‘The Impressionist Moment’ at the National Gallery  
• November 13, 2024

On April 15, 1874, a small exhibition was opened in Paris by the “Anonymous Society of Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, etc.” It premiered one month before the opening of the French […]

The National Gallery of Art, From a Different Angle
• August 22, 2024

The Champs-Élysées is in ruins. Though the Arc de Triomphe is intact in the distance, on each side of Paris’s grand avenue the walls of elegant apartment buildings are exposed […]

Keep the Olympic Spirit Alive  
• July 17, 2024

With so much uncertainty abroad and at home — whether it’s the ongoing Ukraine and Gaza conflicts, the European elections or our own heated presidential contest — we are looking […]

L’Avant-Garde Coming to M Street by Way of Michelin-Starred Chef Gilles Epié
• October 6, 2022

Michelin-starred chef Gilles Epié’s soon-to-open L’Avant-Garde at 2915 M Street NW will serve “le vrai” (real) French cuisine in a suave setting. Epié is excited to have moved to a […]

Georgetown French Market Returns This Weekend
• April 28, 2022

Transport to the streets of Paris for the 19th annual Georgetown French Market popping up this weekend, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 p.m., […]

Notre Dame, Paris’s Beacon, in Dire Jeopardy
• April 18, 2019

Notre Dame is more than a church, of kings and bishops and Christians and martyrs, it is a kind of lifeform of humanity built with stone and wood, that aspires to flight even now.