Text by Omid Tavallai & Images by Matthew Rose The story has almost become a cliché in what’s hot and exciting in Paris: A young upstart with no formal training. Someone who bailed on a corporate career to pursue an … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Natalie Turturro dresses in a hundred bows and a tiny top hat to witness the opening of the “Nouvel Orsay” at the American Friends of Musée d’Orsay’s première gala.
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Image: Les Films du Losange Text: Christophe Dumay This is the first in a monthly series about Paris on Film: a cinematic tour of Paris by a lifelong Parisian (and film buff) to explore and discover the world’s most beautiful … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Image: AFP / Getty Images Text: Corrie Goldman This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared in The Human Experience. On May 14, 2011, just before takeoff for a flight from New York City to Paris, police … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Text: Aidan Mac Guill Image: Flickr CC Neno° In January of this year riot police entered 22 avenue Matignon, a 4000 square metre office building in Paris’ prosperous 1st arrondissement. They had been tasked with evicting a group reportedly made … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Text & Images: Omid Tavallai There has been much talk lately about the state of coffee in Paris. Slashing through the images of postcard-perfect zinc counter tops and romantic sidewalks lined with little round tables peddled to the masses, some … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Text: Aran Cravey Image: Sophie Delaporte Beyond the basic plate/bowl/cup trio of everyday tableware, I’m a mere Simpleton when it comes to the subject of ceramics. The finer points of teapots and terrines are lost on my “form-follows-function” sensibilities, but … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
Text and Images: Aran Cravey No few times have I strolled passed the Hermès store on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and dreamt of living in the luxurious, fairy tale worlds of style displayed in their dazzling windows. Just as Holly … [CLICK TO READ MORE]
In the unlikely event that Paris is beginning to get tiresome, art correspondent Lilianne Milgrom offers two very different art experiences outside the Paris metropolis. Here she offers a contemporary option at Vitry-sur-Seine’s outstanding contemporary museum MAC/VAL.
[CLICK TO READ MORE]Text Elisabeth Fourmont If it has been Armageddon for the art market lately, one upshot is that places are opening for newer artists where one wouldn’t expect. On the rue Guénéguad in the heart of Saint Germain des Prés, you … [CLICK TO READ MORE]