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Meroë, Empire on the Nile, an exhibition at the Louvre from 26th March ? 6th September 2010

I have to admit that before today I have never hear of Meroë, but a quick enquiry on the web shows that it’s a city discovered by French explorer Frédéric Cailliaud in 1822. This exhibition is the first to concentrate on the town, with 200 pieces that showcase the majesty of this ancient civilisation and [...]

Living Colors, a fresh new shopping fair at the Cartonnerie, 27th & 28th March 2010

In a space that’s rare in Paris (kind of like a giant log cabin), 25 designers, artists and go-getters are preparing a weekend to wash that grey right out of your face… So – the press release asks – are you « Fluo Kids » (has to be flashy, has to snap), « Sweet flights of fancy » (like a [...]

Exhibition & signing by Patrick Tourneboeuf at the Librairie de la Galerie 12th March 2010

The photographer looking after after special commission for this year’s edition of our photo project and showing some of his photos – and signing them! – in Paris this month… We’ve told you about our great photo project numerous times, and especially the exciting 2010 edition here. Each year a photographer is commissioned to present a [...]

Sex, death and sacrifice, an exhibition at the Quai Branly museum, 9th March ? 23rd May 2010

Bravo to the brilliant PR person who came up with the title for this exhibition; hip, hype, funky (for what is – after all – ceramics). But – fair enough – these pottery objects do reveal an astonishing link that the Mochica people established between religion, power, sexuality and death… For the very first time in [...]

Meijer de Haan, the Hidden Master, an exhibition at the Musée d?Orsay from 16th March ? 20th June 2010

Although the painter Meijer de Haan (1852-1895) is mainly known for the often mysterious portraits of him painted by his ‘friend’ Paul Gauguin, his body of work, started in his native Holland, then continued mainly in France, remains largely unknown…. De Haan was, however, an important figure in Gauguin’s circle during the late1880s. [...]

Crime and Punishment exhibition at the Musée d?Orsay from 16th March ? 27th June 2010

The title explains most of the subject: this new exhibition shows two centuries of art, starting in 179 when  Louis-Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau lobbied for the death penalty to be abolished, and stops at 30th September 1981, the day onwhich the death penalty was finally abolished in France. By the way, the museum warns that [...]

We have a link with the Oscars®. Sort of. And it involves food.

Our link with the Oscars®? No, Angelina and Brad don’t stay with us, yet (perhaps they will at the HBJ 2010?), but we are rooting for French film A Prophet by Jacques Audiard. It’s just won 9 (more) awards here, and is France’s official entry for the Oscars®. And why are we telling you this? Because [...]

Carette ? an old school, yummy tearoom on the place du Trocadéro

We found Carette almost by accident, when someone proposed meeting there, as it’s a little out of our usual catchment area in the posh neighbourhood around the Eiffel Tower. We were immediately seduced by its old school warmth and – above all – the amazing macaroons. But there’s a lot more to the place than [...]

The château de Malmaison ? Josephine Bonaparte?s lush manor

The most famous château near Paris will always be Versailles, but it’s hardly the only château we have to offer. There’s the château de Monte-Christo – the dashing-sounding home of Alexandre Dumas – in Pont-Marly, 17km from Paris (that we would love to go and see to), but this month we chose the château de [...]

Tintin auction in Paris, 29th May 2010

Hergé’s Tintin is still prized by collectors, nearly 30 years after the author’s death. Are you one of them? If so, get your credit card warmed up and ready to go… Of course this isn’t the first time that Hergé’s work has got the auction houses all hot and sweaty (last year in Belgium, an auction [...]