At the head of the Picasso Museum since 2014, Laurent Le Bon is one of those typically French personalities who are the pride of the world of French culture. Major in the competition for heritage curators, this art historian has a CV as long as the arm of a Picasso character.
Curator of the Beaubourg-Georges Pompidou center in 2000 and professor at the Louvre school, he is the one who pilots the Pompidou-Metz center project of which he becomes director in 2013.
Also the curator of numerous contemporary art exhibitions including Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami at the Palace of Versailles in the 2000s, he is also responsible for the artistic direction of the 2012 edition of Nuit Blanche.
Author of numerous art books and catalogs, this eclectic museum director has a 360-degree artistic knowledge without departing from a certain simplicity. Since the reopening of the Picasso museum, more than three million people have visited the institution he directs in the heart of the Marais.
When he was appointed in 2014, Le Monde described this non-conformist as “one of the most inventive personalities in the world of French museums, where he embodies the exception rather than the rule”. Some will add: “A Maraisian at heart”!
D’OTHER LOVERS OF THE MARAIS
A meeting with the philosopher Charles Pépin
Philosopher, writer, successful author, professor at Sciences Po and at the Lycée de la Légion d'Honneur, Charles Pépin, who bears a royal first name twice, logically lives in the former district of Charles V, that is -say in le Marais. For having traveled up and down (“It’s by walking…
Librairie 0fr., the temple of “cool”
The Ofr bookstore. is so open to the world that it spills onto the sidewalk. Rue Dupetit-Thouars, the books spread out on the tables on either side of the entrance give an idea of what awaits customers behind the window: ultra-trendy fashion magazines, design magazines...
Emily in Paris… and Bruno in le Marais !
In Emily in Paris, he is Luc, the kindly “nerdy” colleague of the American heroine of the Netflix series. A specimen of Parisian hedonist who explains to young Emily, newly arrived in a luxury marketing agency in the capital, the codes of the world of work in France...
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LE MARAIS MOOD
The Marais Crossings 2024: surprises and emotions (from 13/15 to 09/XNUMX)
From September 13 to 15, 2024, Le Marais celebrates the 10th anniversary of its cultural festival “Les Traversées du Marais”. Under the theme of “Surprise”, this anniversary edition promises to shake up the senses and certainties of strollers, in a district where history rubs shoulders with the avant-garde.
Heritage Days 2024: the secrets of the Marais
Le Marais, an architectural showcase of historic Paris, is preparing to reveal its hidden treasures during the 2024 Heritage Days. This district, once a marshland that became a stronghold of the nobility in the XNUMXth century, is home to an exceptional density of private mansions and historic buildings, silent witnesses to the splendor of yesteryear.
Private cruise on the Seine: a perfect moment
Like the Olympic athletes at the opening ceremony, Le Marais Mood embarked on a cruise on the Seine. But for a private cruise, in a small group (six passengers), with champagne on tap. This is what Green River Cruises offers for 450 euros for a one and a half hour cruise.
