Paris Update
PHOTO OF THE WEEK 24.07.13
Photo of the Week Bastille Day fireworks at the Eiffel Tower last Sunday. Photo: Eric Tenin of Paris Daily Photo. Favorite
PHOTO OF THE WEEK 08.10.14 (2)
Photo of the Week Champagne at the Royal Monceau Hotel’s Sunday Night Film Club. Photo: Eric Tenin of Paris Daily Photo. Favorite
Save the Swedish Cultural Center
SAVE THE SWEDISH CULTURAL CENTEROne of the more magical places in Paris, the Swedish Cultural Center (now called the Swedish Institute) in the Marais, is threatened with closure because of government budget cuts. Anyone who has taken advantage of its … Read More
Secret Paris 13.06.12
Paris Update Secret Paris The Square Hector Berlioz today, a popular site for film shoots. On her frequent trips to Paris, National Public Radio journalist Susan Stamberg likes to visit the setting of a favorite painting and compare current reality … Read More
What’s New 20.06.12 (2)
Paris Update What’s New in Paris WALKING DRAMAArc-en-Noir: Kosovo-Kosova: A walking play in the Parc de Belleville about a young woman in Kosovo. Written and directed by Kassia Aleksic. Meet at 45, rue des Couronnes, 75020 Paris. June 22, 4pm-6pm; … Read More
What’s New 17.10.12
Paris Update What’s New in Paris CUTTING-EDGE ART IN THE BURBSGalerie Thaddaeus Ropac & Gagosian Gallery: Two of the leading contemporary art galleries in Paris are opening new spaces outside of the city. The Ropac Ropac’s new gallery in Pantin. … Read More
What’s New in Paris: Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition, La Coop, Panthéon Restoration (2)
Paris Update What’s New in Paris PRIVATE VIEW“The Secret Garden,” a group exhibition of works by Korean contemporary artists, among them video artist Yongbaek Lee, photographer Beomsik Won and painter “Between Red-167” (2012), by Seahyun Lee. Seahyun Lee, opens this … Read More
Eldorado
On the Road Again Bouli Lanners stars in the film he wrote and directed. You would think that the road movie genre is well past its sell-by date, but again and again interesting variations on the theme turn up. Eldorado, … Read More
Séraphine
Biopics of troubled or struggling female artists seem a sure way of winning awards these days. Just think of Marion Cotillard’s star turn as Edith Piaf in La Môme (distributed as La Vie en Rose in the English- … Favorite
This week’s concerts in Paris
Perry’s Music Picks Elysian Fields John Zorn and Tzadik present the music of Serge Gainsbourg at the Salle Pleyel: Composer and saxophonist John Zorn brings a collection of musicians from the Downtown New York scene to pay hommage to one … Read More