ART GALLERIES + MUSEUMS TO VISIT IN PARIS

A WEEK IN PARIS SPENT GALLERY HOPPING, SEEKING THE BEST CULINARY DELIGHTS AND WALKING THE CITY FOR MILES AND MILES (AN AVERAGE OF 10 MILES PER DAY!) WAS JUST THE START OF AN EXCITING SUMMER. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS:

GALERIE ARMEL SOYER

AFTER REACHING OUT TO A CONNECTION WHO IS WELL-TRAVELED AND QUITE THE DESIGN FANATIC VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE RECOMMENDED GALERIE ARMEL SOYER. THE CURRENT EXHIBITION IN THIS ENCHANTING SPACE IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN CHRISTOPHER BOOTS AND GILLES PERNET. THE INSPIRATION AND STORY SURROUNDING BOOTS' LIGHT FIXTURES AND PERNET'S TAPESTRIPES STEMS FROM ANCIENT MYTHOLOGY.

MONNAIE

MONNAIE DE PARIS CURRENTLY HOLDS AN EXHIBITION CALLED "FLOOR-NAMENTS" WHICH HIGHLIGHTS "THE TRANSITION FROM THE PURELY VERTICAL ASPECT OF THE MONUMENT (SCULPTURE) TO ONE ENCOMPASSING HORIZONTALITY OF ITS IMMEDIATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GROUND" (MONNAIE DE PARIS).

MAISON PICASSIETTE HOUSE

IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE QUITE AN ORDINARY AND MUNDANE NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHARTRES, FRANCE, IS THE COLORFUL AND EXQUISITE, TILE COVERED ABODE BY ARTIST MAISON PICASSIETTE. IN THIS QUAINT LIVING SPACE, EVERYTHING, AND I MEAN EVERYTHING (EVEN THE STOVE) IS COVERED IN TILES CREATING THE MOST ELABORATE MOSAICS. THE FACADES OF THE HOUSE TELL STORIES OF THE TOWN AND PEOPLE OF CHARTRES. THE WILD FIG TREES AND SEA OF FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN COMPLEMENT THE VIBRANT COLORS OF THE HOUSE. THIS MASTERPIECE IS JUST A TRAIN RIDE AWAY FROM PARIS AND WELL-WORTH THE VISIT.

ATELIER BRANCUSI

A MUST-SEE IN THE MARAIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ATELIER BRANCUSI. IT'S AMAZING HOW SUCH A SMALL SPACE CAN CONTAIN AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF SCULPUTRES AND FALL INTO PLACE SO NATURALLY WITHOUT APPEARING TOO OVERWHELMING. THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE STUDIOS TO VISIT IN PARIS.