Paris Update
La Régalade Saint Honoré
Good news! The famous Régalade restaurant, located far out in the 14th arrondissement and previously owned by megastar chef Yves Camdeborde before being taken over in style by Bruno Doucet, has now opened an annex in central Paris. More good … Read More
Scene pompidou going up
{youtube width=”300″ height=”220″}T9ufpxlYnY8{/youtube} One-minute Paris: Seen from the Centre Pompidou. Favorite
PAINTING OF THE WEEK gerald
“Sous le Ciel de Paris” by Gerald Shuttlesworth. Favorite
Baltard
BELLY OF PARIS, OLD AND NEW “Vue des Halles” by Charles Marville. “Baltard: Les Halles de Paris 1853-1973,” an exhibition of photos of the lamented “Belly of Paris,” the massive food market in the center of the city with their … Read More
Racism
RACISM ON THE RISE Racial prejudice is on the rise in France, according to a poll taken in May by SOS Racisme and the Union of Jewish Students. More than 27.6 percent of the 1,029 respondents over the age of … Read More
PHOTO OF THE WEEK PU
Spaghetti-draped performance artist Romina De Novellis danced in the fountains around the Louvre Pyramid last Saturday. Photo © ParisUpdate.com Favorite
Paris Insolite
FRESH VIEWS OF PARIS It takes deux… Photo: Meredith Mullins “Paris Insolite,” an exhibition at the Greenlane Gallery (29, rue des Deux Ponts, 75004 Paris), offers fresh photographic visions of Paris as seen through the eyes of noted photographer Meredith … Read More
Alselm Kiefer
SMALL WORKS BY A MONUMENTALIST Detail of “Brünhilde and her Fate” (1977). Courtesy of the artist, Yvon Lambert Galerie Yvon Lambert is showing “Unfruchtbare Landschaften” (“Infertile Landscapes”), a selection of artists’ books made by celebrated German artist Anselm Kiefer, who … Read More
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
Cannes in Paris If you wouldn’t be caught dead at the celebrity circus that is the Cannes Film Festival (which probably means you weren’t invited), you can still catch some of the films at Paris’s Forum des Images, where all … Read More
L’Arnacoeur
Heartwarming Success
Even though L’Arnacoeur (Heartbreaker), the recent movie starring Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis, struggled to get funding when it was made, it has proved to be a smash hit in France in the seven weeks since it opened, with 3.3 … Read More