Heidi Ellison
Paris Update Press Review
This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France
Truffaut revisited It’s been 90 years since the birth of the great French director François Truffaut, who died too young, at the age of 52. A look back of some of his best films. (The Guardian) “Immoveable Beast” A veteran … Read More
David Hockney: A Year in Normandy
Boundless Light
David Hockney seems omnipresent in Paris lately, but that can only be a good thing — not only do his cheerful, colorful paintings brighten our Covid-darkened days, but it is also heartening to see an artist of his age (he … Read More
L’Archimede Restaurant
Keeping It Simple
Sometimes the things that are right under your nose are the easiest to miss. How many times have I strolled along Rue Marie et Louise in Paris’s 10th arrondissement, not far from where I live, without noticing the restaurant L’Archimede, … Read More
Picasso-Rodin
Art World Disruptors Collide
The lives of Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) overlapped for a time, but since there is no evidence that the two masters ever met, the exhibition “Picasso-Rodin” at the Musée Picasso is based mainly on the influence the … Read More
Jong-no Samgyetang Restaurant
What's Good for You
If you were walking down the Boulevard du Port Royal in the 13th arrondissement, it probably wouldn’t even occur to you to go in to the restaurant Jong-no Samgyetang, so uninviting does the small restaurant look from the street. But … Read More
Marcel Proust: A Parisian Novel
In Search of Proust's Paris
Parisian Proustians were perplexed in 2021 by the scarcity of events celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great French writer Marcel Proust. Happily, the Musée Carnavalet’s exhibition “Marcel Proust: Un Roman Parisien (A Parisian Novel)” arrived just … Read More
Truffaut Restaurant
Dining on the Edge (of Paris)
Old meets new in Paris’s lively Batignolles quarter, where the historic neighborhood stands next to a brand-new eco-district, with the sprawling Martin Luther King Park in its center. The buildings surrounding the park, each with its own quirky contemporary architecture, … Read More
Ilya Repin: Painting the Soul of Russia
The Tolstoy of the Russian Art World
The exhibition “Ilya Repin: Painting the Soul of Russia,” at the Petit Palais in Paris, serves not only as a retrospective of the work of the great realist painter but also as a sort of overview of nearly a century … Read More
The Paris Update Restaurant Awards 2022
Last Year's Best 12 Paris Restaurants
In 2021, Paris restaurants weren’t allowed to fully reopen until June 9, but we struck it lucky, reviewing so many good restaurants in only seven months that we have chosen 12 favorites (many of which happen to have female chefs) … Read More
Matt Coco: The Respiration of a Monster Lurking in the Depths
After the Deluge
The French artist Matt Coco often takes a natural or human disaster as a starting point for her installations. She sees catastrophes not just as an endpoint but also as a potential new beginning. “I try to transpose that moment … Read More