January 18, 2017 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive, Exhibitions
With its wealth of paintings by Cézanne, Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, Derain, Rousseau, Picasso, etc. – many of them stellar examples of the particular artist’s work – “Icons of Modern Art: The Shchukin Collection” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton is the blockbuster exhibition of the season.
January 18, 2017 | By Heidi Ellison | Restaurants
French Cuisine in 14th arrondissement. Japanese chef Takayuki Nameura, like many of his compatriots, is doing great things with French cuisine in Paris.
January 11, 2017 | By Nick Hammond | Archive, Exhibitions
“Pascal, le Cœur et la Raison,” at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (François Mitterrand), may not be the sexiest exhibition currently on show in Paris, but it is definitely worth visiting before it closes on Jan. 29. Devoted to the … Read More
January 11, 2017 | By David Jaggard | C'est Ironique!
I hate to say it, but if Paris and Rome were pitted against each other in an all-out, go-for-the-jugular cultural history smackdown, Rome would win. It’s true that Paris has the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Notre Dame, 1.5 godzillion other … Read More
January 11, 2017 | By Pierre Tran | Archive, Exhibitions
One of the most remarkable items in the exhibition on spies and espionage “Guerres Secrètes” (“Secret Wars”), currently on show at the Musée de l’Armée, is a French intelligence file on a Vietnamese man by the name of Vo Nguyen … Read More
January 11, 2017 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive
The tiny 20th-arrondissement restaurant Chatomat is as good as it was when it opened more than five years ago. Sadly, the candlelight our reviewer commented on in 2011 was gone, but the wine was as strong as ever: the 2015 Terre d’Aigles Côtes du Rhône from Domaine Richard we ordered had a 15-percent alcohol content!
December 20, 2016 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive, Exhibitions
Paris seems to be taking a fresh interest in American culture. The musical comedy, an alien art form here, is now a staple at the Théâtre du Châtelet, where 42nd Street is currently packing them in, and the Musée de … Read More
December 19, 2016 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive, Restaurants
The festivities have already started, at least for me. The other day, I had lunch and dinner in two Paris bistros worthy of the name. The first, Jouvence, in the 12th arrondisse-
ment, is both very new and very old.
December 14, 2016 | By Heidi Ellison | Archive, Exhibitions
Was Cy Twombly the painter whose work first elicited the comment “My three year old could have done that!”? Probably not, but he is a good candidate. Universally admired, even adulated, by the art world, he seems less popular with … Read More
December 14, 2016 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Eat & Drink
The second edition of Dining Out in Paris, by American in Paris Tom Reeves, has just been published in paperback. This indispensable resource for new visitors to Paris delivers on its subtitle: “What You Need to Know before You Get … Read More