Heidi Ellison
Masterpieces of the Leiden Collection & Drawing the Everyday
New Look at the Old Masters
Lovers of Dutch Golden Age art – and who isn’t? – are being spoiled in Paris this season. The Louvre is hosting the blockbuster Vermeer exhibition, of course, but it is also featuring two smaller related shows that should not … Read More
Iconomania
New-Age Icons
Only one week left to see “Iconomania” (through March 31) at the Maif Social Club, a new cultural space opened by the Maif insurance company in the Marais. This fascinating exhibition showcases young artists using new technologies to explore the … Read More
Etsi
Sunny Days on the Butte Montmartre
Hidden away in the far reaches of the 18th arrondissement is a new restaurant, Etsi, that Parisians from all over are already seeking out. When we went there for lunch on the first truly springlike day of the season, the … Read More
A Journey to Norway
Fervent Abstraction Inspired by Nature
To see the exhibition “A Journey to Norway,” all you have to do is take a trip south, to the lovely French city of Tours, just over an hour from Paris by TGV. There have always been plenty of good … Read More
Drawing Hotel
Drawing on Artistic Talent
“Art” hotels abound these days, with rooms decorated by artists, rooms named after artists, etc., but the new Drawing Hotel in Paris’s first arrondissement takes the idea a step further. Drawing – long neglected as the poor cousin of painting, … Read More
Fulgurances, Chef 4
Rotating Chefs Keep the Fire Burning
I have already written about Fulgurances, a restaurant that changes chefs regularly, not because they storm out in a fit of pique as chefs are sometimes wont to do, but because its mission is to act as a springboard for … Read More
Karel Appel: L’Art Est une Fête!
Expressive Vehemence for A Barbaric Era
The title of the exhibition “Karel Appel: L’Art Est une Fête!” (“Art as Celebration!”) at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris might lead one to expect a show of art expressing great joy. Far from it. I … Read More
Iratze
A Bright New Basque Star
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CALLED KORUS AND HAS THE SAME OWNERS BUT A NEW CHEF. A group of five of us gathered spontaneously at a gallery opening the other night and later managed to get a last-minute reservation at a … Read More
Paris Update Events 01.03.17
Festival for Foodies > Omnivore is back with top chefs, young chefs, cooking demonstrations, popup dinners, “fucking dinners” (two chefs working together at a restaurant), parties and more. Maison de la Mutualité, Paris, March 5-7. Literary conversations > The festival … Read More
Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting
Compare & Contrast: A Genius & Contemporaries
What is it about Vermeer that fascinates us so much? Is it the scarcity of his paintings? The mystery of the life of the artist dubbed “The Sphinx of Delft” by 19th-century art critic Théophile Thoré-Bürger? Or is it the … Read More