October’s International Bookshop of the Month – Smith & Son
Smith & Son is the largest English bookshop in Paris. Established by the Neal brothers in 1870 as an independent business, it was bought…
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Women Artists in Paris by Laurence Madeline
Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900 An extract about Mary Cassatt Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was one of the three ‘grande dames’ of Impressionism, the other…
Riots, Technology and Gender Equality: Author Colleen Hill on Paris Fashion in the Sixties
Colleen Hill is associate curator at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. The exhibition catalogue Paris Refashioned, 1957–1968 is her…
Centre Pompidou at 40: Yale Books in conversation with Francesco Dal Co
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers’s iconic Centre Pompidou in Paris will celebrate its 40th anniversary this week. Architectural historian, and former professor of the…
Patrick Modiano’s Paris
Patrick Modiano’s Paris – Article by Mark Polizzotti, translator of Suspended Sentences & After the Circus Patrick Modiano’s Paris – the Paris of his…
Dirty Coal – The Real Priority for the Paris Conference
The United Nations Conference on Climate Change – an annual meeting of all countries that want to take action for the climate – opened…
The Paris Conference on Climate Change – Copenhagen all over again?
‘Climate change is a long-term problem and it needs a long game.’ The United Nations Conference on Climate Change – an annual meeting of…
Germaine Krull: Catalogue to the Show
“Germaine, you and I are the greatest photographers of our time, I in the old sense you in the modern one.” –Man Ray Germaine…
Paul Durand-Ruel: Gambling on Impressionism
No figure, aside from the artists themselves, had such a profound and significant impact on Impressionism than Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922). Despite now being one…
Swedish Wooden Toys: Celebrating Craftsmanship
The touring exhibition ‘Swedish Wooden Toys’ debuts in Paris on the 18th June at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, showcasing colourful, quality wooden items that reflect…
The Mechanical Smile: Modernism and the First Fashion Shows in France and America
In the early 20th century, the desire to see clothing in motion flourished on both sides of the Atlantic: models tangoed, slithered, swaggered, and…