Auvers-sur-Oise
Pay tribute to the artist Vincent van Gogh’s last days at Auvers-sur-Oise, a village just a short train ride from Paris. Here you can walk in van Gogh’s footsteps, from his attic room at the Auberge Ravoux to the...

Paris' Georges Pompidou Center is hosting a major exhibition "elles@centrepompidou" entirely devoted to woman artists (running until May 2010). Although the exhibition has been reported to have taken over the museum's entire two levels relegating...

This sumptuous artistic tribute to the city of lights-sure to please Francophiles on your gift list- brings Paris to life in paintings that range from medieval to modern. With such classics as Manet's "Bar at the Folies-Bergère, " Watteau's...

Each year I return to the US to spend the holidays with my mother, a widow, who lives in the Midwest. Usually one of my two brothers joins us. But buying my mother a Christmas present is a nightmare for me. I spend hours shopping for something special from Paris, but...

One of the things that makes the holidays in Paris special is its Christmas markets found all over the city from the Tour Montparnasse to the Place Saint Sulpice to the Place de la Nation. But the biggest (10,000 meters) and most diversified market (200 stalls) is...

Twelve bubbly days of Christmas
Holidays are times to uncork a bottle of bubbly and make a toast. Although France's champagne is the world's most famous celebratory drink there are others that merit tasting. Since there are twelve...

With the world success of Nora Ephron's movie "Julie and Julia" the art of French cooking is back in fashion. Whether you are looking to start a dazzling career as a high-flying Michelin-starred chef, want to learn the mysterious art of French cuisine...

Until recently, much of Paris was a collection of villages, fragments of which can still be detected by the sharp observer. Needless to say, their wine-loving inhabitants covered a substantial portion of their territory with vineyards...to everyone's...

Imagine a custom just-for-you shopping trip to Paris, following an elegant and chic woman dashing through the Paris streets, expertly guiding you and finding and navigating the most unusual, exclusive shops and greeting friends on every corner. You might imagine this...

The poetic universe of Michael Kenna's photography is on view with a retrospective of his work at Paris' Bibliotheque Nationale  (until January 24, 2010). Organized around such themes as "The Tree " "Far East" and "In Solitary...

During the holiday season, Paris truly becomes the city of lights. This year, one of France's favorite actresses Charlotte Gainsbourg joined Paris' Mayor Bertrand Delanoë to switch on the fuchsia lights illuminating the Champs-Elysées from place de...

One of the things that makes Paris exceptional is that in the more poetic neighborhoods such as the Latin Quarter the streets sometimes seem haunted by ghosts of the people who have lived there.

This guide book by Lorraine Liscio evokes Paris from the...

As Gurrumul enters the stage at the New Morning club in Paris, the blind Aboriginal singing sensation from Australia is guided by his producer, double bassist and close friend Michael Hohnen. He doesn't say a word, but instead launches straight into...

Once you've considered possible locations for your dream home in France, you must decide on the type of property that will best suit your requirements, weigh up the purchase options and assess the fees associated with buying.

There's an...

If Parisians seem more sexually sophisticated than their anglo-Saxon counterparts, it's only because they've had a long time to perfect their naughty ways. Paris is a city where the quest for joie de vivre has long been taken to its debauched extremes, with a...

What is the best way to get under the skin of a city such as Paris?  Heather Reyes, editor  of a new anthology of writing on the city, says it is through reading what people have had to say about it.

Paris is one of the most written about cities...

Photographs taken between 1898 and 1905 by J.M. Synge, one of Ireland’s most internationally celebrated playwrights, depicting life in Connemara, Wicklow and West Kerry. Interesting both as social documents and evidence of their influence on his...

August Sander(1876-1964) is considered one of the world's most important documentary portrait photographers. With his large view camera using glass plate negatives  he created a realistic picture of daily life in Germany during the Weimar Republic while...

L'Age D'Or Hollandais de Rembrandt à Vermeer (The Dutch Golden Age)  In association with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Paris' Pinacotheque presents one of the most interesting periods in art history: the Dutch 17th century....

Magic has never ceased to work a spell over the work of Dan Jemmett, but in "La Grande Magie", legerdemain moves from form to content to fully expose the threads on which illusion is based. The piece by the Neapolitan playwright Eduardo De Filippo, written in...

Pierre Soulages,  a major abstract artist of the post-war period, is  one of France's most important living artists. The Centre Pompidou is exhibiting a major retrospective of his work (to March 8), which brings together over a hundred major works dating...

Paris Metro consists of 16 lines spanning all of the city and its suburbs. The metro is classified into 6 zones, with the first two zones covering Paris and the rest traveling to outer neighborhoods. Each of the  lines are identified by a color...

Parsons Paris School of Design,  established in 1920,  provides an American education to undergraduates in fine arts and design...

Château of Ecouen
If you are interested in the French Renaissance, there is no need to travel as far as the Loire. A walk through the forest leads to the fairy tale setting of the château of Ecouen, with its collection of...

In this season of fairy tales and the mysteries from which they spring, "La Petite Katherine de Heilbronn" finds new life as a Christmas show, albeit an atypical one. André Engels' production of Heinrich von Kleist's Romantic fantasy seems to...

American photojournalist Stanley Greene was  in a pensive mood recently as he spoke to an audience of photographers at Paris' Maison Européenne de la photographie (MEP) about his new biographical book "Black Passport."

The book...

Parisian cavistes share their passion
 When you're out to get a great bottle of wine, why not go somewhere where you can meet a real devotee of the grape? Step inside one of Paris' specialty wine shops and you'll find...

God, I Love Paris... C'est Vrai, I walk around this city, in which I now live, and smile and think how lucky I am...  Chocolate makes me happy. So does dried pineapple. And cookies and nearly any kind of baked good. I know it's a universal...

On Wednesday, December 15th, Sting will be returning to Paris, with a one-night "winter journey" featuring songs from his new album, "If On A Winter's Night...", a tribute to his favorite season. Sting will be joined in concert by his longtime...