The artist, known for cutting and then painting in black and white quotations from Mohammed Ali and from the movie Apocalypse Now, is exhibiting his works at the Modern Museum of Art in Paris. After using words known by everyone, he immersed himself into coating his own work with layers of white paint over the patterns he did before. He mixes simplicity and honesty capturing fear, euphoria, poetry and black humor, but also uses techniques of photography image adaptation and traditional painting in his rather abstract art.

Christopher Wool
Sans titre, 2001
Encre pour sérigraphie sur toile de lin
228,6 x 152,4 cm
Courtesy de l’artiste et de la galerie Luhring Augustine, New York

Christopher Wool Exhibition, until August 19^th 2012 at the Modern Museum of Art in Paris.
Open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays at night until 10 p.m.

Christopher Wool
Sans titre, 2002
Encre pour sérigraphie et peinture à l’émail sur toile de lin
274,32 x 182,88 cm
Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de
création industrielle
Courtesy de l’artiste et de la galerie Luhring Augustine, New York

Musée d’Art Moderne
11, avenue du Président-Wilson
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 67 40 00

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Nepal, China, South America, Morocco, travel the world through the treasures of Le Palais des thés. Chosen from producers around the world, with an ethical approach, the teas proposed by the boutique in Passy are unique and typified. There, we also find wonderful teapots, especially the ones from Morocco that will complete your tea ceremony. Warning, the minute a product runs out in the store, the range disappears. One more reason to run to Le Palais de thés!

Open Mondays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Le Palais des Thés
21, rue de l’Annonciation
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 45 25 51 52

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While la Maison de Balzac is currently closed for renovations, novelist Bertrand Leclair in association with the Societé des amis de Balzac and with the house, pays tribute to the great literary man throughout writer’s residencies. A unique opportunity to discover in a more contemporary way, the works of Honoré de Balzac, and notably le Cousin Pons. Through a half-cinematographic half-musical remake, we ask ourselves how would be Le Cousin Pons of our days, what would he collect and how he would live. Literature comes to life thanks to the Résidence d´écrivain de Balzac! (Balzac’s writer residency).
Balzac was a true Paris lover. The proof here!

Photo credit: Maison de Balzac

Lectures organized Mondays: May 21st, 11, 18, June 25 and July 2nd 2012 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Open for everyone but with a limit capacity of 10 participants.
Inscription through reservation at la Maison de Balzac: +33 (0)1 55 74 41 80.
Workshops are free.

Maison de Balzac
47, rue Raynouard
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 55 74 41 80

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To charge your batteries between two exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo and the Musée d´Art Moderne (Modern Museum of Art), nothing better than a bobo (french for: bourgeois-bohemian) break at Tokyo Eat, one of the most beautiful terraces in the 16^th district. In a design and artsy setting, we taste a world cuisine with the company of our other half or with friends, with electronic music on top of it all. In May, wine lovers will be delighted to experience the Sweet Bordeaux soirees, event that wishes to democratize its name within women and youngsters. Are you tempted?

To come: Sweet Bordeaux soirees will take place the 25^th and 26^th of May, the 1^st, 2^nd, 22^nd and 23^rd of June and July 20^th and 21^st, from 8 p.m. to midnight.

The restaurant is open everyday except Mondays, from noon to 1 a.m.

Tokyo Eat / Palais de Tokyo
13, Avenue du Président Wilson
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 47 20 00 29
tokyoeat@palaisdetokyo.com

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The Musée Clemenceau is now welcoming director Olivier Guinard for the shoot of his TV film “Clemenceau” with Didier Bezace, that will be broadcasted on France 3 at the end of 2012. But before being a film set, the museum is above all a place of history!

Clemenceau, the tiger
Classified as a historic monument, it includes the apartment of Georges Clemenceau commonly knick named “the tiger” for his courage. The French statesman lived here for 34 years, until his death in 1929. The museum also contains a documentary gallery retracing his life, his struggles and his memories, his career as a journalist, his passion for travel and art. Conserved exactly as it was since his death, his apartment still has a glimpse of his aura, where you can even see his coat and the gaiters he wore in the front of the First World War. High point of the visit: the famous garden where he loved to take fresh with the company of his dogs. A charming place to discover for all of those that dream of being a politician…

Open Tuesday through Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Full rate: 6€ / Reduced rate: 3€ (-25 years old)) /Free for children under 12.

Musée Clemenceau
8, rue Benjamin Franklin
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 45 20 53 41
musee.clemenceau@wanadoo.fr

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Sometimes, all the ingredients for success come together for something to work. It’s the case of the Thai restaurant Aux Trois Nagas. In a magical setting, halfway between tradition and modernity, thought out by interior designer Bruno Tanquerel, you’re invited to travel to Southeast Asia and discover one of the richest and most colorful gastronomies.

An exceptional Chef
In the kitchen, Chef Chanrisilp made a name for himself at the very reputable Thon Krueng in Bangkok, THE traditional local Thai restaurant. Passy is also scented of bittersweet fragrances. Let yourself be tempted by the duck Magret with red curry and litchi sauce, or by the lemongrass beef Tartare, or even by the chocolate sauce banana Nems, true delicacies.

The big +: Aux Trois Nagas received the Fourchette d’Or 2009 award of Thai gastronomy.

Open Monday through Saturday from noon to 2:30 p.m., and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Closed on Sundays.
Valet parking.
Noon Menu: from Monday to Saturday at 18€.
Discovery Menu at 35€: entry + main dish + dessert.

Aux Trois Nagas
18, avenue du Président Kennedy
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0) 1 42 88 27 95
contact@aux3nagas.com

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You dream of discovering the real Japanese gastronomy? At the Gavarni Hotel, we know a great place suggested by Gilles Pudlowski himself on his blog. At Kura´s you’ll witness a unique culinary experience in a modern and Zen atmosphere. Here they’re notorious for the culinary art kaiseki (several little dishes served at the same time), mixing French and Japanese flavors. The minute you taste these delicacies, you’ll feel an immediate take off to Osaka or Kyoto.

Good to know: in the evening, the place offers a unique menu, renewed each month according to the season’s products. Also know that the restaurant does not allow children under ten, just to keep it Zen.

Open Tuesday through Saturday from noon till 2p.m., and from 7:30p.m. till 10:30p.m.
Open Sundays and holidays from 12:30p.m. till 2:30p.m, and from 7p.m. till 9:30p.m.
Terrace opens from March to September.
Tasting Menu at 55€.

Restaurant Kura
56, rue de Boulainvilliers
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 45 20 18 32
info@kuraparis.com

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We recently talked to you about Parc de Bagatelle, where nature claimed its rights. Today, it’s the home of one of the marvels in the Parisian west: la Roseraie de Bagatelle (or Bagatelle’s Rose Garden).

A century old rose garden
A work from the French landscape architect Jean-Claude-Nicolas Forestier (1861-1930), Bagatelle’s Rose Garden opened in 1907. At the time, he was the “Parks and gardens from the City of Paris“ curator, in the role of city planner. Afterwards, this place became one of the most reputable and well-known rose gardens in the world. It shelters 1 100 types of roses.

An international competition
Every year in June, the international competition of new roses is organized, dedicated to new types of rose bushes. In 1983, a second rose garden was built in the north part of Parc de Bagatelle, designated for landscape rose bushes. Another competition takes place for that matter in order to reward these rustic rose bushes.

Roseraie de Bagatelle / Parc de Bagatelle
42, route de Sèvres à Neuilly
75016 Paris
France

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Two steps away from Hotel Gavarni, in the heart of Trocadéro´s gardens, hides one of the most wonderful places in the west of Paris… Covering over 3.500 m^2, Paris’s aquarium, Cinéaqua, offers visitors the chance of discovering over 10 000 different fishes and invertebrates! From the Atlantic Ocean to the Tahitian coral reef, every ocean is present here making children and adults very happy.

The shark tunnel
Submersed in a submarine cathedral 10 meters tall and 33meters long, visitors tremble in front of 24 sharks from 4 different species. Which one would you fear the most? The gray shark, the zebra shark or the blacktip one? A mystery!

Petting in the tank
If there’s a section that children love the most, is this one. After somewhat behaving throughout the journey, your little ones will be able to pet the fishes swimming on this freshwater tactile tank. A new and playful experience for coming across the majestic kois.

The biodiversity sphere
On this particular room, you’ll discover all the unbelievable inventions of nature, from seahorses to clown fishes, from garden eels to leaf fishes that camouflage themselves within the vegetation.

Good to know: Cinéaqua counts with 2 theater rooms showcasing sea-related films.

Open everyday of the year (except July 14^th) from 10a.m. to 9p.m.
Rates: 19,90€ for an adult, 15,50€ for the 13-17 years, students, and seniors (60 years and over), 12,90€ for children from 3 to 12 years.

Aquarium de Paris – Cinéaqua
5, Avenue Albert De Mun
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 40 69 23 23
info@cineaqua.fr

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Louis XV, who was a true botanical enthusiast, had launched the construction of the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, located at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne. Inaugurated at the end of the 19th century, these exotic greenhouses complex settled in the heart of Paris, bring your mind far away. Today, more than 260 trees, bushes and plant collections came from all around the world – as the Gingko Biloba, the Wutong an the Katsura tree – are housed in these botanical gardens. Some varieties are very rares, as the pandanus of Madagascar (fragile little blue flowers, which smell vanilla) the cycas, and the Paper Bark Tea Tree, came from New Caledonia. But the Serres d’Auteuil don’t host plants only, in the central pond we can see rare varieties of fish living and the aviary welcomes beautiful exotic birds as the Weiro and the Zebra Finch. Spend a sunny afternoon here, and you’ll feel like thousand miles away!

Greenhouses are open all year long from 9am to 4.45pm.
The Garden is open from 9am until the sunset. Free entrance.

Photo Credit: Mairie de Paris – G. Maroussie

Les Serres d’Auteuil
1 bis, avenue de la porte d’Auteuil et 1, avenue Gordon Bennett
75016 Paris
T.: +33 (0)1 71 28 50 82

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