Art in Paris

Monday, January 21 was my 60th birthday which was one of the reasons we were in Paris in January. Actually, we don’t…

It was Sunday morning and we got off to a slow start. I was up a bit early and decided to go…

From the apartment if was a fairly easy walk over to the Musée d’Orsay where we would have lunch and see the…

If you do a bit of reading about Paris, you’ll know that it was originally a Roman town. For example, Rue St…

The Pantheon is a building with an interesting background. It was originally commissioned by King Louis XV in 1755. He had a…

If you’ve seen the mock-doc Exit Through the Gift Shop, then you know about the street artists Banksy, Shepard Fairey and the…

One of the true joys of Paris are the bridges over the Seine. Within the city, there are 37 of them, including…

As if the Louvre wasn’t big enough on its own, within the building there’s another completely separate museum, the Musée d’Arts Decoratif.…

We’d been to the Musée d’Orsay on previous trips to Paris and when it was time for lunch or a snack we…

Paris has always been a magnet for expatriates. Artists, musicians, writers, bohemians… all have been drawn to Paris for its appreciation and…