Heidi Ellison

Heidi Ellison, a long-time Paris resident, is a freelance journalist specializing in art, travel and literature. Her articles have been published in dozens of international publications, and she has contributed to a number of guidebooks on Paris and France.

Charley Toorop/Jan Dibbets/Elaine Sturtevant

March 23, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

“Reflection with Two Children (Self-Portrait),” 1965. Photo © José Loren, Museo Thyssen-Bornemiska, Madrid © Lucian Freud Anyone who lives in Paris has probably noticed a poster in the street and Métro showing a striking portrait of a big-eyed, rather mannish-looking … Read More

Violette & Léonie

March 16, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Shopping

Violette & Léonie must be the trendiest and best-organized consignment shop (dépôt-vente) in Paris. You’ll notice the difference as soon as you walk through the door of this boutique in the ultra-chic Haut Marais. First of all, the airy, attractive … Read More

Lucian Freud: Atelier

March 9, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

“Reflection with Two Children (Self-Portrait),” 1965. Photo © José Loren, Museo Thyssen-Bornemiska, Madrid © Lucian Freud Lucien Freud says he is not interested in portraying flesh in his paintings, but in making the paint work as flesh. He wants his … Read More

Munch, ou L’‘Anti-Cri’

March 2, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

“Vêtements Etendus à Åsgårdstrand” (1902). Photo © Thomas Widerberg © The Munch-Museum/The Munch-Ellingsen Group/Adagp, Paris 2010 Exhibitions at the Pinacothèque de Paris often approach a subject from an oblique angle, and “Munch, ou L’‘Anti-Cri’” (“Munch or the Anti-‘Scream’”) is no … Read More

Turner et ses Peintres

February 23, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Turner’s “Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth” © Tate Photography I have had a somewhat worshipful attitude toward the work of J.M.W. Turner ever since I saw the Grand Palais’s 2004 “Turner-Whistler-Monet” exhibition, which documented … Favorite

Jouin, Erró, Sarkis

February 16, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Mathieu Mercier’s “Lampe Double Douille” (1999). Buy-Sellf, CAPC. Courtesy of the artist The Centre Pompidou opened three small exhibitions last week, all of them hidden away … Favorite

Buy Sellf / Retour vers le Futur

February 9, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Mathieu Mercier’s “Lampe Double Douille” (1999). Buy-Sellf, CAPC. Courtesy of the artist The city of Bordeaux kicked off its second annual Block Party, a celebration of contemporary art, last Friday with openings in museums and galleries … Favorite

Innamorati Caffè

February 8, 2010 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive

Comfort Food all’Italiano The chefs have nothing to hide at Innamorati Caffè. Finally, Paris has a few Italian restaurants offering something other than the standard menu Italy has so successfully exported around the world: pizza, lasagna, veal piccata, etc. In … Read More