Did you know that Paris has long been the capital of the Pearl ? Between the 1860s and the 1930s, most of the pearls fished in the Arabian Gulf passed through Paris, where they were traded and mounted by the leading jewellery houses on Place Vendôme. The Pearl shaped the Parisian luxury industry, built fortunes, inspired jewellers and […]
The body has always fascinated, challenged and questioned. With the exhibition ” Corps et âmes “, the Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection invites us to explore this universal theme through the eyes of forty contemporary artists from around the world. Painting, sculpture, photography, video: mediums intersect and dialogue to tell the intimate and collective stories of a […]
When we think of the sinking of the Titanic, we think first and foremost of the loss of life, and if nothing else, many luxury items also sank to the depths of the North Atlantic. Among these lost treasures was a priceless work of art: La Circassienne au Bain, a painting by the neoclassical painter Merry-Joseph Blondel. […]
