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Entrée to Black Paris™ invites you to take a look at Paris as a black heritage destination -- cu

Entrée to Black Paris™ tours started as four self-guided itineraries that I wrote for Discover Paris! - my husband’s and my travel planning service. As we became increasingly aware of the desire and demand of African-American travelers to Paris, we created additional walks and began providing them as private, guided walking tours. We have 13 unique walks that feature “Black Paris” - from “general”

themes such as African-American artists in Paris to tours that focus on specific persons, such as James Baldwin and Josephine Baker. We now offer our “Black History in and around the Luxembourg Garden” walk to the general public - several tours are scheduled every month and you can sign up for one online. We also provide a popular visit to the Louvre called “Black Images in European Art,” where our nationally-certified, trilingual guide provides an in-depth look at how European artists have represented black people over the centuries and how these representations changed over time. Our “Black Paris and the Myth of a Colorblind France” presentation opens your eyes to how this myth evolved and shows the many places in Paris where African Americans are publicly honored. If you are planning a trip to Paris and would like to experience our tours and activities, contact me at [email protected].

27/01/2025

Remembering Patricia Laplante-Collins

Last night, Tom and I attended a gathering in honor of Patricia Laplante-Collins (??? - January 2019).
Along with many of her friends, we shared music, food, wine and cherished memories of her.

Read about Patricia here: https://www.entreetoblackparis.com/blog/celebrating-patricia-laplante-collins

Patricia Laplante-Collins
Image by Discover Paris!

26/01/2025

Black Images in European Art at the Louvre

The portrait shown here represents General Louis Charles Antoine Desaix (in civilian clothes) reading a service order to two Egyptians during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign. It hung at the Louvre for three years before being sent to its current home - the Versailles Palace.

Many works at the Louvre depict Black people, and these representations evolve throughout the centuries. If you'd like to take a tour to discover them, contact us at [email protected].

Portrait of Louis Charles Antoine Desaix
Image by Entrée to Black Paris

25/01/2025

New Edition of Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney

The new edition of David Leeming's biography about Beauford—Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney—was released by Karma Books on January 7, 2025. Read about it here: https://lesamisdebeauforddelaney.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-edition-of-amazing-grace-life-of.html

1st and 2nd editions of Amazing Grace
Image by Entrée to Black Paris

24/01/2025

Sound for the Musée du quai Branly collections

The Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac is offering visitors a brand new sound trail through its permanent collections. More than 120 relays throughout the Main Collections Level broadcast instrumental sounds, narratives, spoken voices, singing, urban or natural soundscapes and original compositions that give context to the works and objects.

For info, click here: https://www.quaibranly.fr/en/exhibitions-and-events/at-the-museum/exhibitions/event-details/e/les-collections-ont-leur-bande-son

Image from Musée du quai Branly Website

23/01/2025

Midway through the James Baldwin Centennial Year

On February 7, 2025, the Giacometti Foundation will host a James Baldwin Study Day entitled Rencontres artistiques : James Baldwin en France (Artistic Encounters: James Baldwin in France). The invitation for this event inspired me to look at what has happened in Paris to celebrate the Baldwin centennial since August 2024: https://www.entreetoblackparis.com/blog/midway-through-the-james-baldwin-centennial-year

Fondation-Giacometti image for James Baldwin Study Day
Screenshot from Fondation-Giacometti Website

22/01/2025

La Galerie Africaine presents "Focale"

My favorite itinerant galerist, Aude Minart, is presenting La Galerie Africaine's first show of the year.

Focale features new B&W photos by Lea Lund and Erik K, a couple of artists who achieved immense success during the Dakar Biennale, November 2024. It also features the Mabele Y Mboka Kongo photo series by Junior Mvunzi (also shown at the Dakar Biennale) and photos by Souleymane Bachir Diaw.

The very latest creations of 8 master bronzesmiths from Burkina Faso will be shown with the photographs.

The exhibition is open everyday through January 30th from 11am-7pm.
Cocktails : Wednesday, January 29th 6pm-9pm

Art & Société Section PCF
19 rue du Pont Louis-Philippe
75004 Paris – Le Marais
Metro: Hôtel de Ville (Lines 1 and 11) & Saint-Paul (Line 1)
Contact Aude Minart: + 33 6 60 24 06 26 - [email protected]

21/01/2025

Inauguration of Rosie's Smoke House Live

Sulaiman Hakim & Kisasa World Music
World Music, Jazz, Soul, Blues

Date: Thursday, Jan 23rd
Time: 9 PM
Admission: Free
Have dinner or just have a sip at the bar

Rosie's Smoke House
13 rue de la Huchette
75005 Paris, FR 75005
Metro: Saint-Michel (Line 4)
RER: Saint-Michel - Notre Dame (Lines B and C)
Reservations: 01 71 73 64 96

20/01/2025

Black fève in a galette des rois

Tom and I indulge in one galette des rois (king cake) during Epiphany each year, and we save the fève (figurine) as a keepsake. This year, we were astonished to find a fève that would seem to represent Balthazar, the Black magus. But the face of the figurine is mostly obscured by a light-colored mask that reminds me of Phantom of the Opera!

Black fève
Images by Entrée to Black Paris

19/01/2025

Zombies - Death Is Not the End?

Forget everything you think you know about zombies... The current exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly takes you to Haiti on the trail of a genuine myth. Guided visits, a live performance, and a film screening have been organized for this show, which runs through February 16, 2025.

For info, click here: https://www.quaibranly.fr/en/exhibitions-and-events/at-the-museum/exhibitions/event-details/e/zombis?

Image from Musée du quai Branly Website

18/01/2025

Case Antiques to Auction Beauford Delaney Watercolor and Catalogs

On January 25, 2025, Case Antiques of Knoxville, TN will place a single abstract watercolor and four Beauford Delaney catalogs up for auction during Day 1 of its 2025 Winter Fine Art & Antiques sale. Read about the items here: https://lesamisdebeauforddelaney.blogspot.com/2025/01/case-antiques-to-auction-beauford.html

Untitled
(1958) Watercolor on paper
Signed "Beauford Delaney," inscribed "Clamart"
Dated 1958 in black pen, lower right
25"x 18 3/4"
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

17/01/2025

Nostalgia about Black-owned restaurants in Paris

The former location of the restaurant La Table d'Erica is along the route for the James Baldwin in Paris walk, and I passed by the other day with a study abroad group from James Madison University.

That, coupled with a conversation I recently had about freelance articles I wrote for Soul of America years ago, got me thinking about this lovely dining establishment.

Read the post that I wrote about it and other Black-owned restaurants in Paris here: https://www.soulofamerica.com/international/paris/soul-food-of-paris/

16/01/2025

"Guillaume Guillon Lethière - Né à la Guadeloupe" at the Louvre

Guillaume Guillon Lethière was a brilliant mixed-race artist from Guadeloupe who has largely been forgotten by the professional art world. An exhibition at the Louvre, mounted in collaboration with the Clark Art Center of Williamstown, MA, brings him front and center through February 17, 2025. Read about it here: https://www.entreetoblackparis.com/blog/guillaume-guillon-lethiere-born-in-guadeloupe

Portrait of Guillaume Guillon Lethière - public domain
Le Serment des Ancêtres - 1822 Oil on canvas - Musée du Panthéon national Haïti - image from press release

15/01/2025

"I Needed Paris" screening in Paris

"I Needed Paris" follows nine middle school photo students from Gordon Parks Academy in Wichita, KS on their Spring 2024 journey to Paris to walk in the footsteps of their school's namesake and re-imagine his fashion, portrait, and street photography during his 1950-1952 tenure as a photographer in LIFE magazine's Paris bureau.

The documentary will be screened at Restaurant 47, 47 rue François Ier, 75008 Paris on February 1, 2025.

RSVP: [email protected]

14/01/2025

Gregory Porter - gift wrapped

When Tom and I went to Versailles several days ago, we saw this lovely boutique that sells hi-fi equipment. What a blast from the past! Adding to our pleasure was a display of Gregory Porter's album, Still Rising, dressed for giving.

Studio HiFi boutique façade and Gregory Porter's Still Rising
Images by Entrée to Black Paris

13/01/2025

Nina Simone Aux Trois Mailletz

Paris is still decked out for the Christmas holidays!

Tom and I passed by Aux Trois Mailletz the other day and saw a photo of Nina Simone affixed to the wall of the front room. Simone performed there in 1982 and 1983. The iconic club also honors Simone with pixel art on the upper floor of an exterior wall on rue Saint-Julien-le-Pauvre.

Images by Entrée to Black Paris

12/01/2025

A New Year of Walking Tours

This year, ETBP is continuing our tradition of providing curious clients with walking tours that feature the Black experience in Paris! Here are some photos of recent clients (end of 2024/beginning of 2025).

If you're interested in booking a private tour with us, be sure to contact us at least six weeks in advance of your trip: [email protected].

11/01/2025

The Philosophy of Art Seminars

Beauford became somewhat of a celebrity after the Roko Gallery in NYC showed his work, and afterward, he began to hold Philosophy of Art seminars at his Greene Street studio. Read about them here: https://lesamisdebeauforddelaney.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-philosophy-of-art-seminars.html

Beauford in his Greene Street studio, New York City, 1944
© Estate of Beauford Delaney
by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire,
Court Appointed Administrator

10/01/2025

Congrats to Teri Speight on her book, Black Flora!

ETBP friend and colleague Teri Speight (Cottage In The Court) is our "go-to" person regarding flowers and plants from the Paris landscape that Tom and I have questions about. She has channeled her passion for gardening into Black Flora, a book about Black women who work in cut flower industry.

Get your copy at Amazon by clicking here: https://amzn.to/4j81CEK. (This is an affiliate link that permits us to earn a small commission on sales.)

Teri Speight and Black Flora
Image by Entrée to Black Paris

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Entrée to Black Paris™ Tours

Entrée to Black Paris™ tours started as four self-guided itineraries that I wrote for Discover Paris! - my husband’s and my travel planning service. As we became increasingly aware of the desire and demand of African-American travelers to Paris, we created additional walks and began providing them as private, guided walking tours. Discover Paris! has 13 unique walks that feature “Black Paris” - from “general” themes such as African-American artists in Paris to tours that focus on specific persons, such as James Baldwin and Josephine Baker.

We now offer our “Black History in and around the Luxembourg Garden” walk to the general public - several tours are scheduled every month and you can sign up for one online. Will Tyner and his family (pictured above) thoroughly enjoyed their tour of the garden! We also provide a popular visit to the Louvre called “Black Images in European Art,” where

our nationally-certified, trilingual guide provides an in-depth look at how European artists have represented black people over the centuries and how these representations changed over time. Our “Black Paris and the Myth of a Colorblind France” PowerPoint presentation opens your eyes to how this myth evolved and shows the many places in Paris where African Americans are publicly honored. If you are planning a trip to Paris and would like to experience our tours and activities, contact me at [email protected].