Paris Muse

An interview with, Michel Hazanavicius, the director of Oscar-winning sensation The Artist.

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Yes, even in Paris, the gourmand's paradise, one gets a craving for a good ol' burger every now and then. Paris Zig Zag once again gives you the dope on the best spots for real all-beef patties and a side of fries.

In French: pariszigzag.fr/restaurants-paris-insolite/meilleurs-burgers-paris

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On the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the prolific career of Tim Burton, La Cinémathèque française is offering a special Master Class with the director himself. This designer, painter, videographer, photographer and inventor will give you the chance to peek into his creative process. For those who can't make it there's great news: in collaboration with arte.tv, the class will be broadcast live in both French and English, for free.

Info on the Master Class
Monday, March 5 at 3 pm – Henri Langlois Room and retransmission in the Georges Franju Room.Libre Pass sales; on site at La Cinémathèque française only, Sunday, January 29, at 11 am; Price: €5
Libre Pass sales for non-subscribers; on fnac.com only, starting on Wednesday, February 8, at 12 noon; Price: €10

Or watch it live here: arte.tv/burton

Cinémathèque française info: paris-museums.org/museums_more.php?id=114
Exhibition info: paris-museums.org/exhibitions_more.php?id=235

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Hôtels Paris Rive Gauche has some nice shots of the frescos Josep Maria Sert created at the Musée Carnavalet, as well as some interesting historical facts about the artist.

The story of this Barcelona-born artist’s life is definitely worth finding out more about. For example, you may not know that his work also adorns the Rockefeller Center in New York!
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Specialising in huge fresques, his name isn’t that well known, and yet in his time he was commissioned for work in prestigious buildings in New York, Barcelona, Geneva… and Paris, where his red and silver brushwork is all over a giant room – including the ceiling – that is now part of the Carnavalet museum.

There will be an exhibition dedicated to Josep Maria Sert at the Petit Palais from March 8 – July 8, 2012

Price, opening times and map: paris-museums.org/exhibitions_more.php?id=106

(via hotels-paris-rive-gauche.com/blog/2012/02/27/josep-maria-sert-the-titan-at-work-1874-1945-at-the-petit-palais-from-8th-march-5th-august-2012/)

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Adam of Invisible Paris (parisisinvisible.blogspot.com) goes to where nary a tourist has gone before in his latest exploration of the hidden side of Paris. Pantin is on the outskirts of the city, accessible by metro line 5 to Eglise de Pantin.

By the way, the quays leading to Pantin are a great place to jog (as we can attest to, from personal experience!).

Pantin, a small town on the Paris city limits twinned somewhat improbably with Moscow, is an ideal site for an urban promenade, thanks mostly to the canal that runs through it and a spectacular industrial ruin.

On Sunday afternoons, the Canal de l’Ourcq buzzes with movement. It is not the water itself – dense and sluggish and with little visible traffic – but the quays on either side that are alive with joggers and cyclists, as well as flâneurs such as myself who are on the lookout for cracks and dents in the smooth Paris cityscape.

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Abbesses may be infamous for the high density of tourists, but there still are some great spots to visit, as Paris Zig Zag (pariszigzag.fr) explains in this post.

The Abbesses district may no longer be the village of yesteryear described in guidebooks, but it remains one of the liveliest corners of Paris. Bobos, tourists, students without money and revelers from all walks of life warmly cohabitate from Rue Lepic to the hill through the famous Rue des Martyrs.

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