The city’s traditional cafes and bistros are staking out their cultural territory in an emerging duel against highly caffeinated upstarts serving up latte art.
Category: Paris (France)
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The Conductor Daniel Harding Moonlights as a Pilot for Air France
Daniel Harding scaled the heights of classical music. Then he set out to conquer the skies.
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Oh, the Places We Went!
This year, of the 52 destinations on our annual list, our writers and photographers touched down in 11 to capture their essence. Here’s what they found.
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Martial Solal, French Jazz Piano Virtuoso, Is Dead at 97
Mr. Solal, who also wrote music for films and symphony orchestras, was revered in Europe and hailed in the United States on his rare visits there.
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A Lost Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud Set Off a Bidding War in Paris
The discovery of a rare picture of the tragic, handsome poet, made by his lover Paul Verlaine, set off a bidding war in Paris.
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A Lost Portrait of Arthur Rimbaud Set Off a Bidding War in Paris
The discovery of a rare picture of the tragic, handsome poet, made by his lover Paul Verlaine, set off a bidding war in Paris.
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Childhood Friends, Now Jewelry Partners
Iris de La Villardière and Thomas Montier Leboucher have spent the past few years expanding their brand, Viltier.
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Notre-Dame to Reopen With Clergy Wearing New Liturgical Garb by Castelbajac
When the Cathedral of Notre-Dame reopens next week, the clergy will be wearing new liturgical garb designed by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
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A Jewelry Maker in Paris Creates a New Home
A six-year renovation has turned the 19th-century Hôtel de la Rochefoucauld into Charlotte Dauphin’s new residence and brand showroom.
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An Oil Painting Takes Wing
The jeweler Pierre Dubail’s abstract work has been set onto a jeweled butterfly brooch.
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The Curious Case of Nora Holt, a Pioneer of Black Classical Music and Jazz
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs.
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Jim Hoagland, Distinguished Journalist on World Affairs, Dies at 84
A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a reporter, editor and columnist for The Washington Post, renowned for his deeply sourced dispatches.