Art hopping

 

Autumn vernissages and gallery openings in lively Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

First Thursday of the month

 

Espace Dalí

"The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents." -

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí loved Paris and today, after months of renovation, the museum-gallery Espace Dalí re-opens its doors in Montmartre where few realize the Catalan artist resided, at 7 rue Becquerel.

Espace Dalí

11 rue Poulbot 75018

Article: The Good Life France Magazine

Memory lane

Inner courtyard of my first apartment in Paris.

On the fence

Posters at l'Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés advertise an art bookstore and gallery nearby.

Hands on

 

- Bonne Année / Happy New Year 2016 - 

 

Above: a gallery wall in the Marais district

 

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In her thoughts

The reflection of a man on a gallery window superimposed on a portrait of twins makes it appear as if one of them is thinking about him. He may be thinking of her too.

Crayon art

Almost every surface inside this rue des Beaux-Arts gallery including the front door is covered in scribblings.

 

At the reception: helium balloons, homemade lemonade, cookies - for the grown-ups

Art café

Morning coffee and art co-mingle in a spacious community café-gallery at the foot of The Basilica of Sacré Coeur.

[Exhibited artists have included enfant terrible and Warhol protégé Jean-Michel Basquiat]

 

Halle Saint-Pierre

2 rue Ronsard 75018

Drawings

A banner outside a gallery in the Latin Quarter announces figurative American artist H. Craig Hanna.

Mao Tse Tongue

 

This sculpture takes up much floor space in this contemporary art gallery, one of many near the rue des Beaux Arts.