Heidi Ellison
Paris Update Events 31.05.17
June 3-5 Art history festival The Festival de l’Histoire de l’Art spotlights the United States this year, with special guests Jeff Koons and Frederick Wiseman. Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau June 3-5 Theater in English “Some Stupid Bitch Killed Ana Peaceful,” by … Read More
From Zurbarán to Rothko
Consolations of Collecting Art
After seeing “From Zurbarán to Rothko: The Alicia Koplowitz Collection” at the Musée Jacquemart-André, I sat down to read about the collection of Spanish billionairess Alicia Koplowitz and quickly became fascinated with her life, fittingly described by a French magazine as … Read More
Gare au Gorille
Feeding Time at the Zoo
I had dropped into Gare au Gorille, a neighborhood restaurant with a hot reputation, for a quick lunch several months ago and loved it, but felt I had to go back for a more leisurely meal to properly assess it. … Read More
L’Amant Double
Psychosexual Gothic Romance
I hate reading reviews of films before I see them because I like to be surprised and want to avoid being influenced by someone else’s opinion. I do, however, try to get a sense of whether a film is a … Read More
Les Fantômes d’Ismaël
Hitchcock, Bergman, Truffaut? Non!
The popular French film director Arnaud Desplechin is back with a new movie, Les Fantômes d’Ismaël (Ismael’s Ghosts), which opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival. This is another one of the director’s sprawling, apparently autobiographical, angst-ridden psychodramas, so sprawling that … Read More
Paris Update Events 24.05.17
Left Bank gallery crawl > Open house at 50 galleries for Art Saint Germain des Prés. Various venues, Paris, May 18-June 3. Gold in galleries “Passage” ((2017), by Aude Herlédan. At 1831 Art Gallery during Carré Rive Gauche. > The … Read More
Paris Top Sexual City
Sexy City
Few will be surprised to hear it, but according to a study conducted by an adult app store, Lazeeva, Paris is the world’s most sex-positive city, followed by Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles. “Sex-positive” was defined as “having … Read More
Albion
Post-Brexit Franco-British Amity
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED One might be forgiven for thinking that a restaurant with the name Albion serves British food, but one would be wrong. True, the chef is British, but he was off on a six-month globetrot when … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK 24.05.17
The view from the Théâtre de l"Odéon at dusk. Photo: Françoise Deberdt-Meunier
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Le Bel Ordinaire
Le Bel Ordinaire
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Le Bel Ordinaire is a rarity in France: a restaurant/shop funded by crowdsourcing. A goodly amount must have been raised to finance this handsome restaurant/fine grocery with a long wooden table running down the center … Read More