‘Behind the neat stacks of skulls, tibias, and femurs in the Paris catacombs lies a chaos of bones. In the 18th and 19th centuries the city dug up millions of skeletons from over-flowing cemeteries and poured them at night into old quarries.’ National Geographic, Paris Catacombs: Paris has a deeper and stranger connection to its [...]
Entries Tagged as 'paris'
Jean-Claude Vrinat
January 11th, 2008
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. [...]
Tags: jean-claude vrinat · paris · taillevent · wining and dining
Paris, a Roman City
February 5th, 2007
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.”
Tags: archaeology · paris
Jean-Philippe Charbonnier: Psychiatric hospitals
January 26th, 2007
Liminous Lint: “In 1954 Jean-Philippe Charbonnier documented French Psychiatric hospitals and this exhibition includes rarely seen photographs from the series.” (Via WMMNA.)
Tags: france · jean philippe charbonnier · paris · photography · psychiatric hospitals
links for 2006-02-05
February 5th, 2006
Welcome to I V Y p a r i s “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.” (tags: art paris) The [...]
Tags: art · art market · china · paris · russia