Heidi Ellison
Azzedine Alaïa: Je Suis un Couturier
Tribute to an Atypical Designer
“Je Suis Couturier,” an exhibition paying tribute to the beloved fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa, who died at the age of 82 last November, is on show in the designer’s former home and studio in Paris’s Marais through June 10. Alaïa, … Read More
Bar à Iode
Big Fish, Little Fish
If you’re fishing for a seafood restaurant that won’t leave you high and dry with an empty wallet, the Bar à Iode in Paris’s fifth arrondissement is the place to go. Not only does this restaurant on the Boulevard Saint Germain make … Read More
Paris Update Events 02.05.18
May 5 Bare-assed at the museum The Association des Naturistes de Paris has organized a nude (and free) visit to the exhibition “Discorde: Fille de la Nuit” at 9:30am. Palais de Tokyo May 4-6 Documentary photos Photo Doc: an exhibition of … Read More
Transit
History Repeated?
The French-German production Transit, directed by Christian Petzold, is an odd bird of a film. It takes place in present-day France (oddly, no one has a cellphone, however), where unidentified “Fascist” occupiers are moving through the country arresting foreigners. The … Read More
La Collection Bic
Creating with the Ubiquitous Bic
“La Collection Bic,” an exhibition at Paris’s Centquatre cultural center, shows us a new facet of the humble Bic pen, which, along with its relatives the Bic lighter and razor, have been a familiar part of our lives for decades. … Read More
Paris Update Events 25.04.18
May 5-8 Studio-hopping Artists living in the 20th arrondissement open their studios to the public during Portes Ouvertes des Ateliers d’Artistes du Père Lachaise. Various locations, Paris April 25-May 28 Great American director William Wyler is the subject of a retrospective … Read More
Brutus Creperie
Apart from the Crepe Crowd
Most crepe restaurants seem more or less the same to me, even those known for using top-quality ingredients, like Breizh Café. My friend Terry recently introduced me to a creperie with a difference, however: Brutus on Rue des Dames in the 17th arrondissement. Brutus distinguishes itself … Read More
Capitaine Restaurant
A Well-Steered Gourmet Ship
The restaurant inhabiting this location in the Marais seems to change every few years, but one thing remains the same: the plaque noting that mystery writer Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, was a regular in one of its previous … Read More
Paris Update Events 18.04.18
April 11-May 25 The year that shook the world The festival La Révolution n’Aura pas Lieu presents films about, influenced by or made in 1968. Forum des Images, Paris Through May 16 Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective The entire œuvre of … Read More
Guernica
Picasso's Cri de Cœur
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the painting of Picasso’s “Guernica,” Paris’s Picasso Museum has put together an absorbing exhibition that dissects the symbolism of the monumental work and explores in detail its genesis and influence. “Guernica” was the Spanish-born … Read More