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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Paris Fashion Week Men’s A/W 2024: Loewe to Hermès
The best of Paris Fashion Week Men’s A/W 2024 in our ongoing report, from Jonathan Anderson’s church of masculinity at Loewe to a consideration of pleasure from Véronique Nichanian at Hermès
By Jack Moss Last updated
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Ozone and Dominique Perrault Architecture create a series of monumental aluminium lamps
Ozone worked with Dominique Perrault and his partner Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost to present the ‘Furtiv’ collection, featuring a series of aluminium lamps inspired by the architect's Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand in the 1990s
By Amy Serafin Published
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Hauser & Wirth Paris by Laplace is a winning restoration in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
Hauser & Wirth Paris by Laplace sees the architectural agency named Best Restoration Kings, breathing new life into an 1877 hôtel particulier near the Champs-Elysées
By Amy Serafin Published
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Heads up: art exhibitions to see in January 2024
Start the year right with the Wallpaper* pick of art exhibitions to see in January 2024
By Hannah Silver Published
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100 years on, Hotel San Régis continues to glisten with Golden Age glamour
Hotel San Régis is the discreet and luxurious Paris bolthole to bookmark for your next travel to the French capital
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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Dior celebrates its women collaborators in new exhibition at the house’s Paris gallery
The exhibition at La Galerie Dior charts the house’s ongoing collaboration with women artists, particularly under current womenswear creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri
By Jack Moss Published
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Saint Laurent unites with Juergen Teller on career-spanning exhibition (and it comes with merch)
Saint Laurent is the official sponsor of Juergen Teller’s upcoming ‘i need to live’ Paris exhibition, and has also created an exclusive lifestyle collection adorned with the photographer’s works
By Tianna Williams Published
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Paris Photo 2023: Eva Nielsen puts our impact on the Camargue in dynamic focus
At Paris Photo 2023, ‘Insolare’ by Eva Nielsen, in collaboration with BMW Art Makers, is a compelling exploration of human impact on the landscape
By Sophie Gladstone Published
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Sushi Yoshinaga and sake bar Omasake bring Tokyo experiences to Paris
Sushi Yoshinaga and Omasake celebrate the coexistence of different universes in downtown Tokyo; situated within 27/4, a multipurpose hospitality project in Paris
By Minako Norimatsu 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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The rich, creative life of Moomins creator Tove Jansson
Finnish artist and Moomins creator Tove Jansson was free, independent and nonconformist, as a new Paris exhibition delving into her life and work reveals
By Hannah Silver 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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Inside Notre-Dame: Guillaume Bardet's furniture for the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris
For the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris in 2024, French designer Guillaume Bardet created a series of liturgical objects
By Rosa Bertoli Published