PARIS--A hot-air balloon brought an Olympic ring of fire into a rainy sky and singer Celine Dion ... to a giant balloon that floated into the night — an homage to early French pioneers of ...

Gustave Caillebotte’sParis Street; Rainy Daycontinues to confound and enthrall us in a way that leads us back to the words of Kirk Varnedoe, who was the first and perhaps most articulate spokesman for ...