Paris Spotlight Archive

Paris Photo Tour

Visit Paris Photos as well as pictures of other regions in France

Robert Kalman Portraits

Through the lens of a 4x5 viewing camera, these photographic portraits from Panama and New York City offer an intriguing blend of formality and intimacy.

David Henry Photographs

Take a visual tour of Paris through the eye of photographer David Henry. His extensive online collection of digital images documents the cultural landmarks and city life that makes Paris the most visited place in the world.

Restaurants of the Year: In Paris, Star Chefs take a Casual Turn - NY Times article 1/22/2006

"The trend of three-star chefs' opening casual restaurants has spread from the United States - where the process is now taken for granted - to France, where until recently the tenet that a great chef must remain in his restaurant has held sway."

North African Influences - NY Times article, Sunday 12/18/2005

"Streets all over the French capital bear the mark of these former French colonies, often referred to collectively as the Maghreb. Their influence glows from the richly colored designer babouches (slippers) and tea sets behind the windows of fancy boutiques. It pulses from nightclub sound systems throbbing with hybrid Euro-North African beats."

Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain

The Cartier Foundation for contemporary art is showing work from forty artists just out of art school. As yet unknown, most of them have been selected by established international artists.

Palais de Tokyo

The Palais de Tokyo presents “a veritable visual opera” with works from the last twenty years by twenty-two artists from the worlds of fashion, art and cinema, etc., some already well-known, such as Jeff Koons, Maurizio Cattelan, Vanessa Beecroft and Takashi Murakami, others up-and-coming.