Heidi Ellison
Private Collections: A Journey from the Impressionists to the Fauves
Out from Behind Closed Doors
It is always a pleasure to peek behind closed doors and discover some of the treasures private art collectors normally keep to themselves. And it is always a pleasure to visit the Musée Marmottan Monet, a hunting pavilion near the Bois … Read More
Baieta Restaurant
Great on the Plate, Hard on the Wallet
Note: Baieta was awarded a star in the 2019 Michelin Guide. The restaurant Baieta, owned by young chef Julia Sedefdjian, formerly of Les Fables de la Fontaine, has already been discovered by many American visitors, judging by the number of … Read More
Gustave Moreau: Vers le Songe et l’Abstrait
Inadvertent Abstractionist
Was Gustave Moreau (1826-98) – the Symbolist painter famed for his mysterious and moody paintings of biblical and mythological subjects – actually a pioneer of abstraction? This was a theory posited in the 1960s by some observers based on works in … Read More
Le Train Bleu
A Trip Worth Taking
The Paris restaurant with the most spectacular decor is, of course, Le Train Bleu, but its culinary credentials have gone up and down (mostly down) over the years as the restaurant sailed along, relying on its Belle Époque beauty and … Read More
The Cruel Stories of Paula Rego
The Phantasmagoria of Female Reality
The first time I saw Paula Rego’s storytelling paintings at the Tate Britain in London, I was fascinated by their almost perverse weirdness. Finally, a Paris museum, the Musée de l’Orangerie, has turned its attention to this unique artist with … Read More
Au Bascou Restaurant
Big Game Night
Au Bascou is something of an institution on Paris’s Basque restaurant scene. Over the years, it has changed hands a few times, and now a new chef/owner has taken over, brightened the place up with a fresh coat of paint … Read More
Jean-Michel Basquiat & Egon Schiele
Art-World Bad Boys Face Off
The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is simultaneously holding two blockbuster exhibitions, one on Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and the other on Egon Schiele (1890-1918). The show on Basquiat, a young painter who went from being an iconoclast to an art-market … Read More
Korus Restaurant
Love Reborn
I was saddened when a friend who, like me, loved the Basque restaurant Iratze told me that it had closed, but I recently discovered that it hadn’t really. The same owners, a friendly young couple, are still there, but … Read More
Paris Update Events 24.10.18
October 29-31 From one home to another The contents of the four homes of Pierre Bergé, with art and objects dating from Antiquity to the modern era, will be auctioned off. Sotheby’s, Paris October 26-31 Science film festival Films on … Read More
Paris Update Events 17.10.18
October 18-21 Monster contemporary art fair Nearly 200 galleries show their wares at FIAC. Grand Palais, Paris October 17-21 Asian art Asia Now: 30 contemporary galleries showing work by Asian artists. Above: “The Autumn Wind in the Hollow,” by He … Read More