This week, we open the doors to the first-ever Design Miami/ Paris! We’re thrilled to be celebrating the best of collectible contemporary and historical design in the city of lights, and can’t wait to show you all that we’ve been working on with our incredible community!

In the meantime, to help you plan your itinerary, we’ve put together a list of not-to-be-missed design events happening across the city. Scroll on for our go-to recommendations. (And check out even more tips here, in Beyond Design Miami/ Paris Part 1.) Needless to say, it’s going to be an inspiring week. Can’t wait to see you in Paris!

Today marks the launch of Contributions, a new independent design and architecture event spanning nine locations throughout the city. Conceived by creative consultants Anna Caradeuc and Bildung, Contributions includes events, panel conversations, and site-specific exhibitions in a variety of unexpected, fantastic locales—including a century-old artist’s atelier near the Bon Marché, a former 1950s cabaret space transformed into a ladies-only nightclub, room 19 at La Louisiane hotel (where icons like Miles Davis, Cy Twombly, Jean-Paul Sartre have sojourned and lived), and more.

Embracing a collaborative, experimental spirit, approximately twenty emerging and established design voices from around the globe will participate, including the likes of DemischDanant, Omer Arbel, Mariana Chkonia, SINOPLE, Studio HAOS, Thomas Hutton, and Galerie Desprez-Breheret and Maniera, among others.

Contributions take place at multiple venues; additional info available here.

Salon 94 and Devals present She is a Verb, Brooklyn-based artist Kennedy Yanko’s first solo exhibition in France. While Yanko’s mangled scraps of metal may locate her in the realm of sculpture, the artist sees herself instead as a painter. In her hands, metal assumes the gestural quality of a paint stroke, seemingly weightless as it drips down walls or spurts across its base.

Her latest pieces are composed in copper, a metal highly resistant to weathering and thermal changes (as evidenced in its ubiquity across the Paris skyline) as well as one called upon for its healing properties—intended to free us of negative energy and promote equilibrium. These are topped by Yanko’s signature “paint-skins”—flat stretches of lush acrylic which, when dried, luxuriate over and between the crevices of their metallic frames. Yanko drapes and bunches these skins like swaths of silk, their colors borrowed from the expansive range of distressed copper on which they rest. Ultimately, painting breaks free from the canvas and into our shared space.

Address / Jardins du Palais Royal, 37-38 Galerie de Montpensier, 75001 Paris

Walking down rue Bonaparte from the Quais de Seine to Saint-Germain-des-Prés, be sure to stop into Galerie Chastel-Marechal, where founder Aline Chastel’s current offering—a selection of refined historical works by an international roster of outstanding artists—beautifully captures the spirit for which the gallery is so beloved.  From side tables by Brazilian designer Jose Zanine Caldas and a collection of mirrors by French artist Line Vautrin to an extraordinary game set by Jean Royère—consisting of a table and four “Drouant“ armchairs—and elegant vases by French ceramist Valentine Schlegel (the handles of which are reminiscent of sails), there’s so much to discover.

Address / 5 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris

In the heart of Saint Germain des Près, Galerie Matthieu Richard presents an exceptional selection of rare works from the 1930-1950s, including the above palm wood and glass bookcase by Jacques Adnet (created in 1931), as well as a series of lighting fixtures by the renowned Mathieu Matégot from the 1950s, fitted with Rigitulle lampshades (a material patented by the decorator), which discreetly illuminate the gallery space. The resulting presentation is a conversation in masterful design and quality craftsmanship that’s not to be missed!

Address / 34 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris

At Le French Design Galerie, one can enjoy an exhibition of new works resulting from projects supported in 2023 by Le French Design Incubator, a program dedicated to using design to help transform businesses.  The show features ten collaborative projects spanning the fields of furniture, objects, and fittings with a focus on emerging brands, new materials, and new uses. Participating brands and studios include, among others, Perrouin1875, MA’AM, Studio Jean-Marc Gady, Maison Saman, Ludovic Renson, Lonaeh, Bruno Houssin, Atelier Mesure, and Mickaël Connin. The exhibition design is by Studio Briand & Berthereau.

Address / 120 avenue Ledru-Rollin, 75011 Paris

Galerie Romain Morandi presents Josef Hoffmann / Ettore Sottsass: Secessions, an exhibition exploring the ties that bind the two design legends. While Hoffmann (1870-1956) is considered one of the fathers of the modern movement, Sottsass (1917-2007) directly questioned its foundations. Beyond this apparent chasm, though, as the organizers explain, “is a deep link, a genius driven by the same [iconoclastic] refusal of academicism.” For while “Hoffmann spoke out against the official art of salon dominated by styles of the past and historicism, Sottsass rejected the impoverished language of modernism which ended up being trapped into its own codes. More than half a century apart, both in their own way [seceded],  turning the history of design and decorative arts upside down.”

Highlights include Sottsass’ 1966 Superbox wardrobe and Hoffmann’s Seven Balls chair (1907), among other delights.

Address / 18 rue Guénégaud, 75006 Paris

See you in Paris!

*To learn more about the debut edition of Design Miami/ Paris 2023, click here.

Address/ 51 Rue de l’Université, 75007 Paris/

Preview Day/ By Invitation Only/ October 17, 2023/

Show Days/ October 18 - 22, 2023/