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
Paris Update What’s New in Paris HOLLYWOOD SUR SEINECité du Cinéma: French filmmaker Luc Besson’s company EuropaCorp has finally opened its movie studio in Saint Denis, a northern suburb of Paris. With nine sound stages and a cinema school in … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris A FRENCH RECIPE A DAY…Everyday French Chef: Paris writer and cooking teacher Meg Bortin’s new English-language blog offers a truly tempting new recipe every day for an easy-to-make French dish. Recent offerings: magret de … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes TRAVELS WITH ULYSSES “Les Goufres Amers,” by Cyril Hahn. French children’s book writer and illustrator Cyril Hahn has turned his attention to a story for adults, The Odyssey, the subject of an intriguing show of his … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes MOVING POPULATIONS “Atlas in Fine II,” by Emma Malig.Paris-based Chilean artist Emma Malig’s ethereal kinetic installation, “Atlas in Fine II,” which treats the issue of immigration in a haunting, poetic way, can be seen at the … Read More
Paris Update Art Notes META-PERCEPTION MADE EASY Actress Lucy Dixon wearing the “Cheshire Cat” Meta-Perceptual Helmet by Cleary Connolly. Ever wondered what the world looks like to a hammerhead shark, which has hyper-stereo vision, or a horse, which has a … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris AUTOPSY OF A TOWER BLOCK Michael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse, Ponte City, 2008-2013 © Magnum Photos The current show at Le Bal (6, Impasse de la Défense, 75018 Paris; tel.: 0033 1 44 70 … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris AUTOPSY OF A TOWER BLOCK Michael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse, Ponte City, 2008-2013 © Magnum Photos The current show at Le Bal (6, Impasse de la Défense, 75018 Paris; tel.: 0033 1 44 70 … Read More
Paris Update Flash News MANHWA WITH A MESSAGE The South Korean Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Cho Yoonsun, is counting on “the power of art” to draw attention to the “comfort women,” Korean, Japanese and Filipino women who were … Read More
TAKE A STRANGE MAN HOME TONIGHT If you are walking down the street anywhere in the world and are approached by a slight, handsome man wearing a red shirt and a strange contraption fitted with three cameras pointing at you, … Read More
