N°5 by Chanel is without a doubt the most famous perfume in the world. Worn by the biggest stars, it is the object of a free exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo (Palace of Tokyo), until June 5^th, 2013. It is the occasion to discover how it was created.

A star perfume
Thanks to pictures, archives, movies and various objects, the fragrance is here presented as a work of art that recomposes its story through ages. We learn the name of it’s creator, Ernest Beaux, who, with Coco Chanel, imagined its few flowery notes that will make of N°5 a star perfume. Launched on May 5^th, 1921, this perfume with ylang-ylang, jasmine and bergamot notes is being celebrated 92 years to the day after its birth, in one of the most important museums of Paris.

Photo credit: N°5, extract, CHANEL – Daniel JOUANNEAU – Didier ROY

Exhibition “N°5 Culture Chanel”, from May 5^th to June 5^th, 2013.
Open everyday from 12p.m to 12a.m, except on Tuesdays.
Free entrance.

Palais de Tokyo
13, avenue du President Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 81 97 35 88
Subway: Iena or Alma-Marceau (L.9).

If you are looking for a typical bistro of the Thirties, rush for the Beaujolais of Auteuil. Entirely brought up to date by architect Gilles Guillot, it keeps this spirit of yesteryear with its woodworks, its sheens and its old mirrors. We discover there an authentic but refined cuisine, cooked by Chef Yvan Sternat. Let yourself be tempted with the blanquette of veal or the beef rib for 2, melting as one pleases. Besides, it is at the best butcher’s of the neighborhood, Petard, that the restaurateur buys his meat. You are salivating? You have to know that cheeses are selected at Michel Fouchereau’s, elected Best Worker of France. An address deliciously good!

Open everyday from 7:30a.m to 1:30a.m.
Starter + Main Course + Dessert = 30€.

The Beaujolais of Auteuil
99, boulevard de Montmorency
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 47 43 03 56
Subway: Porte d’Auteuil (L.10).

Corot used to call him the “king of the skies” when Monet considered him his master and believed he was one of the precursors of impressionism. Thus, it was essential than a Parisian institution like the Jacquemart-Andre Museum shared with the public the paintings, pastels and watercolors of Eugene Boudin (1824 – 1898) in an outstanding retrospective.

Venice, slave’s dock in the evening, Customs and Salute
1895, oil on canvas, 46 x 65 cm
Quebec, Quebec National Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of the Estate Maurice Duplessis. Restauration made by Quebec’s conservation Center – ©
Photographer, Patrick Altman

An exceptional retrospective
It is the first time since 1899 that such an event dedicated to Boudin is organized in Paris. The American public was quickly appreciative of his works, and museums of the North of the United States like Washington’s National Gallery or Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts still have today numerous unique works of the artist. This pioneer artist is among the first French painters to have gone out of his studio to draw landscapes, going from his native Normandy or Venice without forgetting Brittany, Bordeaux or South of France. Being able to seize the unique atmosphere of the places he visited throughout his life, he always gave importance to the elements and brought an atmospheric dimension to his works. Represent in an innovative way light’s reflections, clouds and water was undeniably his strong suit.

Beach Scene, Trouville
1869, oil on canvas, 29 x 47cm
Madrid, Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza collection at el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
© Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza en depósito en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Exhibition “Eugene Boudin”, from march 22^nd to july 22^nd, 2013.
Open everyday from 10a.m to 6p.m and to 8:30p.m on Monday and Saturday.
Full rate: 17€ / Reduced Rate: 15,5€ (with audioguide).

Jacquemart Andre Museum
158, boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 43 62 11 59
Subway: Miromesnil (L.9 and L.13)

To go with the publication of the reasoned catalog of Jules Dalou’s sculptures (1838 – 1902), an exhibition will take place at Paris’ Petit Palais. The event focuses notably on the monumental productive ability of the artist, as well as on his relationship with the capital’s public space, thanks to the extremely rich Dalou’s funds. It is the first monograph exhibition dedicated to the sculptor.

Credit: Jules Dalou, the Triumph of the Republic – Eric Emo – Petit Palais – Roger-Viollet.

A path that didn’t run smooth
Having lived in poverty during his childhood in Paris, Dalou started a career that will be quickly interrupted by the 1870 War and Paris Commune in which he participated. He then went into exile across the Channel and became frankly successful with the British. It is thanks to the communards’ amnesty that he moved back to France about ten years later. Then, he gave the City of Paris an aesthetically revolutionary work: The Triumph of The Republic, which you can still admire today at Nation’s Square. It was the first of numerous public monuments created by the artist.

A new exhibition
Between sculptures, paintings, drawings and pictures, the exhibition of the Petit Palais unveils about 400 works, the majority being shown publically for the first time. Coming for the most part from the collection from the multi-talented artist’s studio, this panel of works will enable you to retrace its evolution over the years. You will thus discover the different stages of the making of a historical monument by this mythical sculptor from the 19^th century. You have to go visit this!

 Credit: Jules Dalou, bacchanalia – Eric Emo – Petit Palais – Roger-Viollet.

Exhibition “Dalou (1838 – 1902) The sculptor of the Republic”, from april 18^th to july 13^th, 2013.
Open Monday to Sunday from 10a.m to 6p.m, and on Thursday to 8p.m.
Full rate: 8€/Reduced Rate: 6€.

Petit Palais
Avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 43 40 00
Subway: Champs Elysées Clémenceau (L.1 or L.3)

Two of the most important Parisian museum of modern art, the MAM and the 104 associate on the occasion of a retrospective dedicated to Pop Art genius: Keith Haring (1958 – 1990). 250 hypnotic works will be presented to the public, among which are about twenty are of huge size (at the 104).

Keith Haring Untitled, 1982
Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan’s collection, Abu Dabi. United Arab Emirates
Vinyl painting on vinyl tarp 365,7 x 375,9 cm
© Keith Haring Foundation

A subversive artist
This exhibition shows the will of the artist to change the world through his stand for several important causes: aids, capitalism, apartheid, racism, homophobia, and destruction of the environment. His paintings, drawings or sculptures are all synonymous with social justice and individual freedom against the system and the State.

Keith Haring portrait, by Philippe Bonan
June 1989
© Photographer : Philippe Bonan

A street-art enthusiast
Keith Haring wanted to offer art to everybody. Fascinated with graffiti, he started working in public space and in particular in the New York subway. His “subway drawings”, made with white chalk, testify of his line genius and his quickness to avoid being caught by the police (which happened several times). Friend with Andy Warhol, Madonna and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring contributed to hip-hop and break dance’s renaissance. He worked with graph artists and dancers, with certain frenzy to product works that break the law.

This UNMISSABLE exhibition can be discovered until august, 18^th, 2013!

Keith Haring
A Pile of Crowns for Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1988
Collection Keith Haring Foundation
Acrylic on canvas 304,8 x 304,8 cm
© Keith Haring Foundation

Exhibition “Keith Haring, The Political Line”, from April 19^th to august 18^th, 2013 at the MAM and the 104.
The MAM is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10a.m to 6p.m. Late-opening on Thursday until 10p.m.
The 104 is open Tuesday to Sunday from 1p.m to 7:30p.m.
MAM Rate: 11€ / 104 Rate: 8€.
Upon presentation of the ticket bought at the MAM or the 104, benefit the lowest rate (5,5€ or 3 €) in the other museum to visit the second part of the exhibition.

Paris Museum of Modern Art (MAM)
11,Avenue du president Wilson
75116 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 67 40 00

The Hundred and Four (104)
5, rue Curial
75019 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 53 35 50 00

Keith Haring
Untitled, april 9th 1985
Private collection
Acrylic on canvas 152,4 x 152,4 cm
© Keith Haring Foundation

We already talked to you about Ekyog, this ecological and smart clothes brand coming from Britanny. If you liked our article about the eco-designed outfits, you will be thrilled to learn that the ethical brand recently opened a store in rue de Passy, right next to the Gavarni Hotel! So go there and discover the Spring/Summer collection through which comfort, vivid colors, lightness and escaping are mixed. With patterns or plain, short or long, silk or cotton, you can only enjoy these clothes from a better fashion that will stick with you during the beautiful days.

Ekyog
24, rue de Passy
75016 Paris
T.: +33 (0)1 42 24 94 93
Subway: Passy (L.6)

Since April 9^th, the exhibition “Philippines, archipelago of exchange” is held at Quai Branly Museum. You have until this summer to go and discover these 300 works coming from filippinos, American, European and private collections. Through this panorama, made of sculptures, weavings and music, you’ll understand how Monsoon Asia’s art expressed itself. This stunning testimony of the conquest of this archipelago composed of more than 7000 islands is told chronologically and geographically thanks to various objects and illustrations.

Masculine sculpture sitting while holding a cup @ quai branly museum, photo Hughes Dubois

The exchange between men
The key word here is exchange, so much as general symbolism as commercial meaning of the word. Thus, two reciprocal visions are mixing, one orientated to mountains and lands, and one orientated to the vastness of the Pacific ocean. We naturally find in this collection influences from India, Indonesia or even Arab countries. The history of a people living in an environment with a particular geography is here beautifully told. You must see it very quickly!

Exhibition “Philippines, Archipelago of Exchange”, from April 9^th to July 14^th, 2013, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 11a.m to 7p.m, and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 9p.m.
Full rate: 7€ / Reduced rate: 5€.

Hanging @ quai Branly museum, photo Thierry Ollivier, Michel Urtado

Quai Branly Museum
37, quai Branly
75007 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 56 61 70 00
Subway: Alma-Marceau (L.9).

With the arrival of the sun, we have had the good idea to suggest you some nice bars near the Gavarni Hotel and the Trocadero Hotel, where it feels good to have a drink outside, while enjoying the view.

The Café Carlu
It is without a doubt the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine that has one of the most beautiful place to have a drink outside, the Café Carlu. Spatious, it has an unrestricted view of the Trocadero esplanade and the Eiffel Tower. Bonus: you can access it without having to visit the exhibitions!

Photo credit: 1001menus.com

Open all week except on Tuesday, from 11a.m to 7p.m.

Café Carlu
Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine
1, place du Trocadéro
75116 Paris
T.: +33 (0)1 53 70 96 65
Metro: Trocadero (L.9).

The Gare
Like its name indicates (“Gare” means railway station in French), it was formerly a railway station, the one of Passy-La Muette. It was converted into a huge and very smart bar and restaurant by designer François Lamazerolles. We love its large terrace in the middle of the trees, perfect to have a drink in between two shopping sessions.

Open everyday from noon to 3p.m and from 7p.m to 11p.m.

The Gare
19, Chaussée de la Muette
75016 paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 42 15 15 31
Metro: La Muette (L.9).

The Mini Palais
This place, listed as a historical monument at the heart of the Grand Palais, has a terrace under the imperial columns of avenue Winston Churchill with a view of the Petit Palais and the river Seine that peacefully flows under Alexander III Bridge. Enjoy a delicious relaxing moment under the sun in one of the most prized area of the capital.

Photo credit : François Voisin

Open everyday from 10a.m until midnight.

Mini Palais
Grand Palais
3, avenue Winston Churchill
75008 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 42 56 42 42
Metro: Champs-Elysees Clemenceau (L. 1 & 13).

On the occasion of the 130^th anniversary of Marie Laurencin’s birth (1883-1956), Marmottan Monet Museum dedicates an original exhibition to this portrait painter, who was Parisian bourgeoisie’s favorite at the time.

An original exhibition!
After training at Humbert Academy and at Bateau-Lavoir (the mythical residence for Montmartre artists), Marie Laurencin is quickly discovered by famous artists like Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso or Henri Matisse. Trapped between two trends, fauvism and cubism, she paints elegant portraits, mostly women faces. Most of the work presented during this retrospective comes from a museum located in Tokyo, entirely dedicated to the artist. It is in particular thanks to Japanese patrons that this work was rediscovered during the Nineties. This unique exhibition today pays homage to her talent!

Exhibition ‘Marie Laurencin (1883-1956)’, from February 21^st to June 30^th, 2013.
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10a.m to 6p.m and on Thursday to 8p.m.
Full rate: 10€ / Reduced rate: 5€

Marmottan Monet Museum
2, rue Louis Boilly
75016 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 44 96 50 33
Subway: La Muette (L.9).

You have until May 19^th to go discover at the quai Branly Museum, the universe of Paul Jacoulet, great artist and traveler from France. In love with Asia, the latest strided across Japan, China and the islands that compose the archipelago of Micronesia back and forth. He presents us through his drawings, sketches and wood etchings, the meetings that marked him. With a fine and colored style, the globe-trotter made humanistic art works with a rare softness.

Museum of the quai Branly. Exhibition file: AN ARTIST’S TRAVELS THROUGH MICRONESIA, The floating universe of Paul Jacoulet. From February 26^th to May 19^th 2013.
Copyright: © Museum of the quai Branly © ADAGP, Paris 2013

The intimate look of the esthete
We notice recurrent subjects in his work, such as the vision of a distant world, the representation of jewelry and fineries, or traditions and even eroticism. It is through his intimate and ethnographic vision gifted of a great estheticism that you will find yourself diving into the Pacific of the early XXth century. You will understand along the exhibition what is the ukiyo-e technique, which speak for itself since it means “image of a floating world in Japanese, used by the artist. Escape to the other side of the world for the time of an exhibition, while staying only two steps away from the Gavarni Hotel!

Oshima, Japan [three women holding flowers in their hands, two of them have a wooden bucket full of flowers on their head].
Copyright: © Museum of the quai Branly, photo Claude Germain
© ADAGP, Paris 2013

Museum of the quai Branly. Exhibition file: AN ARTIST’S TRAVELS THROUGH MICRONESIA, The floating universe of Paul Jacoulet. From February 26^th to May 19^th 2013.
Sight of the exhibition.
Copyright: © Museum of the quai Branly, photo Gautier Deblonde

Exhibition “An Artist’s Travels Through Micronesia, the floating universe of Paul Jacoulet”, from February 26^th to May 19^th 2013.
Open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday from 11am to 7pm and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday until 9pm.
Full fare: 8,50€ / Reduced fare: 6€.

Museum of the quai Branly
37, quai Branly
75007 Paris
France
T.: +33 (0)1 56 61 70 00
Subway station: Iéna or Alma-Marceau (L.9).