Franck Barthelemy
Judgement of Paris:Intelligent Art Districts
Is Paris coming back 50 years after having lost its hegemony in contemporary art to the USA? With the thriving art districts
in Paris that constitute the fifty per cent of the total galleries in France, Franck Barthelemy feels that Paris is all set for
visitors come whether for luxury shopping or touristic tours. However, there is a bunch of galleries that are trying to challenge the status quo in Belleville (19th), regardless of the buyers’ well-known circuits. St Germain des Près For centuries, the district had been at the heart of the intellectual, artistic or political life in Paris. Authors, artists, composers, actors, musicians and philosophers used to meet in the St Germain’s cafés,