When a friend heard that I was going to see a retrospective of the work of Pierre Soulages at the Fondation Gianadda in Martigny, Switzerland, she said, “But it’s all just black, isn’t it?” Well, no. First of all, Soulages has used … Read More
Vantre may look like an unassuming Paris bistro, but its staff has some very impressive credentials. That is obvious at once from the deep wine knowledge even on the part of a very young waiter, and by the large book … Read More
Warning: this is an X-rated exhibition, with representations of penises and vaginas galore, but never has “porn” been so sparkly and glamorous – so much fun! For the first show to be held in contemporary art dealer Daniel Templon’s second Paris … Read More
The magical Musée des Arts and Métiers is one of Paris’s neglected treasures. While hordes of visitors are trying to get a snapshot of Mona at the Louvre, only a handful are marveling at the early flying machines hanging from … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED. One of the new restaurant Berty’s claims to fame, in the press at least, is that it is run by an all-women team. That seems rather beside the point. The other news hook is that … Read More
The Fondation Cartier has just extended the end date of the exhibition “Junya Ishigami: Freeing Architecture” to September 9, and I am very grateful. Otherwise, I might have missed this superb exhibition of the work of a rather madly creative … Read More
I must admit I was a bit leery about seeing the Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André, fearing an overdose of saccharine paintings of babies and mothers, but I’m glad I went. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of … Read More
Last night, my friend Rachel and I were excited about the prospect of eating at Paris’s newest and biggest restaurant: the 1,000-seat La Felicità (located in the gigantic startup incubator Station F), the latest in the stable of the immensely … Read More
Those who haven’t yet visited the Musée Jean-Jacques Henner, renovated in 2016, now have a good excuse to do so: an exhibition of works by artist-in-residence Eugénie Alméras. Henner (1829-1905) was a successful academic painter whose memory was kept alive … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED. Any question about why this restaurant is called The Dude (not to be confused with a bar called Le Dude, located on the Rue Saint Maur) is answered as soon as you enter and see … Read More
