Mkrs Paris E-Shop Primed for Launch | Art x Fashion Week | Christian Boltanski | Almine Rech | Marché Noir Pop-Up | Paloma đ
The Art of Fashion Week
François Pinaultâs new Bourse de Commerce â the city's major art opening of 2021 â isnât launching this week as planned, stymied by Covid-19 museum closures. But on the plus side there are gallery openings left, right and centre, plus a new momentum in art hotspot the triangle dâor. Fashion is also getting in on the act, with Brit painter Peter Doig gracing Diorâs FW21 show for Paris Menâs Fashion Week, currently underway with debuts by BassCoutur, Valette Studio and Kidill, plus Y/Projectâs first ever co-ed show on Sunday (don't miss the Doig collab at 2pm today on Dior's site). A purely virtual Haute Couture Week (25-28 Jan) then picks up the slack from Monday, co-starring man of the hour Kim Jones (for Fendi) and Alber Elbaz on the comeback. Meanwhile, in the real world, after a fortnightâs delay, itâs winter sales time, with prices slashed âtil 16 Feb!
Life in Paris
Black Market Pop-Up â Fresh from curating museum show Black Thread in Stockholm, Togo-born designer Amah Ayiviâs âghetto styleâ approach to fashion â he sources colourful second-hand threads, mostly in Togo, and brings them back to Paris - is popping up at Ofr. The event is running daily throughout Menâs Fashion Week from 10am-5.30pm.
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Paloma Opening â Restaurants around the capital may still be languishing, after Macron, Castex and co. put the kibosh on their planned relaunch this past Wednesday, but hooray â thatâs not stopping Paloma, upping Belleville's food cred as of this week. The bistro offers solid country plats from terrine to pork cheeks, as well as natural wines â available for takeaway.
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Making News
Almine Rech Branches Out â The Parisian dealer (of Jeff Koons etc.) has taken a punt on a second outpost in the capital, located on the prestigious Avenue Matignon (and soon to be joined by Emmanuel Perrotin, now embracing the secondary market). US artist Kenny Scharf, fresh from his own Dior collab with Kim Jones, baptises the gallery with the psychedelic Vaxi Nation, now showing. >alminerech.com
Boltanski is Back â A year on from his Pompidou retrospective, Christian Boltanski's new solo outing, Après, has just opened at Marion Goodman. Presenting sculptures, video projections and installations, it spans old works and ones made during confinement. Prepare to be haunted by ghostly kidsâ faces and masses of white cloths on trolleys as you stroll about the darkly meditative show. >mariangoodman.com
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Next month the full scope of our Mkrs. project comes to life with the launch of both an e-shop and a physical space in Paris (75002). The Mkrs. project aims to channel the city's unique terroir via a carefully curated and constantly evolving selection of souvenirs, gifts & curiosities dreamed up here in Paris by the community of local artisans, artists & ideas people who make the city tick! Mkrs. is concerned with sincerity, quality of life, craft and community. With making, not faking. More deets coming soon! -> -> BREAKING NEWS -> Mkrs. Shop -> LAUNCHING SOON !