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Last Chance to Catch Two Amazing Picasso Exhibits in Paris
If you will be spending the first weeks of January in Paris, escape the winter chill and make sure you catch these two amazing Picasso exhibits before they close.
Picasso arrived with his friend and...
Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson Moves to the Marais
November brings a celebration of photography in Paris— with a number of exciting exhibitions and photography events including the annual Paris Photo extravaganza. Adding to the fun this year was the opening of a...
The Paris Region Pass is an instant success
The innovative new Paris Region Pass (PRP) allows visitors to the French capital to benefit from a single, credit card-sized ticket combining transport, tours and museum visits.
Launched at the end of September, this handy...
Picasso and the Women’s Prison of Saint-Lazare
To coincide with the Musée d'Orsay's hugely popular exhibition dedicated to Pablo Picasso's blue and rose periods, we dive into the great artist's time in Paris...
In 1901, Picasso’s Blue Period coincided with the death of...
Michael Jackson at Le Grand Palais in Paris
Michael Jackson: On the Wall is an homage to one of the biggest cultural influencers of the 20th century.
According to the website Michael Jackson Sightings, the great artist is alive and well and living...
Kids in Paris: Explore the Tropical Aquarium at the Palais de la Porte Dorée
Traveling with kids to Paris? One of our favorite hang-outs is the small tropical aquarium that’s housed in the basement of the Palais de la Porte Dorée. The building itself was constructed for the...
Must-See Exhibit: Grayson Perry at La Monnaie de Paris
"I don’t care how I’ll be remembered after death. For all I know people will put all my work in a skip the next day".
“Perry, c’est fou,” announces Liberation newspaper. They’ve just queued and...
Les Contes Cruels de Paula Rego at the Musée de l’Orangerie
This fascinating and formidable exhibition of the hugely talented Portuguese born artist, Paula Rego, not only includes her unique, often disturbing, interpretation of well known fairytales, but also her equally unflinching narrative paintings of...
Meet Willy Ronis: the famous Paris street photographer you’ve never heard of
You’re no doubt familiar with Robert Doisneau, the celebrated photographer of the 1930s, most famous for that iconic image ‘Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville’ (also known as ‘The Kiss’), a young couple stealing...
Yoga at the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine in Paris
You’d be hard-pressed to find a cooler, more inspirational setting for a yoga session. The Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, perched high on the Trocadéro in the 16th arrondissement, is the city’s architecture...
Update on the Renovation of the Cluny Museum
A popular museum in the Latin Quarter is the Musée de Cluny. Devoted to the Middle Ages, the museum occupies the Hôtel de Cluny, a 15th century building (flamboyant gothic style) which also incorporates...
Murder and Mystery in Paris: Henri-Désiré Landru, the Paris Bluebeard
Henri-Désiré Landru was born in Paris in 1869. His checkered career of fraud and swindling elderly widows soon escalated to callously murdering 10 of his victims. His life began inauspiciously enough, joining the French...
