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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

March 16, 2022By Heidi EllisonWhat's New Potpourri
"Tractor" (2005), by Charles Ray, on show at Paris’s Bourse de Commerce. Courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. © Charles Ray. Photo: Beth Phillips
“Tractor” (2005), by Charles Ray, currently on show at Paris’s Bourse de Commerce. Courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. © Charles Ray. Photo: Beth Phillips

Current and upcoming art shows

A preview of 10 art exhibitions being shown in Paris this spring. (France 24)

Quieter (not car-free) city center

Paris will soon ban through-traffic from the center of town. (Fast Company)

France welcoming refugees

France has opened its doors to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. (The Local)

Temporary home for Kyiv City Ballet

Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet has offered a residency to the Ukrainian troupe, stranded in the city by the war at home. (AP)

Why is France the world’s most-visited country?

A look at the attractions that keep tourists coming to France. (CNBC)

French feminist attacks the patriarchy

Mona Chollet‘s book In Defense of Witches, recently translated into English, adds to France’s body of feminist literature. (The New York Times)

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