Art, architecture and travel in France
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in France - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to France.
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Last chance to see: Cyprien Gaillard on chaos, reorder and excavating a Paris in flux
We interviewed French artist Cyprien Gaillard ahead of his major two-part show, ‘Humpty \ Dumpty’ at Palais de Tokyo and Lafayette Anticipations (until 8 January 2023). Through abandoned clocks, love locks and asbestos, he dissects the human obsession with structural restoration
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Paris tour: must-sees in the French capital
Our ‘Postcard from Paris’ details a Paris tour for the design-savvy traveller, including sophisticated showrooms, pop-up dining, a verdant hotel, chic chocolates and more
By Amy Serafin Last updated
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‘A reflection of joy’: Francesco Risso on Marni’s new collaboration with Uniqlo
The second collaboration between Marni creative director Francesco Risso and Uniqlo promises an uplifting take on Uniqlo staples. Here, Risso tells Wallpaper* the story behind the collection
By Dal Chodha Published
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Aiguille Grive Chalets Hôtel — Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
By Debbie Pappyn Last updated
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A cocoon of respite in Air France's business class lounge designed by Mathieu Lehanneur
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Out of the box: Parisian style delivered to your doorstep
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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MoMA spotlights France’s booming technology scene in New York
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Good apple: Galipette Cidre brings a taste of northern France to a thirsty world
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Box clever: a new mobile kitchen with hidden depths
By Emma Moore Last updated
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Local architects transform this French copperware factory into a culinary destination
By Sophia Acquistapace Last updated
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Super sonics: the ultimate catwalk compilation of the men’s A/W 2015 shows
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Special delivery: the finest show invitations from the S/S 2015 menswear season
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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Signed, sealed and delivered: the finest invitations from the A/W 2015 menswear season
By Katerina Economou Last updated
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Pure communication: Frederick McSwain takes his design vision to LR Paris
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Akris’ Albert Kriemler mines the work of architect Sou Fujimoto for S/S 2016
By JJ Martin Last updated
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Florentine menswear festival Pitti Uomo puts its most exuberant foot forward yet
By Dan Thawley Last updated
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Celtic legend meets Japanese Noh theatre in dance directed by Hiroshi Sugimoto
The artist and photographer joined forces with fashion designer Rick Owens, choreographer Alessio Silvestrin and electronic composer Ryoji Ikeda for his first production at the Paris Opera
By Minako Norimatsu Last updated
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Paris' third arrondissement gains a Japanese themed design space
By Henrietta Thompson Last updated
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Maison de Verre: a dramatic glass house in France by Studio Odile Decq
Maison de Verre in Carantec is a glass box with a difference, housing a calming interior with a science fiction edge
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Jean-Philippe Delhomme’s new murals for Carlyle & Co are fairytales of New York
In his murals for Hong Kong’s soon-to-open members’ club Carlyle & Co, the French artist takes New York’s iconic Carlyle Hotel as his muse. We go behind the scenes in Delhomme’s Paris studio to watch the works unfold
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Sergei Shchukin’s modern masters reunite, for the first time outside of Russia
By Amy Verner Last updated
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Parallel universe: Laurent Grasso’s beguiling reinvention of a Corsican Beaux-Arts museum
By TF Chan Last updated
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Francesco Vezzoli sings a new song for one night only at the Centre Pompidou
By Amy Verner Last updated
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Home is where the art is: in Private Choice, a Parisian apartment doubles as a contemporary gallery
By Amy Verner Last updated
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Disappearing act: artist JR makes IM Pei's Louvre pyramid vanish
By Amy Verner Last updated
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Le Corbusier's Claude & Duval factory, France
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Retail therapy: the Pompidou Centre’s design store gets a makeover
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated