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Discovering “artist's jewelry” at the MiniMasterpiece Gallery

Inaugurated by Esther de Beaucé in 2012, the MiniMasterpiece Gallery is entirely devoted to jewelry by contemporary artists and designers. A graduate of the prestigious Brown University, Esther de Beaucé first co-directed the Schirman & De Beaucé gallery - from 2005 to 2012 - before embarking on another adventure. That same year, she inaugurated the very first gallery exclusively dedicated to jewelry-sculptures by contemporary artists and designers in Paris. For the young woman, the “artist's jewel” represents a work of art in its own right, which confronts the plastic surgeon with unusual creative constraints such as size or portability. An intimate collection that can be worn on the neck, on your finger or on your wrist, these artist's jewels are the fruit of the love, friendship and challenge that have presided over their creation. Superb miniature 'objects' that offer a new perspective on creation in the XNUMXst century! Jewelry sculptures, original collaborations and other astonishing adornments, the passionate gallery owner publishes these pieces in limited series, soliciting and supporting various renowned contemporary designers. Among them …

Our favorite galleries in the Marais

The Marais and its surroundings are a gold mine for adepts and art lovers. Paris Select presents you the art galleries not to be missed to embellish your Parisian walks… Galerie Maria Lund Located in the heart of the Marais, the Galerie Maria Lund highlights and promotes works that are profound in a philosophical sense and raise real existential questions. The resulting responses are intended to be more suggestive than imposing. Alongside the temporary exhibitions which follow one another throughout the year - for which the gallery sometimes collaborates with institutions - the gallery can receive artists for concerts and reading conferences. Galerie Maria Lund, 48 rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris Galerie Schwab Beaubourg Created in 2011 by Thierry Schwab and his son Edouard, the Schwab Beaubourg gallery is housed in a beautiful 170 m2 space near the Pompidou center. It defends contemporary figurative painting and sculpture, by presenting leading artists such as the sculptor Marc Petit, continuously exhibited as well as the painters Safet Zec, Antoni ...

Exceptional art galleries in the 8th arrondissement

The Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Avenue Matignon, rue de Penthièvre and rue de Miromesnil remain the stronghold of great antique dealers and prestigious art galleries. In a spirit of tradition and renewal, art dealers with global influence have sometimes settled there for several generations and rub shoulders with famous foreign galleries recently installed. In this article, we reveal the most beautiful of the 8th arrondissement. Galeries Bartoux Among the many art galleries in Paris, this one is located in the heart of a mythical avenue, the Matignon. Galeries Bartoux specializes in contemporary art. Fostering new artistic trends, it makes us discover works from surrealism and new realism as well as the biggest names in Pop Art and Street Art: Dali, Arman, Picasso, Andy Warhol… A selection of works by great masters and contemporary artists to admire in their new Parisian space of 500m2, inaugurated last summer. Galeries Bartoux, 5 avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris. 01 42 66 36 63 Tajan For 30 years, Tajan has been the unmissable event for collectors. ...

To the happiness of the day: the Poetic Gallery around erotic art  

A stone's throw from the Opéra district, in the legendary rue Chabanais, nestles the Galerie de Nicole Canet. A great lover of gay art and the male nude, this former antiques dealer at the Puces de Saint-Ouen opened her own gallery 20 years ago, showcasing the censored face of Paris… Puritans abstain! Rue Chabanais embodies the forbidden pleasures and Parisian thrills of the time. So it's no coincidence that the Au Bonheur du Jour gallery is located just opposite the former Chabanais, one of the most famous former brothels in Paris. Inaugurated 20 years ago, there are works of all kinds: drawings, paintings, photographs and other rare pieces dating from the end of the XNUMXth century. Each of them honors the expression of homoeroticism and eroticism. Among the most famous works, we can cite the mythical black and white photographs of Yves Paradis, the paintings of Gaston Goor. The gallery owner has also thought of a chapter dedicated exclusively to girls. Also on the program: surprising discoveries about …

Barbie celebrates its 60th birthday in Paris!

Next May 16 will mark the first day of the “Barbie's Birthday” exhibition, at the Galerie Isabelle Laverny, in the 17th arrondissement. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the most famous doll, photographer Michel Tréhet will present 60 unpublished black and white photographs highlighting this glamorous icon, known to all. From Audrey Hepburn to Grace Kelly via Karl Lagerfeld, artistic director Michel Tréhet has immortalized all the icons of fashion, style and elegance embodied by Barbie. At the Galerie de la rue Guersant, we find Grace Kelly in stagings in Deauville, on a trip to the Hôtel Normandy, which has received all the big names in fashion. Deauville is not a destination chosen by chance. A place dear to the heart of Coco Chanel, the designer liked to go there regularly to recharge her batteries. As you stroll, you discover photos in which Barbie wears outfits signed by the greatest designers, including a Dior model from 1947. Then head to the beach at …

The "Renaissance" of François d'Izarny is unveiled at the Galerie Bartoux Matignon

On May 16, the Galeries Bartoux will organize the opening of the exhibition devoted to François d'Izarny and his colorful works. Since their creation, Les Galeries Bartoux have specialized in contemporary art while promoting new artistic trends. They offer amateurs and art enthusiasts the opportunity to rediscover works of surrealism – Dali – and new realism like Arman, as well as great masters of the Pop and Street Art movement. The Galeries Bartoux invite you to discover several major artists of our time, whether classical or contemporary: Josepha, Etienne, Bruno Catalano, Salvador Dali, Julien Marinetti, Fernando Botero, Arman... Each year, personal or collective exhibitions of painters and sculptors of world renown, (French or foreign) are organized. Next Thursday, May 16, the Galerie Bartoux Matignon will organize a preview of the exhibition devoted to François d'Izarny, “Renaissance”. Initiated at the school of Buffet, François d'Izarny is a French artist with a busy career. After being spotted by his talent, in the 70s, he inaugurated his …

Discover the art of Gustavo Perez at Galerie Arcanes

After 15 years spent on rue de Lille within the Carré Rive Gauche in Paris, Galerie Arcanes is enjoying a new lease of life and is moving to rue Bonaparte, in the dynamic district of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The directors of the Galerie Arcanes, Anne Deconinck and Geoffrey Renaud are great enthusiasts but above all incurable bargain hunters. Drawing on their 30 years of experience, they will continue to present everything they consider to be beautiful, interesting, historical, rare, spectacular, funny, moving, anecdotal, iconic, comfortable or even elegant… In short, everything that makes them feel good. makes vibrate in this immense breeding ground of decorative arts of the French and European 1930th century. If furniture, lighting and ceramics from the 1970s to XNUMXs are the subject of their main activity, they also highlight personalities such as Ruhlmann, Printz, Adnet, Quinet, Dominique, Perriand, Prouvé, Sognot, Chauvet, Doucin, Thevenin, Zimbacca… Over the years, discoveries and encounters through documentation and testimonies from designers, sculptors and ceramists have indeed pushed their curiosity into the intimacy of the workshops of their contemporary artists. ...