Heidi Ellison
Les Marches Restaurant
Where Have All the Truckers Gone?
Continuing in the genre of workers’ restaurants – see our recent review of Bouillon Chartier Gare de l’Est – we ate the other night at a “routier” (truck stop) called Les Marches. Popular with both Parisians and tourists, this restaurant … Read More
Panorama: The Other Side
Mysterious Worlds Revealed
Every year, Le Fresnoy–Studio National des Arts Contemporains, an art school and production center for multimedia and digital arts in Tourcoing (near Lille), invites an outside curator to put together a new edition of the exhibition “Panorama,” this year titled … Read More
Paris Update Events 30.11.2022
December 2 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Trois Nuits par Semaine, directed by Florent Gouëlou. L’Entrepot, Paris December 3 Rosa & Bill Natacha Henry will discuss her historical novel The French Painter and the American Showman: The … Read More
Christian Marclay
Bang! Visible Sound
Like many people, I first discovered Christian Marclay through his spellbinding 24-hour video installation “The Clock” (2010), consisting of film clips showing the actual time, which was being shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. After having seen a section … Read More
Piment Thaï Restaurant
Thai-ing One On
My friend Carmela’s daughter Kailani, a young foodie who loves to cook and knows exactly what she likes, wanted to celebrate her 18th birthday by dining in a good Thai restaurant. The hunt was on. We all know a few … Read More
Paris Update Events 23.11.2022
November 25 French movies with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents L’Origine du Mal, directed by Sébastien Marnier. L’Arlequin, Paris November 25-26 Wine fair The Grand Tasting features both big-name wineries and up-and-coming ones, along with master classes and food-and-wine pairing workshops. Carrousel … Read More
Walter Sickert: Peindre et Transgresser
The Painter as Chameleon
Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942), the subject of a retrospective at Paris’s Petit Palais, “Walter Sickert: Peindre et Transgresser,” was described by Delphine Lévy, the late French Sickert expert, as “provocative and enigmatic,” haughty and defensive even with long-time friends like … Read More
God Bless Broccoli Restaurant
Everything's Better with Broccoli
A restaurant with the unlikely name of God Bless Broccoli could not help but attract my attention. It turned out to be a hole-in-the-wall pizzeria in the Belleville neighborhood. In spite of the mention of the green vegetable of the … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
NEW PARIS HOME FOR GIACOMETTI The Fondation Giacometti has announced that in 2026 Paris’s Gare des Invalides will become the new home for its permanent collection of the sculptor’s work, temporary exhibitions and an art school open to all. (ARTnews) … Read More
Paris Update Events 16.11.2022
November 17 Calling all naked art lovers Special visits to the exhibition “Hyperréalisme: Ceci n’Est Pas un Corps” are scheduled for nudists only by the Fédération Française de Naturisme and the Association des Naturistes de Paris. Musée Maillol, Paris November … Read More