by The Marais Mood | November 23, 2021 | Culture, The people of the Marais, Museums
©Anaïs Costet François Hébel, director of the Cartier-Bresson Foundation has reason to be satisfied. By moving to the Marais (from the Montparnasse district) two years ago, the institution dedicated to the man of the “decisive moment” doubled its number of...
by The Marais Mood | October 25, 2021 | Culture, The people of the Marais, Music
Since 1970, James Chauvelin has occupied a violin making workshop at 14, rue Charles V in the XNUMXth arrondissement. A fine connoisseur of this area, James has made a specialty of repairing, restoring and maintaining the quartet's instruments...
by The Marais Mood | April 2, 2021 | Boutiques, The people of the Marais, Bookstores
©Grégoire Prangé The pope of contemporary art welcomes us to his 200 m2 bookstore-gallery, rue des Filles-du-Calvaire. The Pope, really? Yes really ! Defender of contemporary art for half a century and famous art collector, Yvon Lambert...
by The Marais Mood | September 21, 2020 | Culture, The people of the Marais, Music
©Anaïs Costet There are two Bob Sinclars. The first, the best known, is a prince of the turntables, an international “deejay” who sets the nights of Los Angeles, Ibiza and Rio de Janeiro on fire. He is also a prolific producer, admirer of Cerrone and Giorgo...
by The Marais Mood | September 8, 2020 | Culture, The people of the Marais, Museums
©Marc Riou At the head of the Cognacq-Jay museum for two years, Annick Lemoine has a contagious sense of wonder: listening to her talk about “her” XNUMXth century collections is a treat. It must be said that “its” museum is akin to a “small Louvre” with its collections...