Heidi Ellison
Paris Update Events 14.09.2022
September 14 Art fair Some 60 galleries representing a huge range of artistic styles take part in Nocturne Rive Droite. Various locations, Paris September 15 French film with English subtitles Lost in Frenchlation presents Noémie Merlant’s Mi Iubita Mon Amour. … Read More
Paris Update Events 05.09.2022
Through September 7 Son et lumière A sound and light show, La Nuit aux Invalides, this year focuses on the story and legacy of Napoleon. Hôtel National des Invalides, Paris Through September 7 Outdoor classical concerts Concerts in the park at Festival Classique … Read More
Paris Update Events 29.08.2022
September 3 Everything African A crafts market, art exhibitions, fashion show, DJ sets and more at Afroland. 128, avenue de Saint-Ouen, Paris Through September 3 Free stargazing Experts with the Astronomy Association of Paris freely offer their skills and equipment … Read More
Paris Update Events 22.08.2022
Through August 27 Eco-documentary Documentaries on the theme of climate action take center stage for Gare aux Docs. La REcyclerie, Paris August 22-23 & 26-27 Outdoor films Ciné Tarmac returns with four nights of film screenings on the runway of the … Read More
Maison Caillebotte
A Day Chez les Caillebottes
August approaches, and anyone who hasn’t left Paris may be looking for a way to get out of town to greener pastures, even if just for a day. While there are many options, there’s one place that has it all: … Read More
Le Coq & Fils Restaurant
The Chicken Across the Road
I had a vision for the restaurant that would be the subject of Paris Update’s last review of the summer season. It might be more expensive than the places we normally cover here, but we would be seated in a … Read More
François Boisrond: A Retrospective
Sponging Up Life
After seeing the François Boisrond retrospective at the Musée Paul Valéry in Sète, one has the impression that this French painter, little-known outside (or even in) his country, is like a sponge, soaking up everything he sees and urgently transposing … Read More
Polyphone: Polyphonies Visuelles et Sonores
Seeing Sound, Hearing Art
Once you get past the vendors of contraband cigarettes surrounding the exit from the Métro station Saint Denis-Porte de Paris and the string of fast food shops on Rue Gabriel Péri, the scene changes dramatically when you suddenly spy a large … Read More
L’Envie du Jour Restaurant
You Want It, You Got It
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED The new owner of L’Envie du Jour (for the last year and a half) confessed to us that they now change the menu every week instead of every day, as the restaurant’s name would seem … Read More
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
GREENING NOTRE DAME The new landscape design, by Bas Smets, for the environs of Notre Dame calls for more greenery, a cooling system for the parvis and an underground archaeological museum in a former parking lot. (The Guardian) THE SPIRIT … Read More