LEMAIRE PALAIS ROYAL

LEMAIRE opens its third address in Paris, in the arcades of the Palais Royal. The boutique, set within a peaceful cloister facing the garden, echoes the quiet charm of LEMAIRE Place des Vosges.

Home to the first magasins de nouveautés and cabinets de lecture, Palais-Royal introduced new ways of seeing and being seen in the 19th century. With their large windows and constant flow of passers-by, the arcades foregrounded a new visual culture shaped by flâneurs and flâneuses.

In the same spirit, LEMAIRE Palais Royal frames a space that unfolds as a visual conversation. Stone and soft grey tones enfold the ceiling, floors, and walls in a restrained, mineral palette. Translucent window veils and natural light filtering from two open sides create a sense of enclosure.

A BOX OF IMPRESSIONS

LEMAIRE Palais-Royal will inhabit the history and spirit of its neighbourhood with a curatorial project "A Box of Impressions", a box-sized photographic exhibition co-curated by Lou Stoppard and Sarah-Linh Tran. The exhibition invites 21 photographers to focus on the themes of daily observation, ephemerality and the intersections between public and private that are intimately linked to the Palais Royal and arcades’ heritage. This notion nods to Colette, who moved to the Palais Royal in 1938 and kept a journal of observations of the happenings and visuals she viewed from her apartment.

LEMAIRE Palais Royal
56-62 Galerie de Montpensier, 75001, Paris 

PHOTOGRAPHY
by Matthieu Lavanchy