Inspired by Atget to document the profound change happening to her favourite city (New York), Berenice Abbott (1898-1991) was also Man Ray’s assistant during her time in Paris.

Her photos show a fascinating period in the history of the United States; the architecture of a burgeoning industrial power, the Depression, followed by the country’s search for modernism and its lack of respect for the past. This exhibition show both the diversity and unity of her work.

Triborough Bridge © Berenice Abbott / Commerce Graphics Ltd. Inc.

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Follow us, if you will, down to the underground to see the real rebels, a world of leather jackets, insanely-thick belt buckles and customised jeans. John Waters is a fan, and should you be… (lire la suite / continue reading)

Around a original 1930s Pleyel pian, lovingly restored for La Belle Juliette, Eric Ferrand-N’Kaoua plays and talks about a piece of music or a musical theme, encouraging you to take part in an hour’s conversation……

There’s a free glass of champagne at the end of the concert too. Click the image to send an e-mail and reserve your seat! (lire la suite / continue reading)

We mentioned this unusual event a few days back, and we knew that the building was worth seeing alone (as it’s generally closed to the public), but nothing had prepared us for the sights on offer, including genuinely spectacular architecture and the kitschest exhibition we’ve seen for quite a while…(photos: JasonW, except where noted) (lire la suite / continue reading)

Dutch photographer / filmmaker Martijn Berk contacted us to ask if he could make a little film at the Grands Hommes, and as we’re really nice and like to help out with creative projects, we said yes!

Here are a few photos from the shoot, the film itself, and more… (lire la suite / continue reading)

Claude Debussy was very much inspired by the visual arts, et crossed paths with some very interesting, creative people. This new exhibition at the Orangerie tells more… (lire la suite / continue reading)

In the Palais d’Iéna, usually closed to the public, eccentric (genius?) Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli is collaborating with Prada and Remi Koolhaas to create a hyped-up event – an ephemeral museum that will only be open for 24 hours, in a city where many of the museums have been in place for hundreds of years… (lire la suite / continue reading)

Two visions of a country, and two approaches to photography…

Paul Strand, landscape near Saltillo

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For this first rendezvous of the year, we offer you a concert-voyage, a landscape-concert… We’ll be crossing the seas with works by sailor-composers such as Jean Cras and Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as maritime works such as “En bateau” by Debussy.

The music will transport us to Mediterranean shores: Spain as celebrated by French composers, Italy and its famous operas, Greece with a mythological tale revisited by Glück, and – naturally – a French melody by Fauré to finish our voyage.

Seats: 18 euros, with a free glass of champagne after the concert.

Click the image to send an e-mail to book, or call +33 (0)1 42 22 97 40.

The complete spot paintings 1986–2011 is an exhibition being held simultaneously in every Gagosian Gallery in the world, including Paris. And if you visit them all in time, you’ll earn a print signed by the artist himself!

Damien Hirst Ethyl Laurate, 2003

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