Paris Update
AMERICAN ART IN PARIS
AMERICAN ART IN PARIS An exhibition of American art, “American Artists: New Perspectives, Linking Cultures and Crossing Boundaries,” curated by the U.S. State Department’s Arts in Embassies program, will open at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Unesco, David … Read More
Maison de l’Histoire de France
NEW PARIS MUSEUM French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Monday that a new museum, the Maison de l’Histoire de France, would open in Paris’s Marais in the handsome 18th-century mansion, the Hôtel de Rohan-Soubise, currently home to the Archives Nationales. The … Read More
Colette
SAVE COLETTE’S HOME A number of French celebrities, including actors Mathieu Amalric and Carole Bouquet, and singer Juliette, will participate in a benefit performance of readings, film excerpts and music at the Théâtre du Châtelet (tel.: 01 40 28 28 … Read More
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The Improfessionals
Suburban Jazz Hot Marc Ribot, one of the featured artists at the 2005 Banlieues Bleues festival. The French have a longstanding love affair with jazz, and Paris still has a number of fine jazz clubs featuring big international names and … Read More
Paris Couture Spring Summer 2010
PARIS COUTURE WEEK Designer Jean Paul Gaultier withArielle Dombasle after presenting his haute couture collection in Paris. Click here for more couture photos. Photo: Elizabeth Pantaleo Favorite
Le Concert de Cuisine
Foie gras terrine and eel teriyaki with sansho spices, done up to look like an exquisite cake. Photo © Darren Palmer When you enter this small restaurant, the first indication that it’s Japanese comes from the unmistakable accent of the … Read More
Next Days
NEXT DAYS The Centre Chorégraphique National du Havre will perform a new piece, “Next Days,” by choreographer Hervé Robbe on Feb. 16 as part of the Hors Saison dance festival at the Théâtre de la Cité Internationale (17, boulevard Jourdan, … Read More
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Scene monumenta boltanski
{youtubejw width=”300″ height=”220″}bkxtMDkwEh8{/youtubejw} French artist Christian Boltanski was given carte blanche to create an installation for the biannual exhibition “Monumenta” in Paris’s Grand Palais. The title of the show, all about absent people, is called “Personnes.” Favorite