Art, architecture and travel in France
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in France - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to France.
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Loan ranger: Caen's public library by OMA to complete in 2017
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Galerie Patrick Seguin installs Jean Prouvé’s demountable house at Château La Coste
By Christopher Stocks Last updated
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Elizabeth de Portzamparc embeds a museum into the historic centre of Nîmes
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Remembering Claude Parent's unique take on modernist architecture
We look back on Claude Parent's slant on modernist architecture, five years after the iconic architect's passing, by revisiting Wallpaper* contributing editor Emma O'Kelly's meeting with him in 2007
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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Remembering Pierre Soulages (1919-2022), a pioneer of post-war abstraction
Pierre Soulages, the pioneering French printmaker, sculptor and ‘painter of black’, has died aged 102
By Diane Theunissen Published
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Eye spy: graphic artist Vahram Muratyan lends his famous frames to Smythson
By Amy Verner Last updated
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Female intuition: Officine Générale debuts womenswear collection
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Fancy dressing: menswear label Helbers is a balance between rough and refined
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Jean-Phillipe Delhomme pulls off another sharp turn for Moncler’s A/W17 collection
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Hit-maker Francesco Russo debuts made-to-order shoe service at Harvey Nichols
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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French fancy: Parisian label Ami launches womenswear
By Laura Hawkins Last updated
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Charles Zana creates unexpected dialogues with 17 paired works in Paris
In exhibition Utopia, Charles Zana turns Tornabuoni Art in Paris into a salon of intimate conversations between Italy’s greatest post-war artists and architects
By Benoit Loiseau Last updated
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Play time: Paris’ Cité de la Mode et du Design puts on a show dedicated to childish fun
By Jean Grogan Last updated
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Les Lalanne’s personal collection to go under the hammer
In October, a landmark sale dedicated to five decades of the French artist duo Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne’s creativity will take place at Sotheby’s Paris
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Giacometti’s studio brought to life in art deco Paris mansion
By Clara Le Fort Last updated
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Stéphane Parmentier puts a graphic spin on hardware design with divine new collection
By Siska Lyssens Last updated
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A new weave: Calla Haynes repurposes fashion collections into Moroccan rugs
By Amy Verner Last updated
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That seventies show: Francesco Vezzoli delves into the archives of Italian TV
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Time travel: Gabriel & Guillaume host Parisian pop-up at Christofle
With eclecticism at their core, and a united belief that shopping should be fun, Gabriel & Guillaume have ‘popped up’ in Paris. For the next month, the duo have taken over the upstairs rooms of Christofle’s headquarters to curate three mises-en-scène where 18th century mirrors sit next to 1970s bamboo lighting and rare art nouveau finds
By Emma O'Kelly Last updated
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On the shores of Hyères, Design Parade nurtures new French talent
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Jean Prouvé architecture goes on show at Marseille sculpture park
By Jean Grogan Last updated
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’Deus Ex Machina’: Katerina Jebb rips up the photographer’s rule book
By Daniel Thawley Last updated
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A French mixed use development inspired by Mediterranean traditions completes in Montpellier
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Cyril & the Chocolate Factory: childhood delights from French chef Cyril Lignac
By Clara Le Fort Last updated
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Jean Nouvel deconstructs the traditional triptych at Gagosian’s Mayfair location
By Ellen Himelfarb Last updated
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India Mahdavi creates a pink Parisian fantasy in Ladurée’s Tokyo tea salon
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Hyères announces its 35th edition photography finalists
Hyères International Festival Fashion and Photography returns with a forward-thinking panel of judges and finalists
By Phoebe Gardner Last updated