasso-Rodin
Art World Disruptors Collide
The lives of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) overlapped for a time, but since there is no evidence that the two masters ever met, the exhibition “Picasso-Rodin” at the Musée Picasso is based mainly on the influence the … Read More
Jong-no Samgyetang Restaurant
What's Good for You
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED. If you were walking down the Boulevard du Port Royal in the 13th arrondissement, it probably wouldn’t even occur to you to go in to the restaurant Jong-no Samgyetang, so uninviting does the small restaurant … Read More
Marcel Proust: A Parisian Novel
In Search of Proust's Paris
Parisian Proustians were perplexed in 2021 by the scarcity of events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great French writer Marcel Proust. Happily, the Musée Carnavalet’s exhibition “Marcel Proust: Un Roman Parisien (A Parisian Novel)” arrived just … Read More
Truffaut Restaurant
Dining on the Edge (of Paris)
Old meets new in Paris’s lively Batignolles quarter, where the historic neighborhood stands next to a brand-new eco-district, with the sprawling Martin Luther King Park in its center. The buildings surrounding the park, each with its own quirky contemporary architecture, … Read More