October 2014 Eye Need to Do’s: Nuit Blanche, Perugino, FIAC, & Fete De Vendanges Montmartre

Nuit Blanche 2014
Meaning endless night, Nuit Blanche is the annual all night art event held the first Saturday of every October. This year 150 works by over 50 artists will be spread out all over the city. It’s a brilliant and creative mixture of theatre, dance, music, painting, sculpture and contemporary street art. International artists include Imran Quershi, Mark Jenkins, Anthony Gormley, and Jeff Mills.
October 4
http://www.paris.fr/english/english/paint-it-blanche/rub_8118_actu_148678_port_19237

Perugino, Master of Raphael
Considered by his contemporaries as one of the greatest painters in Italy, Perugino invented a new style of painting during the  late 1500s/early 1600s, which profoundly influenced the period. The exhibit of over 60 paintings explores the links between Perugio’s and Raphael’s work.
Till January 19
The Jacquemart-André Museum
158 Blvd. Haussmann, 75008
Open everyday 10AM-6PM, Monday and Saturday till 8:30PM
http://expo-leperugin.com/en/exhibition-3/exhibitions-themes
FIACThe largest and most important art fair of the year is FIAC. For 2014, there are 191 of the top galleries in the world presenting their artists and their works. (OFF)ICIELLE is the satellite fair for young upcoming artists and are outdoor works are displayed in the Jardin des Tuileries, the Jardin des Plantes & Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, the Place Vendôme, the Banks of the Seine and in the amphitheater of the ENSBA (Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris).
October 23-26
Grand Palais
Ave Winston Churchill, 75008
Metro: Champs-Elysees-Clemenceau
Open 12PM-8PM, Friday till 9PM
Admission 35 euros
http://www.fiac.com/en/paris
(OFF)ICIELLE
34 Quai d’Austerlitz, 75013
Metro: Gare d’Austerlitz
Open 1PM-8PM, Friday till 9PM
http://www.officielleartfair.com

Fete de Vendanges Montmartre
Come celebrate the wine of Montmartre. Every year there’s a festival where about 1,000 bottles of wine are sold from the last surviving vineyard in Paris is sold. Festivities include a parade, food and wine fair, concerts, crafts, dancing, children’s activities, and fireworks.

October 8-14
Metro: Abbesses
http://www.fetedesvendangesdemontmartre.com

We missed seeing many of you at the opening, so please come by another time this week. The gallery is open today and Wednesday, 12PM to 7PM, Tuesday 2:30PM-7PM, and Thursday 12PM-8PM, as we will have a closing party from 6PM-8PM.
102 rue Cherche-Midi, 75006
Metro: Vaneau, Sevres-Babyone, Saint Placide

My Paris Apartment for Rent
I am renting my fabulous Paris apartment in the heart of the Marais near St. Paul metro, from November 30 to December 16, a total of 17 nights. It's a spacious one-bedroom 750 sq. ft. loft style apartment with 12 ft. ceilings, decorated in chic Mid-Century Modern furniture and sleeps two people in a Queen size bed. Amenities include washer/dryer, 16" flat screen TV, dishwasher, internet connection/Wifi and free long distance calls to the U.S.  The apartment is located on the second floor with a large elevator.
The price is 2800 euros/165 per night for 17 nights, 1500 euros for 7 nights, and anything in between 7 & 15 nights, 175 euros per night. Minimum rental 7 nights or 1500 euros. Photos upon request.

Please email me at r.nahem@gmail.com if you are interested.

New! Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes
I am happy to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Cooking Classes. Come take an ethnic culinary journey with me and chef and caterer Charlotte Puckette, co-author of the bestseller The Ethnic Paris Cookbook (with Olivia Kiang-Snaije). First we will shop at a Paris green-market for the freshest ingredients and then return to Charlotte's professional kitchen near the Eiffel Tower to cook a three-course lunch. After, we will indulge in the delicious feast we prepared along with hand-selected wines.
Cost: 185 euros per person (about $240)
Time: 9:30AM- 2PM (approximately 4 1/2 hours)
Location: We will meet by a metro station close to the market
Class days: Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Minimum of 2 students, maximum 6 students.
Click here to sign up for the next class or for more info.
 

I am pleased as punch to announce the launch of Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I will personally be leading. The Eye Prefer Paris Tour includes many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes & food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks, and much more.

Tours cost 210 euros for up to 3 people, and 70 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
 Check it out at www.eyepreferparistours.com 

Click here to watch a video of our famous Marais tour