Window Wednesday

An atelier d'artiste in a private Montmartre courtyard at the Golden Hour. 

 

Mona Monday

 

 

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Pie-in-the-face Mona

A fun exhibition on a narrow Marais side street. 

 Ended November 16

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FINAL DAY: all weekend and thru Monday November 18:

Montmartre's unique annual Portes Ouvertes des ateliers d'artistes: from Anvers to Abbesses, when artists open their private ateliers to the public and Parisians and visitors alike roam the streets, stairways and hills, maps in hand, searching hidden addresses and local art.

101 Artistes - 63 Ateliers

 Thank you organizers and Mairie du 18ème

 

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Passage des arts

 

 

Hidden artists' ateliers in a passage off a back street in the Bastille district.

 

Flashback Friday

November saw a Halloween-like darting from one atelier to another for Montmartre's annual portes ouvertes at local artists' studios.

 Above: an artiste-peintre prepares coffee behind the scenes

Below: a ceramicist works a lump of clay

Portes Ouvertes 2021

Anvers aux Abbesses

 

 More photos December newsletter

Village des artistes #2

Above: through a studio window; works strewn on a floor; a conceptual artist explains his concept; paintings set out for private exhibition

Below: drinks + nibbles laid out at each stop

Village des artistes #1

Few are aware that high on the Butte Montmartre hidden paths behind locked gates lead to artist live-work spaces - private lofts, studios, and ateliers - where salons, talks, spontaneous get-togethers and tête-a-têtes take place almost every weekend.
 

 

Below: an atelier bathed in natural light on an overcast day; at a private art soirée

Village des artistes

The artists who made Montmartre famous didn't just fade away. They left their mark in many ways and some, like Pablo Picasso, left descendants. On Monday, a peek into some of the ateliers of today's working artists, our neighbors, our friends.

Above: graffiti on the side of former studio-residence of painter Gen Paul, born on rue Lepic and considered a precursor to the abstract expressionists of the 1950s