💫 Christo’s legacy, landmark shows & cool pop-ups! A Week in Paris
A new selection of stuff to see, do, and love in Paris (and at the Saint-Ouen Flea Market) this week. Celebrating Paris Makers and the strange, new, true & beautiful, forever!
💫 On the 40th anniversary of Christo and Jeanne Claude’s thrilling The Pont-Neuf Wrapped, Paris has renamed the square next to the bridge ‘Place du Pont-Neuf – Christo et Jeanne-Claude’. Their 1985 transformation of the city’s oldest bridge continues to inspire. Next year, JR will bring his own large-scale activation to the monument, continuing their legacy.
📸 POLARAKI at Musée Guimet pays tribute to Araki’s frenzied use of the Polaroid, a near-daily gesture since the late 1990s that fueled his voyeuristic and erotic pursuits. Now, 25 years of these intimate snapshots, donated by collector Stéphane André, are on view. Over 18s only!
🧣Our friend Michaela @letendreparis is back with a new pop-up at the Ofr. Project Space (6 Rue des Filles du Calvaire), featuring her new-season edit of timeless vintage pieces – cashmere, plaids and other winter staples, for men, women and kids.
🏛️ London luxe shoe brand Le Monde Béryl celebrates its first decade with a Paris pop-up, showcasing the brand’s creative process as a collage of memories, art, and design. The installation includes a curated library by our own sendb00ks.com. 24 Rue Saint-Roch, until 4 Nov.
❌ From Wednesday, the Bourse de Commerce presents a major exhibition devoted to Minimal art, featuring 100+ works by Dan Flavin, Agnes Martin, On Kawara, and the rest. Curated by Jessica Morgan (Dia Art Foundation), it challenges the American-centric narrative of Minimalism and highlights movements from Japan (Mono-ha), Brazil (Neo-Concrete), and Europe (Zero, Arte Povera).
🎨 The most important retrospective yet of George Condo’s career, in collaboration with the artist, opens at the Musée d’art moderne on Friday, tracing 40+ years of his practice - a dialogue with art history, the human figure and abstraction, and the final chapter of the museum’s ‘New York trilogy’, following Basquiat (2010) and Haring (2013).