Christian Boltanski’s Monumenta exhibition at the Grand Palais evokes the Holocaust and concentration camps. Photo: Didier Plowy/Monumenta/Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication It is always exciting to see how another artist will cope with what must be the … Read More
Prunier’s Art Deco dining room with black marble walls was designed by architect Louis Hippolyte Boileau and artist Léon Carrière. Casting around for words to describe the Prunier experience, I came up with “regal,” aristocratic” and “breeding,” in that order. … Read More
Arthur fights the giant of Mont Saint Michel in the Miroir Historial of Vincent de Beauvais. BnF, Département des Manuscrits Only a short time remains to see the exhibition “The Legend of King Arthur” at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France-François-Mitterrand, … Read More
“Soir Antique” (1908), by Alphone Osbert (1857-1939), one of many artists inspired by Isadora Duncan. © Petit-Palais/Roger-Viollet © ADAGP Having gone through an Isadora Duncan phase in my youth, during which I read all the biographies and saw Karel Reisz’s … Read More
Le Petit Curieux is a neighborhood restaurant with good products to eat in or take out. A curious thing has happened each of the three times I have eaten at the restaurant Le Petit Curieux: one dish is so delightful … Read More
This production turns Schnitzler’s play into broad comedy. La Ronde, playing at the Theatre de Poche, Montparnasse, is a shouty, camp and slickly staged production that left me largely cold, even though it yielded up … Favorite
Models of buildings constructed in Paris over the past five decades. Photo © Vincent Fillon The raging debate about Paris’s architectural future (maximum building heights, “Grand Paris,” etc.) has calmed considerably as building funds dry up during these tough … … Read More
La Fresque (pictured) and Le Hangar are safe bets in areas that are not overflowing with great restaurants. One of the most striking things about this week’s two restaurants (Christmas bonus?) is the almost complete absence of road traffic: La … Read More
An anonymous caricature mocking the royal family’s failed attempt to flee Paris. © Musée Carnavalet / Roger-Viollet History buffs, especially those fascinated by the French Revolution, will appreciate the exhibition “The French Revolution: Hidden Treasures of the Musée Carnavalet,” which … Read More
One of Le Gaigne’s more colorful dishes. Pros: Good ingredients, central location. Cons: A certain drabness about the whole experience; overpriced. I was quite excited about going to Le Gaigne: it’s been written up often, and many nice things are … Read More
