Temps des cerises

  

It's cherry season and market stalls are overflowing.

Behind the scenes: Opéra Garnier #2

 Marc Chagall's rotund ceiling in the theater teems with musical allegory.

Palais Garnier / L'Opéra de Paris
8 rue Scribe 75009

- More photos in upcoming July newsletter -

Behind the scenes: Opéra Garnier #1

Recently I was invited to a behind-the-scenes look at Charles Garnier's Second Empire masterpiece and setting for the 1910 novel, The Phantom of the Opera.

Below: section of the infamous see-and-be-seen grand staircase's grandeur

 

Palais Garnier / L'Opéra de Paris

8 rue Scribe 75009

Café on a square

A café seems to glimmer on a beautiful day in the 19th arrondissement.

Subodh Gupta

Extraordinary works using ordinary materials.
 

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Artist: Subodh Gupta / India 

Monnaie de Paris
11 quai de Conti 75006

Ends August 26, 2018

A musical feast

From private jazz soirées to neighborhood street singers, classical chamber groups and blues bands, yesterday's annual Fête de la Musique took over the city.

Stark realism

An exhibition of life-sized nudes is getting its share of double takes from passersby.

Galerie Vallois

36 rue de Seine 75006

Artist: John DeAndrea / U.S.A. / painted bronze

Ends July 22, 2018