A gourmet and original address where the refinement and delicacy of Japanese flavors combine with the know-how of French pastry. Sleek creations, fascinating alliances: macaroons, cakes, chocolate with green tea powder, Yuzu or black sesame truffles, jams or cakes… you absolutely have to taste everything.
An essential gallery for lovers of modern art and the avant-gardes of the early twentieth century. If it is a reference gallery for the pictorial work of Le Corbusier, whose pictorial work it has contributed to the rediscovery by devoting a number of exhibitions to him, the Galerie Zlotowski has also extended its field of action to the middle 60s with artists like Jean Arp, Victor Brauner, Pol Bury, Sonia Delaunay, Jean Dubuffet, Simon Hantaï, Paul Klee, Fernand Léger or Kurt Schwitters.
Permanently presented artists : Willi Baumeister, Ella Bergmann-Michel, Sonia Delaunay, Jean Dubuffet, Albert Gleizes, Simon Hantaï, Auguste Herbin, Sheila Hicks, Le Corbusier, Fernand Léger, Sol LeWitt, Stéphane Mandelbaum, Eugene James Martin, Robert Michel, László Moholy-Nagy, Vera Molnar, François Morellet, Robert Motherwell, Georges Noël, Amédée Ozenfant, Serge Poliakoff, Kurt Schwitters, Antoni Tàpies, Joaquin Torres-Garcia, Georges Valmier, Victor Vasarely, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
In the deep heart of Saint-Germain, in one of those little preserved streets of the old Paris, the Villa d’Estrées is almost a private house as it only has ten bedrooms. The style, in reference to the discrete elegance of the Paris of Napoléon the 3rd and of the baron Haussmann, harmoniously mixes antique furniture and contemporary facilities. Its living room is also a chic, intimate and warm meeting place.
Lara Vincy ouvre sa galerie en 1955. Ses choix se portent alors sur les artistes de l’abstraction des années 60, dans le climat de l’Ecole de Paris à l’époque : René Allio, Kito, Raza, Wostan, Munford, Peter Clough ou Seundja Rhee. En 1970, sa fille Liliane Vincy prend la direction de la galerie et explore de nouvelles voies en dehors des modes et des courants dominants. Elle travaille et se lie d’une indéfectible amitié avec Raymond Hains, co-organise trois manifestations internationales avec Alex Mlynarcik et Pierre Restany : l ‘ « Inter-Etrennes » en 1972 , « Argillia » en 1977 et « Le temps de l’ailleurs » en 1994, expose Bertrand Lavier dès 1973, présente Ben dans les années 70, Joël Hubaut à partir de 1980, Takako Saito et Piero Gilardi dans les années 90. Depuis sa disparition en 2015, c’est Youri Vincy qui dirige la galerie, qu’il avait rejointe dès 2000.
Artistes présentés en permanence : Denise A. Aubertin, Jean-Luc André, Ben, Pierre Braun, Charles Dreyfus, Esther Ferrer, Raymond Hains, Joël Hubaut, Léa Le Bricomte, Pascal Le Coq, Miller Levy, Charlemagne Palestine, Jean-Luc Parant, Serge Pey, Takako Saito, Peter Vogel, Gil J Wolman
The furniture by Gilles Nouialhac seems to have been shaped by a cabinetmaker of long ago and yet it is contemporary creation, that the creator suggests reinterpreting with new materials: PVC, weaving, of fake leather … and a large choice of materials selected from many creators. Some 60 models of classic seats are presented in plain wood and white fabric in niches, on three levels. Louis XV chairs, Louis XVI wing chairs, Directoire couch, the decorative repertory of the Ancien Régime and of the Empire gets a new flush of youth.
Moreover, every piece of furniture can be customized thanks to a very wide range of sheen and lacquer to make each seat a unique piece.
94 rue du Bac 75007 Paris
01.53.63.00.25
Patricia de Nicolaï created those perfumes for home, but also for us, our men end even our children in 1989. In all of her creations we can recognize her touch, or more precisely her nose, and her predilection for white flowers and amber-based hints. Maharadjah is the leading essence of the brand, but it would be a pity to leave behind the eaux fraîches (fresh waters), which are perfect for the bathrobe.
It is our favourite square, the hyphen between the Place Saint-Germain and the Jardin du Luxembourg. The Place Saint-Sulpice has a very parisian charm. It welcomes every year many events such as the “Foire Saint-Germain” in June.
Situated in the center of the square, the fountain, which was erected in 1844 is named the “Fontaine des quatre points cardinaux” (fountain of the four cardinal points) on account of the presence of the statutes of Bossuet, Fénelon, Massillon and Fléchier in the niches. None of them was ever a cardinal, but we like to sit down under them.
Nearby, the Rue des Cannettes, the Rue Guisarde and the Rue Princesse have a vast number of restaurants, bars and pubs. It is a really good place to party.
Mario Lefranc and Béatrice Ferrant have gone through great Maisons de Couture as Saint-Laurent, Lanvin and Catherine Malandrino before creating their own brand which presents luxurious ready-to-wear clothes and which is about to become a great Maison too.
22 rue de l’Echaudé 75006 Paris
01.44.07.37.96
We often arrange to meet under the Statue of Danton to go to the cinema, to the theater or to have a drink. Nearby, the Théâtre de l’Odéon and the Cour du Commerce Saint-André are witnesses of the Age of the Enlightenment, which saw the birth of this neighborhood. During summer the Theater square is almost Romanian with its café, surrounded by olive trees, vines and rosebays. Our favorite spot !
But our garden is somewhere else … in the Cour de Rohan. Henri II built several buildings for his mistress Diane de Poitiers here. Later, the painter Balthus had his studio there. It is our patch of countryside in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
It was Marie de Medici who had the Luxembourg Palace built between 1615 and 1630. In 1750, it became the first French museum open to the public, with nearly 200 paintings on display, before becoming in 1818, the “museum of living artists” Where Parisians can discover the creations of painters like David, Ingres or Delacroix. After many years of sleep, due in particular to the creation of other museums in Paris but in 2000, the Senate decided to remake the museum a living place and it is a success because the Musée du Luxembourg is again an essential place of the Parisian cultural life. A place apart, which has no permanent collections, but organizes, twice a year, exhibitions, always exceptional, by borrowing from French and foreign museums to create thematic exhibitions, or by resuming exhibitions presented in the other European capitals: Pissarro, Titien, Fragonard, Cézanne, Cranach or the Italian Renaissance and the Tudors have thus passed by.
Paul Moreau-Vauthier – Mme Boucicaut et la Baronesse Clara de Hirsh
This garden, which faces the Bon Marché, honors the memory of Aristide Boucicaut, who created the famous department store. It is an ideal stopping place when the weather is great, sat in the shade of plane trees, Judas trees, or alders, among which some are hundred-years-old, or stretched out on lawns. Children can have rides on the merry-go-round, or have fun in the sandbox or in the playground; a pleasant public garden for all.
Since 1972, Jacques De Vos has been on the hunt for the most beautiful pieces of Art Deco furniture. In his shop he shows prestigious ensembles by : Jean-Michel Frank, Pierre Legrain, Charles Schneider, Robert Lallemant, Jean Dunand, and Pierre Chareau.
