Heidi Ellison
Brutus Creperie
Apart from the Crepe Crowd
Most crepe restaurants seem more or less the same to me, even those known for using top-quality ingredients, like Breizh Café. My friend Terry recently introduced me to a creperie with a difference, however: Brutus on Rue des Dames in the 17th arrondissement. Brutus distinguishes itself … Read More
Capitaine Restaurant
A Well-Steered Gourmet Ship
The restaurant inhabiting this location in the Marais seems to change every few years, but one thing remains the same: the plaque noting that mystery writer Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, was a regular in one of its previous … Read More
Paris Update Events 18.04.18
April 11-May 25 The year that shook the world The festival La Révolution n’Aura pas Lieu presents films about, influenced by or made in 1968. Forum des Images, Paris Through May 16 Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective The entire œuvre of … Read More
Guernica
Picasso's Cri de Cœur
To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the painting of Picasso’s “Guernica,” Paris’s Picasso Museum has put together an absorbing exhibition that dissects the symbolism of the monumental work and explores in detail its genesis and influence. “Guernica” was the Spanish-born … Read More
Empreinte Restaurant Lille
The Long Road to Lunch
When my food-blogger friend and I hear about a good restaurant, nothing will stop us from going there, even if it’s in another city and we have to take a train for over an hour each way. That’s how we … Read More
Paris Update Events 11.04.18
April 13-15 Rare book fair Some 150 bookshops will present their latest and rarest discoveries at the Salon du Livre Rare, including the recently found Proust questionnaire pictured above. Grand Palais, Paris April 14 Travel yarns Travel fanatics get together at … Read More
Kupka: Pioneer of Abstraction
One Artist's Road to Abstraction
The exhibition “Kupka: Pioneer of Abstraction” at the Grand Palais takes us on a fascinating journey through one artist’s evolution from figurative painting to the radical modernity of pure abstraction. For me, the exhibition was even more exciting since I … Read More
Barbara, Voilà Combien de Jours…
Homage to a Grande Chanteuse
I am intrigued by the chanteuse Barbara because she is one of those musical icons adored by the French (and pretty much no one else), along with Johnny Hallyday, Serge Gainsbourg and Claude François. I find this idolatry far more understandable in … Read More
Paris Update Events 04.04.18
April 7-15 Carnival faces Paris Update contributor Jason Gardner shows his Carnaval portraits and photographer Matthieu Suprin his images of Asia. By Chatel Gallery, Paris April 4-8 Art and design fair Some 70 galleries will participate in PAD (Paris Art … Read More
Gérard Garouste
A Worm in the Fruit
Visiting the three exhibitions of the work of Gérard Garouste currently on show in Paris is like taking a tour of the artist’s unconscious as expressed through philosophical, literary, mythological and religious themes. Collectively called “Zeugma,” the shows are being … Read More