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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

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

Paris Made My Cheeks Hurt: On Language and Muscle Memory

Paris Made My Cheeks Hurt: On Language and Muscle Memory

Benedict Nguyễn Explores Writing and Revising Across Linguistic Lines

By Benedict Nguyễn | July 1, 2025

Art Imitates Life: Who Was the Real Woman Behind André Breton’s <em

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Mark Polizzotti Explores the Cultural Landscape of 1920s Paris Through the Eyes of the Surrealists and Their Muses

By Mark Polizzoti | June 16, 2025

The Loneliest Time of the Year: On the Memories That Chase You During the Holiday Season

The Loneliest Time of the Year: On the Memories That Chase You During the Holiday Season

Anelise Chen: “She could plaster over her past memories with this new memory in which the territory belonged to her alone.”

By Anelise Chen | June 3, 2025

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

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Elwin Cotman on His Frustration and Enchantment with a True 1980s Classic

By Elwin Cotman | April 16, 2024

Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

Jean Jullien's enormous blue bookworms are a work of literary (and capitalist) delight.

By Emily Temple | February 28, 2024

Who Made Who? On the Creative Collaboration of Man Ray and Kiki de Montparnasse

Who Made Who? On the Creative Collaboration of Man Ray and Kiki de Montparnasse

Mark Braude Considers the Blurred Lines Between Object and Participant, Artist and Muse

By Mark Braude | February 9, 2024

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant,

Hermione Lee on Mavis Gallant, "Unerring Stylist"

"A writer for whom nothing is alien and everything is possible"

By Hermione Lee | September 26, 2023

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Is There a French National Dish? On the History and Making of French Cuisine

Anya von Bremzen Considers Questions of Culinary Nationalism

By Anya von Bremzen | June 20, 2023

Outsider Paris: A Reading List of the Dark Side of the City of Light

Outsider Paris: A Reading List of the Dark Side of the City of Light

Celia Bell Recommends Mina Loy, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, and More

By Celia Bell | May 16, 2023

On the Black and White Paroxysms of Augustine Gleizes, Celebrity Patient

On the Black and White Paroxysms of Augustine Gleizes, Celebrity Patient

Emily Wells Considers Chronic Illness, Femininity, and the Male Medical Gaze

By Emily Wells | May 16, 2023

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