I keep going back to the Office because this little restaurant in the ninth arrondissement changes chefs occasionally, not by plan like Fulgurances, but in the way of an ordinary restaurant not owned by its chef. The Office is owned … Read More
Lovers of Dutch Golden Age art – and who isn’t? – are being spoiled in Paris this season. The Louvre is hosting the blockbuster Vermeer exhibition, of course, but it is also featuring two smaller related shows that should not … Read More
Hidden away in the far reaches of the 18th arrondissement is a new restaurant, Etsi, that Parisians from all over are already seeking out. When we went there for lunch on the first truly springlike day of the season, the … Read More
Question: What do Monet, Mondrian and Munch, O’Keeffe and Kandinsky have in common? The Musée d’Orsay’s show “Au Delà des Étoiles” (“Beyond the Stars”) has some answers. Subtitled “The Mystical Landscape from Monet to Kandinsky,” it connects these and many … Read More
To see the exhibition “A Journey to Norway,” all you have to do is take a trip south, to the lovely French city of Tours, just over an hour from Paris by TGV. There have always been plenty of good … Read More
I have already written about Fulgurances, a restaurant that changes chefs regularly, not because they storm out in a fit of pique as chefs are sometimes wont to do, but because its mission is to act as a springboard for … Read More
The title of the exhibition “Karel Appel: L’Art Est une Fête!” (“Art as Celebration!”) at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris might lead one to expect a show of art expressing great joy. Far from it. I … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CALLED KORUS AND HAS THE SAME OWNERS BUT A NEW CHEF. A group of five of us gathered spontaneously at a gallery opening the other night and later managed to get a last-minute reservation at a … Read More
What is it about Vermeer that fascinates us so much? Is it the scarcity of his paintings? The mystery of the life of the artist dubbed “The Sphinx of Delft” by 19th-century art critic Théophile Thoré-Bürger? Or is it the … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED I would translate the word-playing name of the restaurant (V)ivre as “high (or drunk) on life,” a happy name for a place that cheers you up right away with a friendly greeting from the jovial … Read More
