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PHOTOS ON THE QUAY “Man in a Sola Hat, Bombay, 1985,” by Sooni Taraporevala. Here’s a great idea for a day when the fall weather is fine: go to the Musée du Quai Branly and cross over to the quay … Read More
What’s New Art & Culture
Memphis
ALAIA SHOWS MEMPHIS Memphis designer Peter Shire’s “Bel Air” armchair, at the Galerie Azzedine Alaïa. Paris’s reclusive fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa has a magical glass-ceilinged exhibition space in the Marais, which he sometimes opens for special exhibitions. The Galerie Azzedine … Read More
London Film Festival
French film triumphs in London Director Jacques Audiard’s film Un Prophète, reviewed recently in Paris Update, has won the award for best film at the London Film Festival by a jury made up of Angelica Huston (chair), John Akomfrah, Jarvis … Read More
Goncourt 2009
LITERARY AWARD SEASON Marie NDiaye Two major French literary prizes were awarded this week, bringing to an end the suspense that begins with the publication of hundreds of new French novels during the rentrée littéraire. The biggest of the big, … Read More
Fiac, etc.
ART FAIR FEVER “Relicario” (2009) by Albarracin Pilar, on view at FIAC. Courtesy Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris Paris will be invaded by contemporary art fairs beginning Oct 22. The main attraction is FIAC (Oct. 22-25), with two locations: … Read More
Jazzebre
JAZZ GETAWAY The sunny southern town of Perpignan is the unlikely site of an ambitious jazz festival, Jazzèbre, to be held Oct. 1-25 in a variety of venues, including a moving train and a ruined château. Among the headliners are … Read More
Festival de l’Etrange
Sicko Cinema The Festival de l’Etrange is back at the Forum des Images (Forum des Halles, 2, rue du Cinéma, 75001 Paris; tel.: 01 44 76 63 00). It’s all there: deviance, violence and general weirdness in films like The … Read More
Stars Above and Stars Onscreen
Time to pack a picnic and head north: the Cinéma en Plein Air festival starts tonight on the Prairie du Triangle at Paris’s Parc de la Villette and runs through Aug. 16. This year’s theme is “Traversées” (“Crossings”), and such … Read More
Festival Paris Cinéma
There’s still time to catch previews of new flicks and some old ones at the annual Festival Paris Cinéma, which continues until July 14 in various venues. This year, the festival is paying homage to actors Claudia Cardinale and Jean-Pierre … Read More
France on Film
You may be seeing the Eiffel Tower in more films in the future, since the EU competition authorities have just approved a French plan for increased tax credits on expenses for filmmakers who shoot on location in the country. Favorite