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Gareth Pugh - Spring Summer 2011 Collection, Palais de Tokyo
'Yet again, Gareth Pugh shunned a catwalk show for Spring '11 in favour of a short film directed by Ruth Hogben. This time it was 11 minutes long and shown at an almost-IMAX-scale. It starred model Kristen McMenamy who showed off the fluidity of Pugh's latest designs which this season included a sci-fi but elegant theme. Flowing kimono style tops were teamed with paneled leggings, and the show closed with silver, mirrored pieces which resembled futuristic armour.' -- FabSugar

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Larry Clark 'Kiss the Past Hello'
PARIS — 'US photographer and filmmaker Larry Clark attacked a minimum 18 age-restriction on an exhibition of his work due to open in Paris as an attack by the older generation on teenagers. Clark, 67, told Le Monde that the decision to restrict access to the show, due to open on October 9 at Paris' Museum of Modern Art, was like sending a teenager to their room. If there was to be any ban, he quipped, it should be to people over 18.

The new show, featuring 200 photos, is the first full retrospective of Clark's work in France, though some of the pictures included have already been shown in Paris. The socialist mayor of Paris Bernard Delanoe has already had to defend the age restriction in the face of criticism from the city's green councillors. Dismissing accusations of self-censorship in a letter released last month, he said the age restriction would "allow a great artist to show in a great Paris museum".' -- AP

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Vanessa Place, Galerie Martine Aboucaya
'À l'occasion de la sortie de son premier ouvrage en français, "'Exposé des Faits" aux éditions è®e, Vanessa Place sera de passage exceptionnel à Paris pour 3 lectures bilingues, avec version française assurée par Chloé Delaume.' -- Facebook

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Eiffel Tower Bomb Scares, 09/14, 27/10
'The area under Paris' Eiffel Tower has been opened up to tourists again after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat and police combed through the famous monument looking for suspicious objects.' -- AP

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Nuit Blanche 2010
'First launched in 2002, Paris Nuit Blanche (White Night) has become a hotly-anticipated annual celebration of all things art and culture in the city of light. Attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, Nuit Blanche sees countless Paris galleries, museums, city halls, and even swimming pools open their doors all night to visitors-- with free entry. Elaborate light installations, edgy performances, concerts, and unclassifiable happenings of all sorts await.' -- GoParis

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Festival Paris Cinema 2010, Louis Garrel, invité d'honneur
'Aperçu du festival Paris Cinéma 2010 : A l'occasion du festival Paris Cinéma, Louis Garrel revient sur son parcours à l'occasion d'une rencontre avec le public.' -- ESCE (Paris)

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Bret Easton Ellis, Festival America 2010
'The nearby suburb of Vincennes is hosting the 5th edition of their biannual interdisciplinary literary festival devoted to North American culture. Opening on Thu, this year’s Festival America focuses on cities including LA, Vancouver, Montreal, New Orleans, New York, Havana, with over 60 authors participating in a rich and star-studded series of debates, literary cafés, concerts, readings and interviews. Writers of the calibre of Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, Dan Fante, Colum McCann, James Frey, Joseph Boyden, Claire Messud, Lydia Lunch and Joseph O’Neill are making the trip. Some highlights include a soirée on Fri 24 at 9pm with French director Jacques Audiard (Le Prophète), Bret Easton Ellis, Barry Gifford, Steve Erickson and Bertrand Tavernier discussing the intersection of cinema and fiction, followed by a screening of David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’. On Saturday 2.40pm Bret Easton Ellis returns to discuss his latest book Imperial Bedrooms. Underground icon Lydia Lunch will be speaking on Sun at 11am, followed by Jay McInerney at noon. And on it goes.' -- gogoparis




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p.s. Hey. So, like I said, I'm winging over the ocean to NYC today. Beginning tomorrow, the blog posts will be appearing roughly six hours later than you're used to due to the time change between Paris and New York. That will be the schedule until the 31st when I'll head back here. The time difference thing is usually kind of disorienting at first, but hopefully we'll get used to it quickly. Barring the unforeseen, everything here should run normally for the duration of my NYC stay. If you're in or around the City, I'm reading works I wrote in the 1980s at the New Museum tomorrow night at 7 pm with Mark Doten aka d.l. no more teenage kicks, Robert Smith, and Max Steele. Please come if you're around and feel like it. The post today is pretty self-explanatory, I think. Some recent or current goings on of note in Paris, illustrated as best I can. Enjoy, I hope. Okay, I'll see you guys just a little later than usual tomorrow, and I'll catch up with your comments from yesterday and today then. Take care.