Yves Gastou is a specialist for furniture and sculpture of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s. He hunts for, rediscovers all the forgotten designers of those years. He was the one who since 1985 has organized the first exhibitions in France of Ron Arad, Ettore Sottsass or Shiro Kuramata, that he then confronted with the works by older major designers of the 1940s and 1950s as André Arbus, Jacques Adnet, Paul Evans, Gabriella Crespi, Joe Colombo and many others. It is thanks to gallery owners like him that we now enjoy the return of Art Deco in the forefront. Joined by his son Victor in 2005, Yves Gastou continues to exhibit the spatial and playful furniture of the 60s and 70s, cherishing the dream of a free and relaxed way of life, of an art democratized thanks to the introduction of new materials, such as resin, brass, stainless steel, and stone geodes, while integrating a sleek contemporary design. Victor has continued the adventure alone since Yves’ disappearance in 2020.
Chahan Minassian is multitalented : he is an interior designer, a designer, an antique dealer and a gallery owner. He has a passion for the American furniture of the 1930s to the 1960s, he presents, in his gallery of the Rue de Lille, pieces by Vladimir Kagan, Paul Evans, Karl Springer, Tommi Parzinger, Paul Laszlo, Philip and Kelvin Laverne, Edward Wormley, Harry Bertoia… and just next to it, he becomes again an interior designer and presents his style for international customers.
This is a favourite of the art galleries in the vicinity and artists bring the fun to the place. You will also meet fashionistas and writers. In the spring and summer time, the terrasse is delightful for a drink and a Sunday brunch.
Frey makes fabrics and wallpapers in the purest French tradition. A wide collection of 7000 references which gathers together the creations signed Pierre Frey and those created by three other prestigious brands of the company : Braquenié, Fadini Borghi and Bouassac. Frey is also the story of a passion which has been passed on to three generations : Pierre Frey who created the company in 1935 and soon became the idol of decorators and antique dealers, then his son, Patrick, who has been signing, since 1975, every new model of fabrics looking for inspiration in the spirit of the age, travels, art or History and his two sons, Pierre et Vincent, who have already started taking over from there father.
Since 1951, the eponymous brand has been the ultimate reference in silk for home furnishing. It offers fabrics designed, woven and dyed in the purest South-East Asian tradition as well as collaborations with the most notorious designers. This ancestral fabric seemingly never ages and always keeps up with design and trends.
In a 19th century decor, chocolates and boxes are elegantly arranged on an antique piece of furniture with antique panellings. In the window shop there are exceptional pastries exposed where even, including the most classical ones such as the lemon tart or the frosted cream puff have a reinterpreted taste, and of course the famous macaroons, a series of colours and tastes, which makes it a Mecca for the pastry-making creation.
The House of Louis Vuitton truly surprises us with each new season. Since 2012, Nicolas Ghesquière has brilliantly navigated between tradition and avant-garde to dress the most stylish women. Having previously revived the House of Balenciaga, he has once again managed to anticipate and create trends, crafting iconic pieces like La Petite Malle and the Archlight sneakers, and designing silhouettes that continue to transcend time and contribute to the House’s legacy.
Esther de Beaucé presents exclusive jewel-sculptures by contemporary artists such as Frank Stella, Bernar Venet, François Morellet, Orlan, Jacques Villeglé, Miguel Chevalier, Barthélémy Toguo, Lee Ufan, Pierrette Bloch, Laurent Baud as well as by designers, architects and none other than the greatest modern artists like Picasso and Calder.
Jean Royère’s works of art made Jacques Lacoste want to open a gallery specialized in design of the 1940s – 1950s and for ten years he has been the one that people consult for an advice or a valuation on the works of art of this great designer. He is also the one who shows this work whenever he gets the opportunity on the other side of the Atlantic. But is does not prevent him from showing the works of Serge Mouille, Alexandre Noll, Georges Jouve or Pierre Szekely.
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Marcel Fleiss opened the Galerie des Quatre Mouvements in 1972 with an exhibition of forty rayographs by his friend Man Ray. He presented Dada, Surrealist, Pop, and Hyperrealist works there. In 1981, he opened the Galerie 1900-2000, where he broadened his artistic scope to include other avant-garde movements (Lettrism, Fluxus, etc.) and a few contemporary artists (Pol Bury, George Condo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Keith Haring’s last exhibition before his death). In 1991, his son David joined him and developed the photography department and collaborations with contemporary artists (Joseph Kosuth and Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sylvie Fleury, and Laurent Grasso). Together, they now focus primarily on Surrealist and Dadaist works (Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Hans Bellmer, Arthur Cravan, etc.) while continuing to champion the art of the 1960s and 70s.
Artists permanently presented : Hans Bellmer, Gaston Bertin, Jean-Louis Brau, Victor Brauner, Pol Bury, William Copley Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Aube Elléouët, Max Ernst, Xavier Escriba, Al Hansen, Jacques Hérold, Ray Johnson, Philippe Jusforgues, Tetsumi Kudo, Wifredo Lam, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Maurice Lemaitre, Frédéric Léglise, Dora Maar, Man Ray, André Masson, Pierre Molinier, Francis Picabia, Edda Renouf, Miguel Rio Branco, Ed Ruscha, Robert Whitman
There is a private club feel to the decoration by Christian Liaigre which is sober, elegant and as great as everything the designer creates. The menu, the numerous beautiful people and model-looking waiters all conspire to make this place ultrachic !
The most illustrious café in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. It was the favourite spot of the intelligentsia of the 30’s, from Surrealists to editors, artists and filmmakers and it became the meeting point of post-war Existentialists. There gathered Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Boris Vian, writers and artists such as Ernest Hemingway, Juliette Gréco Brigitte Bardot, Roman Polanski, Françoise Sagan, Romain Gary as well as the world of fashion. Nowadays the Café de Flore still caters for a subtle blend or artists, writers, intellectuals, politics and anonymous people.
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