Heidi Ellison
Corot: The Painter and His Models
Figures of Style
French painter Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) is and was in his lifetime known primarily for his brilliant landscapes. The current exhibition at the Musée Marmottan Monet, “Corot: The Painter and His Models” looks at a different side of his work, focusing … Read More
Le Petit Canard
Duckfest
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Le Petit Canard must be the ultimate comfort food restaurant. It’s like eating at your parents’ house, that is, if your mother is a kindly lady with a sense of humor who takes great care … Read More
Lafayette Anticipations
New Marais Cultural Space
A major French luxury group is not a major French luxury group without its starchitect-designed foundation building. The Louis Vuitton Foundation scored big with Frank Gehry in the Bois de Boulogne, and the Pinault Foundation by Tadao Ando is set … Read More
Paris Update Events 07.03.18
March 10, 17, 24, 31 Humanitarian theater project On Saturday afternoons this month, the Good Chance Theatre presents the freewheeling “Hope Show,” by and for the immigrant community and friends. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance by … Read More
Paris Update Events 28.02.18
March 4-6 Festival for Foodies Omnivore is back with top chefs, young chefs, cooking demonstrations, pop-up dinners, “fucking dinners” (two chefs working together at a restaurant), parties and more. Above: Chef Diego Rossi of Trippa in Milan. Maison de la … Read More
Jim Dine: Paris Reconnaissance
Lots of Heart, but Not All Hearts
I didn’t know much about the work or life of American artist Jim Dine – just a memory of lots of depictions of hearts from some exhibition many years ago – until I saw this sweet little show at the … Read More
Paris Update Events 28.02.18
March 7-9 Finale of the 48 Hour Film Project The Filmapalooza round-up of the best short films made in a 48-hour period in 150 cities. Forum des Images, Paris March 4-6 Festival for Foodies Omnivore is back with top chefs, young … Read More
La Reine Mer Restaurant
Fresh from the Fishmonger
If the owner of the new Paris seafood restaurant and fishmonger La Reine Mer was fishing for compliments when my friend Cathy and I had lunch there the other day, he had no trouble reeling them in. On the left … Read More
Sheila Hicks: Lifelines
Art That Embraces the Whole Range of Man-Made Things
Sheila Hicks, the subject of a solo show at the Centre Pompidou called “Sheila Hicks: Life Lines,” defines herself as a “contemporary fiber artist.” She is an artist who defies categories, using yarn, once scorned as a “woman’s medium” in … Read More
Automne Restaurant
Mixed-up Seasons
Automne is a long, narrow, nondescript little French restaurant in the 11th arrondissement with pale-green walls, wooden tables and an open kitchen in the back, where self-taught chef Nobuyuki Akishige labors away (the restaurant’s full name is “Restaurant Automne par Nobuyuki … Read More