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When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis

When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis

Christopher C. Gorham on Art Theft and Artistic Solidarity in Occupied France

By Christopher C. Gorham | September 29, 2025

3 Nobel laureates are among the writers urging France to resume evacuations from Gaza.

3 Nobel laureates are among the writers urging France to resume evacuations from Gaza.

By Dan Sheehan | September 16, 2025

The WWI Battle That Never Ended: Finding Unexploded Mines in Verdun’s Fields

The WWI Battle That Never Ended: Finding Unexploded Mines in Verdun’s Fields

Michael Jerome Plunkett on France's De-miners and Discoveries While Writing a War Novel

By Michael Jerome Plunkett | September 5, 2025

Where Words Dissolve: Yoko Tawada on Language as a Destabilizing Force

Where Words Dissolve: Yoko Tawada on Language as a Destabilizing Force

“I am searching for that state just before individual languages are dismantled—freed from their meanings and finally annihilated.”

By Yoko Tawada | August 18, 2025

Looking to jump ship? Read these 11 novels about the ex-pat experience.

Looking to jump ship? Read these 11 novels about the ex-pat experience.

(For when you'r ready to call it quits on America.)

By Brittany Allen | August 2, 2025

How Belle Époque Paris Captured the Hearts of American Travelers and Artists

How Belle Époque Paris Captured the Hearts of American Travelers and Artists

Jennifer Dasal on the French Capital's 19th-Century Architectural and Cultural Revival

By Jennifer Dasal | July 16, 2025

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Philosopher of Change: How Henri Bergson’s Radical View of Reality Came to Be

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Emily Herring on Bergson’s Formative Upbringing in an Unstable France

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Painting Emotion: How Claude Monet Turned His Inner Life Into Art

Painting Emotion: How Claude Monet Turned His Inner Life Into Art

Jackie Wullschläger on the Creative Philosophy and Practice of the French Impressionist Master

By Jackie Wullschläger | September 25, 2024

Was Françoise Sagan the original brat?

Was Françoise Sagan the original brat?

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