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Paris is a billboard
Viewed through the long lens of time, 19th-century photos of advertising broadsides glued to the sides of buildings seem so charming, so urban, so Parisian. But what if it were your wall, or you were the printer whose fine work … Continue reading
The queen in the tower
Last week, Norman posted his picture of a “melting bicycle” and it got me thinking about the place and time we saw it. Then a reader wrote in and asked about places to stop and sit in the Marais, and … Continue reading
Oscar the Grouch goes to Paris
Paris is full of incongruous juxtapositions. A moment after leaving the square around the ancient Fontaine des Innocents, we were confronted with the image of Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street near the Banana Café (also decorated with some unbananalike … Continue reading
Posted in Paris popular culture, Paris street art
Tagged Alexey Pajitnov, Banksy, Beyond the Street, ceramic tiles, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Fontaine des Innocents, Game Boy, Invader, Nintendo, Oscar the Grouch, Paris graffiti, Patrick Nguyen, Place Suzanne Valadon, Space Invaders, Street art, Stuart Mackenzie, Tetris
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Papering Paris
December. Montmartre. Mid-morning. Falling snow melting on empty tables and chairs. Artists hastily covering their paintings with plastic sheets. And on the ground, delicate white deer tracks running across the cobblestones. Suddenly I was staring at a deer that stared … Continue reading
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