With the arrival of warmer weather, PAD Paris returns to the Tuileries
by Geagea PAD Paris, a French cultural institution Located in the Tuileries Garden, PAD Paris is a landmark event in the history of French decorative arts. Founded in 1998 by Patrick Perrin, it established design as a collectible discipline and elevated it to the same status as art. A position that seems obvious today, but which, in its early days, […]
Tribu: The Literary Hotels Society
February 2026 The Swann Literary Hotel The Rimbaud The Stendhal Stéphane Durand Hospitality in the Service of Culture What if we chose a hotel the way we choose a book? Not to flip through it absentmindedly, but to immerse ourselves in it and lose ourselves within its pages, so that we might return to it with renewed appreciation. The Society of Literary Hotels promises more than just a night’s stay […]
Arthur Rimbaud Literary Hotel, in Paris
It needed a train station, a starting point, a city swept up in the turmoil and the call of the open sea. So it was only natural that the Société des Hôtels Littéraires chose to pay tribute to Arthur Rimbaud just a stone’s throw from the Gare de l’Est. When poetry calls for a break from the journey An address found on Rue Gustave-Goublier, […]
Le Swann, a literary hotel in Paris inspired by Marcel Proust
Some hotels tell the story of a city; others, of an era. The Swann tells the story of a work of art: that of Marcel Proust. Rediscover lost time alongside Marcel Proust. It is located in the historically Proustian neighborhood of Plaine Monceau and Saint-Augustin, within a 19th-century Haussmann-style building. Awarded at the 1898 World’s Fair, this building […]
In Nancy, a literary hotel dedicated to Stendhal
Just a hundred meters from Place Stanislas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Hôtel Littéraire Stendhal seems to blend seamlessly with Nancy Cathedral. In red and black (but not only) Housed in an elegant 17th-century building, the former palace of the Primate of Lorraine, this four-star hotel carries on the founding vision of the Société des […]
Sophie Calle celebrates the unfinished at an intimate book signing at the Book Bar of the Hôtel Grand Amour
by Geagea. To mark the publication of *L’Inachevé*, Sophie Calle sheds light on what the creative process usually leaves in the shadows: interrupted projects, abandoned avenues, and ideas left hanging. Presented during an intimate book signing at the BookBar of the Hôtel Grand Amour, this collection explores the unfinished not as a deficiency, but as a form of artistic accomplishment. The unfinished […]
THE APP "HARD LIFE" MAPS OUR NIGHTS
by Geagea. Where should we go this weekend? With the launch of its app, the media outlet dedicated to culture and electronic music is rolling out the first fully geolocated event calendar in France and Europe. “LOVE IS THE ANSWER: 15 timeless tracks to celebrate love”—the DURE VIE playlist, designed as a map […]
In Seoul, the Audeum Audio Museum, designed by Kengo Kuma, has been honored with the 2025 Versailles Prize
Geagea The audio museum designed by Kengo Kuma was recently honored last December with the 2025 Versailles Prize as one of the world’s most beautiful museums. This international recognition, under the auspices of UNESCO, celebrates both its unique architecture and the immersive experience it offers. The Audeum Audio Museum has cemented its place among the most […]
When Maison Lelièvre and Galerie Vauclair join forces at La Pagoda in Paris
Geagea, invited by Maison Lelièvre for Paris Déco Off, selected a rare collection of iconic pieces from the mid-19th century for a stunning display created by Edgar Payet at the Pagoda—a setting worthy of the enchanted caravans one might imagine from the time of Marco Polo: winter garden furniture […]
Crazy Horse Paris: The "Totally Crazy" Show, Reimagined by Philippe Découflé
Stéphane Durand The most "crazy" show in the capital. The legendary Crazy Horse cabaret, located on Avenue George V, welcomes a distinguished guest in Philippe Découflé, the famous French choreographer, director, and dancer. He has created "Vertiges," a new scene in the show "Totally Crazy" in which six dancers adorn themselves with mystery, revealing their unique figures on [...]
La Folie Barbizon, an artistic inn, where magic and poetry meet at the edge of the forest.
Photos and text by Geagea. An artistic haven in the heart of Barbizon, like a modern-day fairy tale In Barbizon, right on the edge of the Forest of Fontainebleau, in a village adorned with garlands of blue, white, and red flags, a house emerges as if from a fairy tale. La Folie Barbizon is an artistic inn, a reinvented country house where the imagination takes center stage […]
Between Paris and Rio: Laurent Gélis’s Colorful Journeys
October 2025 By Geagea. Laurent Gélis is a master of color. He invents them. From the soft shades of green found in nature—which has always inspired him—to the fiery red of the walls of his home in Brazil, to the sunny yellow of the light he seeks in Guétary, São Paulo, Rio, or Greece, Laurent is a […]
Guy Martin's Italian palaces embody the essence of la Dolce Vita
Text and photos by Geagea. A long weekend in Italy with Guy Martin, in Nardo To be welcomed into Guy Martin’s world is to have the privilege of accompanying one of France’s greatest chefs on his latest travels and discovering his favorite spots—this time in Italy. A tireless traveler, bon vivant, and aesthete down to the very last detail […]
YNDŌ Hotel: A Unique Approach to Hospitality in Bordeaux
August 2025 Madeleine Jelstrupp In Bordeaux, an atypical hotel with contemporary design is shaking up the codes of hospitality! Housed for over 10 years in a 19th-century mansion, YNDŌ has inaugurated 8 rooms and suites, decorated by Agnès Guiot du Doignon, the charming owner. More than just a beautiful Bordeaux stopover, a destination in its own right. A concept [...]
Jean-Michel Othoniel at the Musée Ingres Bourdelle in Montauban
Mademein Jelstrupp The event exhibition by Jean-Michel Othoniel Since 2019, the Musée Ingres Bourdelle in Montauban has been hosting installations by contemporary artists. Following in the footsteps of Miguel Chevalier, Georges Rousse, Speedy Graphito and Anne and Patrick Poirier, it's Jean-Michel Othoniel's turn to take over the premises with a brand-new exhibition. Well-known for his Kiosque des noctambules in Paris, made entirely of aluminium beads and [...], Jean-Michel Othoniel is [...].
A trip aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, a Belmond Train, in L'Observatoire, a work by JR
A timeless journey Artist JR has fitted out an entire carriage in the legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, A Belmond Train, and with the help of talented craftsmen has created a work of art, almost "a destination in itself", called the Observatory, offering a suspended, timeless moment aboard the legendary train.
The "Luxe de Poche" Exhibition at the Cognacq-Jay Museum
Given the exhibition’s success, “Luxe de poche” has extended its run through November 24. This gives visitors another chance to (re)discover this collection of small, precious everyday objects
Interview: Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s travels—an antidote to gloom
Meet the visionary artist who created the paramentique for Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and made angels fly over the walls. His first creations? A coat cut from his boarding-school blanket and clothes made from mops, thus launching the concept of up-cycling. Since the late 1970s, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac has always been one step ahead, lighting up the art and fashion worlds with his joyful, childhood-inspired graphics. An antidote to the gloom, the work of this protean artist, who defines himself as "an enormous faceted ball of creation with thousands of reflections, a planet of curiosity", is being displayed for the first time on the walls of Paris, and the artist chosen to create the work projected onto Notre Dame de Paris, when it reopens on December 8.
Music, street food, dance, nature: the best festivals to escape to
From the electro rhythms of Marseilles to the celebration of our forests, the festivals play the eclectic card, unveiling a program full of surprises throughout the seasons.
In Provence, sculpture is in the nature
Stolen the key to the field! Blown, the escape powder... They're taking to nature. Works of the imagination of all sizes, monumental or plant-based, the sculptures will be posing in the heart of the gardens.
A stroll in the south: the Picasso Route in Provence
On the road to Picasso in Provence Impromptu workshops in seaside villas, frescoes or escapades on walls, erased forever...
An island, an art gallery: Hauser & Wirth propels Menorca to the pinnacle of the avant-garde
In 2021, in Menorca off the coast of Port-Mahon on an XXS island, an extraordinary contemporary art center is born. A new branch of Hauser&Wirth, which in no time at all has become one of the most sought-after spots on the planet...