Art, architecture and travel in Paris
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Paris - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Paris.
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Puiforcat reopens its Paris store
Reopening in the heart of Paris’ 8th arrondissement is Puiforcat’s boutique, with interiors by the brand’s artistic director Charlotte Perelman
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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New design salon Matter and Shape will make its debut in 2024
‘A reflection of design today,’ Matter and Shape is a new initiative by journalist Dan Thawley and fair specialist WSN, taking place 1-4 March 2024 in Paris’ Jardin des Tuileries
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Akris’ century-old roots in St Gallen, Switzerland, are explored in new textile exhibition
‘Akris: St Gallen, selbstverständlich’ at Textile Museum St Gallen explores the Swiss fashion house’s history of craft, backdropped by its home city’s links with fabric production and embroidery
By Jack Moss Published
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Air France celebrates 90 years of ‘je-ne-sais-quoi’ with Galeries Lafayette takeover
Air France marks 90 years with window displays at the Paris department store, featuring works by costume designer Xavier Ronze, alongside special products and experiences
By Jack Moss Published
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A residential timber tower by Moreau Kusunoki in Paris blends minimalism and sustainability
Fast emerging French-Japanese studio Moreau Kusunoki completes a residential timber tower in Paris, making a departure from the norm in large scale housing
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Artist Sophia Al-Maria on her fairytale video installation for Miu Miu’s Paris show
Qatari-American artist Sophia Al-Maria tells Wallpaper* the story behind her new video work, which backdropped Miu Miu’s S/S 2024 collection shown in Paris
By Jack Moss Published
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Paris Fashion Week S/S 2024: Chanel to Miu Miu
Paris Fashion Week S/S 2024 concluded fashion month with a schedule spanning both the city’s established houses and some new arrivals – from Peter Do’s Paris debut to a one-off show from Italian house Marni
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Inside the gleaming new Comme des Garçons store in Paris
Comme des Garçons reveals a four-storey new retail space in Paris, housing lines previously only available in Japan, as well as exclusive reissues of Rei Kawakubo’s collectible furniture
By Jack Moss Published
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Friedman Benda Paris to open in 2024
Friedman Benda Paris will see the US design gallery bridge the Atlantic, opening in an industrial building in the Marais
By Tianna Williams Published
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This season’s enveloping women’s outerwear, captured on the streets of Paris
From runway to reality: this season’s finest women’s outerwear captured by photographer Valentin Hennequin and Wallpaper* fashion director Jason Hughes in Paris
By Jack Moss Published
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Maison Gainsbourg opens in Paris, filled with Serge Gainsbourg’s stories
Maison Gainsbourg is a new museum, library/bookstore, and café/piano bar set in the former Paris home of Serge Gainsbourg
By Amy Serafin Published
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Paris exhibition explores link between Azzedine Alaïa and Madame Grès, two fashion greats
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa hosts ‘Alaïa / Grès. Beyond Fashion’, a conversation between the two couturiers‘ sculptural works. The foundation’s Olivier Saillard and Carla Sozzani tell Wallpaper* more
By Jean Grogan Published
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Inside artist Loris Gréaud’s Paris studio, a concrete bunker by Claude Parent
French artist Loris Gréaud invites us into his light-filled, bunker-like studio, the final project of late architect Claude Parent – watch the exclusive film
By Amy Serafin Published
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Inside Mathieu Lehanneur’s new Paris studio
We catch up with French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, creator of the Paris 2024 Olympic torch, as he moves into a new HQ and refocuses his design studio
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Last chance to see: ‘Basquiat x Warhol’ at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
Fondation Louis Vuitton presents ‘Basquiat x Warhol. Painting 4 Hands’, exploring the collaboration between the two artists
By Hannah Silver Last updated
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Watch this La Jetée-inspired fashion film by Melanie + Ramon, captured on the streets of Paris
Taken alongside the Wallpaper* September 2023 cover shoot, this fashion film by Melanie + Ramon draws inspiration from Chris Marker’s experimental 1962 French science-fiction movie La Jetée
By Jack Moss Published
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Saint Laurent and Sant Ambroeus celebrate the joy of ice cream with Paris gelato cart
Saint Laurent Rive Droite has united with Milanese patisserie Sant Ambroeus on a six-flavour Italian gelato cart, arriving at the house’s Paris store ready for the height of summer
By Jack Moss Published
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Paris' Cravan is a cocktail bar, library and more
Franck Audoux teamed up with Moët Hennessy on Cravan, a bar in the heart of Paris’ literary quartier, with interiors by Ramy Fischler
By Nicola Leigh Stewart Published
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Suzannah Pettigrew explores the distortion of memory in ‘A Sphinx Looking for a Poet’
London-based artist Suzannah Pettigrew displays her spectral imagery in an exhibition at Dover Street Market, Paris
By Mary Cleary Published
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Mark Rothko retrospective to open at Fondation Louis Vuitton in October 2023
The major Mark Rothko exhibition will bring 115 works to Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris
By Hannah Silver Published
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Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2024: Loewe to Hermès
The Wallpaper* highlights from Paris Fashion Week Men’s S/S 2024, from a breezy summer outing at Hermès to a study of perspective by Jonathan Anderson at Loewe
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Ricardo Bofill’s Les Espaces d’Abraxas hosts latest Genius Loci exhibition
Les Espaces d’Abraxas, Ricardo Bofill’s postmodern housing project east of Paris, is the backdrop for the latest Genius Loci, with an installation by French artist Samuel Nguyen curated by Marion Vignal (until 25 June 2023)
By Amy Serafin Published
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Highstay's stylish travel apartments in the heart of Paris make a chic alternative to hotels
Highstay offers a wide selection of apartments in central locations across Paris
By Hannah Silver Published
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Stream Building offers urban vision for Paris and beyond
Stream Building by PCA-Stream exemplifies its creator's vision for the future of cities – in Paris, and beyond
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Ultimate Norman Foster: into the mind of the architect at Centre Pompidou
Norman Foster exhibition opens at Centre Pompidou in Paris, celebrating the renowned British architect's ground breaking and extensive body of work, while looking into the future
By Shawn Adams Published
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WeWork 37 Avenue Trudaine is nestled under a mesmerising glass roof
WeWork 37 Avenue Trudaine in Paris offers contemporary workspace in a historic setting, under an undulating, highly engineered glass roof
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Invisible Collection Rive Gauche gallery in Paris is an intimate exhibition space
The Invisible Collection Rive Gauche showroom subscribes to an intimate aesthetic
By Hannah Silver Published