Entries by Hélène

MUSEE DELACROIX

This museum is situated in the apartment, in the studio and in the garden where Eugène Delacroix lived until his death in 1853. You will see some beautiful paintings such as the portrait of his faithful Jenny and the gorgeous Madeleine dans le desert that Beaudelaire adored. MUSEE DELACROIX 6 place Furstenberg 75006 Paris 01.44.41.86.50 […]

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MUSEE MAILLOL

When Aristide Maillol died, Dina Vierny, who was his Muse and his companion, decided to create a foundation. This foundation was inaugurated in 1995. The Musée Maillol gathers together a collection of drawings, engravings, paintings and sculptures of the artist, but also his personal collection in which we can find some works of art by […]

MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY

The Quai Branly Museum or Museum of arts and civilizations in Africa, Asia, Oceania and America, devised and designed by Jean Nouvel, is made of four buildings which are linked together by footbridges. This cultural place is set under the patronage of the UNESCO. Its ambition is to acknowledge the major place occupied by civilizations, […]

FONDATION CARTIER

Established in 1984, the Fondation Cartier stands up for visual arts, cinema, photography and fashion. Since 1994 it has been located in a wonderful glass building designed by Jean Nouvel. The Fondation is a really lively place, thanks to the “Nomades” Evenings, regular appointments with the performing arts, but also with the work-groups for children […]

MUSEE DE CLUNY

  The National Museum of the Middle Ages is settled down in two exceptional Parisian monuments: the Gallo-Roman thermae (1st and 2nd centuries) and the Hotel of the abbots of Cluny (end of the 15th century). The collections enable people to go through almost fifteen centuries of art and architecture : Romanesque architecture, Gothic sculpture, […]

MUSEE BOURDELLE

The Musée Bourdelle is the studio where Antoine Bourdelle lived and worked for four years. The museum takes up the whole space: apartments, studio and garden. The place was turned into a museum in 1949. Then two expansions were made by Henri Gautruche in 1961 and by Christian de Portzamparc in 1992. More than 500 […]

MAISON DE LA CULTURE DU JAPON

  Since its opening in 1997, the Community Arts Center of Japan has offered the public to discover all the facets of the traditional and contemporary Japanese culture, thanks to its various activities : exhibitions, live performances, cinema and courses, tea ceremony, cookery, ikebana, calligraphy, Go game, origami …       MAISON DE LA […]

CATHERINE LABOURE’ S GARDEN

A family garden, where children can play and run, and where we can picnic or have a nap in the grass, because the vast lawns bordered with lime trees and poplars are hidden behind the high stone wall of the Rue de Babylone. It is a real orchard that kept all the charm of the […]

SQUARE RECAMIER

  This terraced garden is particularly intimate, hidden at the bottom of the Rue Récamier, which is a residential dead end street sheltered from the surrounding tumult. It was built in 1933 at the place where the convent of the Abbaye-aux-Bois used to be, and where Madame Récamier withdrew to end her days. What makes […]

YEN

22 rue Saint-Benoît  75006 Paris 01.45.44.11.18 Monday – Satueday : noon – 2.00 p.m and 7.30 – 10.30 p.m Closed Sunday In a zen and warm setting, experience Chef Naoto Masumoto’s traditional Japanese cuisine which got a nod in the Michelin guide. Eat home-made Tsukemono and Ohitashi, as well as Sashimi -of course- and unforgettable […]

PLACE FURSTENBERG

  Delacroix’s studio (which has become a museum), Serge Aboukrat’s art gallery, the sublime shop windows of the material designers, and its four trees which make it really romantic in the spring time : the Place Furstenberg is the meeting place of beautiful materials lovers and of lovers in general. Today, its postcard beauty and […]

MISSONI

Depuis 1953, date de sa création par Ottavio Missoni et sa femme Rosita, la marque italienne n’a aucunement dévié de son credo de base : la maille colorée, les motifs zig-zag, les imprimés. Depuis deux décennies,  Angela Missoni préserve l’âme et le savoir-faire de la Maison fondée par ses parents. PRINTEMPS / ETE 2023 MISSONI […]