Nov. 2008 — Paris has pulled out all the stops to examine how Picasso looked at and dialogued with the greats that preceded him: Picasso and the Masters at the Grand Palais,Picasso/Delacroix at the Louvre, Picasso/Manet at the [...]
The day after the election of President Obama I went to get a haircut. There were no other customers in the shop, odd for a Saturday morning. The barber motioned to one of the chairs. He [...]
A message from Sue arrived today through the website: “My husband Phil and I are considering visiting Paris this winter… I’m wondering if I’m concerned that the French are so anti-American?” I’m not sure whether [...]
The time is long gone when France could create a great museum by simply beheading the king, gathering his royal art collection in the old palace of the Louvre and declaring it open to the public.
Heather Stimmler-Hall could be poster child for American junior year abroad programs, or perhaps a cautionary tale. In either case, Heather has done what many American students in Europe on their junior year abroad dream of doing: extending their [...]
I helped an acquaintance move, someone from the neighborhood who I know well enough to respond affirmatively to his call for help him move some boxes and furniture. He lives on the fifth floor [...]
Across the street from the Louvre, the Palais Royal, its court of honor and garden, and their surroundings are a stunning microcosm of culture in Paris: its history a background for its present, its present a dialogue with its past, its future clearly in need of change… but gently, please.
