Sources: Paris Convention and Visitors Office, Paris Mayor's Office
The following guide applies to March 2008.
Seasonal Events
- Saint Patrick's Day: Paris has a lively Irish community, making celebrating St. Patrick's day in Paris a memorable experience. From concerts and shows for where to spend away the wee morning hours, our guide to celebrating Saint Patrick's Day in Paris provides plenty of ideas.
Arts and Exhibits
The recently-opened, privately-owned gallery Pinacotheque de Paris is holding an exhibit showcasing the works of little-known Lithuanian artist Chaim Soutine,a painter who relocated to Paris around 1913 and frequented contemporaries like Modigliani and Chagall. He became a leading member of the experimental Ecole de Paris group, of which Pablo Picasso was also a member.
Through March 2nd, 2008.
Location: Pinacotheque de Paris
28 place de la Madeleine, 8th arrondissement)
Metro: Madeleine
RER: Auber
Information: 33(0)142680201
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Also at the Pinacotheque this March, an unprecedented retrospective on the works of Man Ray, one of the early 20th century's most influential and groundbreaking photographers. Through June 1st.
Location: Pinacotheque de Paris
28 place de la Madeleine, 8th arrondissement)
Metro: Madeleine
RER: Auber
Information: 33(0)142680201
Visit the website
From the Paris Tourist Office: "Did you know that the huge, splendid rooms of the Sun King’s palace were once furnished with the most incredible solid silver items of the kind never seen before in any European kingdom? The collection included tables, chairs and chandeliers, each piece more magnificent than the last..."
Through March 9, 2008.
Location: Chateau de Versailles
RER: Versailles-Rive Gauche (Line C)
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"This exhibition at the IMA (Arabic World Institute) takes a look at Phoenician civilisation and art, represented above all by fascinating statuary and extremely sophisticated furnishings. The visit is a themed one starting with geography (and city-States such as Byblos, Sidon and Tyre) and going on to the Phoenicians’ development and cultural exchanges with the peoples of the Mediterranean region. This absorbing display of coins, statues, earthenware and ivory objects brings the world of the Phoenicians alive for the modern-day visitor.." --Paris Tourist Office
Through April 20, 2008.
Location: Institut du Monde Arabe
1, rue des Fossés Saint-Bernard, 5th arrondissement
Metro: Jussieu
More information on the exhibit
The Musee Carnavelet in Paris is holding a tribute to one of America's great thinkers and former Paris residents, Benjamin Franklin. Through March 9th, 2008.
Location: Musee Carnavelet/Museum of Paris History
23, Rue du Sevigné, 3rd arrondissement
Metro: Chemin Vert or Saint Paul]
The life of the enigmatic and ill-fated last queen of France is examined and celebrated across some 300 paintings from across Europe.
Location:GALERIES NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS
3, avenue du Général Eisenhower, 8th arrondissement
Metro: Champs-Elysées Clemenceau
From the Paris Tourist Office: "For the occasion of the 20th anniversary of his fashion house, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is staging the first Christian Lacroix exhibition. It brings together 400 clothing items, chosen according to themes or techniques that the couturier is fond of and that punctuate the history of fashion as well as his own haute-couture models."
Through April 6, 2008.
Location: LES ARTS DECORATIFS - MUSEE DE LA MODE ET DU TEXTILE
Palais du Louvre - 107, rue de Rivoli
Metro: Tuileries
