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The (very) Parisian interview with Sarah Lavoine

Sarah Lavoine has established herself in a few years as a central figure in interior design in France. For Paris Select, she shared her best pleasure addresses in the capital…to be enjoyed without moderation! Sarah Lavoine, you are known for your faultless taste, your sense of color and light… what are the places where you find yourself comfortable, at ease, peaceful? What are your Parisian tips for our readers? ◊ A bar where to bask? Le Loulou, at the Museum of Decorative Arts. ◊ A restaurant to adopt? Lala cooks! The restaurant that I opened with my friend David Lahner in my flagship store on place des Victoires. ◊ A favorite market? The Raspail organic market, one of the rare organic markets in the capital (Sunday morning. Boulevard Raspail, between rue du Cherche-Midi and rue de Rennes, 75006), and also the Marché Président-Wilson. I go there for Joël Thiébault's vegetables, ultra-fresh fish and charcuterie. (Every Wednesday and Saturday. Avenue du President-Wilson, between rue Debrousse and place d'Iéna, 75016 Paris.) ◊ A spa where you can pamper yourself …

10 beautiful books to offer

Reading is a real treat for the mind and if your host is a literary, lover of words, then opt for a book as a gift! Here are 10 very beautiful books to enrich your library. - If she is passionate about Art Deco Here are 3 books in which she can (re) discover the history of Art Deco through 3 emblematic districts of Paris… 'Saint-Germain-des-Prés 1900-1950 Art Nouveau Art Deco 'Stronghold of the intelligentsia of existentialism and the New Wave, Saint-Germain-des-Prés still symbolizes an artistic and literary state of mind ... This emblematic district of Paris is known for its mythical cafes such as Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore or Lipp, its church, its trendy boutiques and its many art galleries. However, Saint-Germain-des-Prés also contains an impressive Art Nouveau and Art Deco architectural heritage that we discover in this work. Public price: 35 euros - 'Montmartre 1900-1930 Art Nouveau Art Déco' The Basilica of the Sacred Heart, the Place du Tertre and the Moulin Rouge have all played an important role in the influence of…

Excellence in decorative arts at Galerie Arcanes

At the heart of the Carré Rive Gauche, the Galerie Arcanes is currently exhibiting three contemporary artists who arouse curiosity through ambitious work on form and material. Originally specializing in the Decorative Arts of the 2003th century, since XNUMX it has been highlighting the best of decorators and cabinet makers. This year, let's follow closely this fascinating trio which has a bright future ahead of it… ◊ Hélène Morbu is a ceramicist. She founded a new formal language, her own, oscillating between delicacy of textures and rigor of lines. She works on contrast and relief, through a rich aesthetic vocabulary, which takes place off the beaten track. ◊ Jeanne Bonnefoy-Mercuriali, sculptor and ceramist, works sandstone and clay at the border between art and crafts. Impregnated by numerous trips, she infuses her creations with ancient, Yemeni or Palestinian influences. ◊ Pierre-Rémi Chauveau is a designer. Marked by very diverse influences, he plays with purity and contrast, most often using wood and ...

The decorative arts of Siberia come to the Musée du Quai Branly

Until January 17, 2016, the musée du quai Branly offers the astonishing exhibition “Aesthetics of love, Far Eastern Siberia”. The first major exhibition to highlight the aesthetic dimension of the decorative art of the peoples of the Amur River basin, Sakhalin and the island of Hokkaido, "Aesthetics of love, Far Eastern Siberia" can be seen at the Musée du quai Branly until January 17, 2016. Collected in these remote regions at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, these exceptional pieces testify to the interaction between the world of men, wild nature and the world of spirits. Enough to fascinate visitors intrigued by Asian culture... More than 100 works are to be admired: protective coats in fish skins, bags and accessories in bark, skins of scales, furs, ritual works... So many mysterious objects that testify of the life and culture of these peoples of hunters-fishermen still unknown to us. ♡ The Paris Select favourite: the finesse and complexity of the very rare fish skin coats, …

Travel to the past at the Arcane Gallery, specializing in XNUMXth century Decorative Arts

Located in the heart of the famous Carré Rive Gauche, the Galerie Arcanes stages and confronts the different decorative trends of the last century ... If you are keen on history, but especially art and antiques, the Carré Rive Gauche is quite simply made for you! Paris Select particularly recommends that you visit the Galerie Arcanes, an establishment specializing in the Decorative Arts of the 1920th century, from the 1970s to the 2003s to be more precise. Founded in XNUMX, Galerie Arcanes presents the best of decorators and cabinetmakers, supporting documentation or provenance. It exhibits both decorators classified as "safe bet" but also endeavors to defend creators less known to the general public or periods of their creation less publicized. Twentieth-century ceramics are also very present at the Arcanes gallery, in order to highlight the great masters of enamel. Thus, the works of Valérie Hermans and Jean Girel, two contemporary ceramists, are exhibited there all year round. In addition to ceramics, the Gallery exhibits furniture,…