January 11th, 2008 · Comments Off
Slate, Jean-Claude Vrinat. Remebering the world-class Paris restaurateur:
“Jean-Claude Vrinat, who died from lung cancer on Monday at the age of 71, was France’s greatest restaurateur, and his passing marks the end of a particular form of hospitality. Vrinat was the star attraction at his venerated Paris restaurant, Taillevent, but he was not its chef. Instead, he presided over the dining room and left the cooking to someone else (a very talented someone else, of course). In the era of globe-spanning celebrity chefs, this allocation of labor and limelight was nothing short of antediluvian. But having a chef tethered to the kitchen and a revered owner in the front of the house had its advantages: Taillevent commanded a loyalty like no other luxury restaurant in France, and Vrinat’s death has prompted an outpouring of grief, not just for the man but for the breed of restaurateur he represented.”
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February 5th, 2007 · Comments Off
Paris, a Roman City: “The Romans believed that a city was defined by its status, in Lutetia’s case, it was the capital of the Parisii tribe.”
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January 26th, 2007 · Comments Off
Liminous Lint: “In 1954 Jean-Philippe Charbonnier documented French Psychiatric hospitals and this exhibition includes rarely seen photographs from the series.” (Via WMMNA.)
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February 5th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“I V Y Paris is a pretty cool arts collective and gallery with an ambitious agenda. They run an arts newsletter, salon, a Europe-wide rundown of featured listings, a still-germinating but promising guide to Paris hottness, and of course, a blog.”
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““The level of forgery is so high that even our experts, who are very skilled, were unable to see that the paintings were fake,” said Anna Kiseleva, head of the expert department at Grabar.”
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“In mainland China, it’s still a bit early for Impressionist, Modern paintings,”
Tags: art,art market,china,paris,russia
