No. 44: Yours Truly
Localino, Turn Paris, Brancusi at Pompidou, a Paolo Roversi exhibition and Restaurant Square Trousseau.
On the last day of my trip to Paris with Coco, when I should have been taking a well-deserved nap, I went down the street to Comets and scribbled down every detail of the week. The days are long this time of year — sunset isn’t until around 10p — and we savored every minute of the day (and night). The most special moments from the archives of yours truly —
I. a vintage shop
It was men’s fashion week and despite having zero to do with it (just an admirer), clothes were on my mind. I went to Em Archives, Carven, Sabia Rosa, Lemaire, The Archivist and a few others, but I did my best to make as few purchases as possible until the moment I was looking forward to most: my Sunday afternoon appointment with Clara & Alix of Turn Paris. Coco and I arrived at Hôtel Langlois in the 9th where the Paris-based duo had a hotel room for 2 days to showcase their latest vintage finds. Coco tried on a Guy Laroche dress with a scarf from 1961 that was originally worn for a 20th birthday at the Argentinian Embassy in Paris. I tried on (and purchased) a cream blazer and fun bangle (amongst probably 40 other outfits). The hour-long appointment was reminiscent of being in my bedroom with friends getting dressed for a night out at Up & Down at 19 years old. Except for this time, wearing Clara & Alix’s exquisite finds from Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Giorgio Armani.
II. an Italian restaurant
Localino is Verona-born chef Michele Farnesi’s restaurant in the 6th arr. I booked my flight to Paris and a lunch reservation at Localino within minutes of each other, and then I figured out where we’d stay. In the center of the restaurant is a deep red marble kitchen island where I always sit — it’s a front-row seat to watch the chef, Zaman, plating tomatoes and spinning spaghetti into the bowl (better than front row at fashion week!!?) Throughout lunch, Michele stopped by the stove to taste a piece of pasta and confirm it was good to go.
We had the pasta a la norma and a spinach/ricotta ravioli – Coco may have shed a tear she was so happy (we’d had a negroni by this point). Perfectly al dente. After our two bowls of pasta, we had the tiramisu. Michele — who by this point was wrapping up his lunch service — was standing at the other side of the kitchen island enjoying a bowl of cherry and hazelnut gelato that he picked up nearby (the best there is, he says). He swung by and brought us our own bowl to try, too.
III. an exhibition
After catching up on a year’s worth of life with my friend Theresa over the best niçoise salad I’ve ever had at Chateau Voltaire, I went to Palais Galliera to see the Paolo Roversi exhibition, which features 140 photographs from his studio in the 14th arr. In a piece on the exhibit, curator of the gallery for 25 years, Sylia Lécailler says Roversi is “‘drawing with light’ [It is as if] his models and clothes are appearing from darkness,’ she continues. ’The shooting is akin to a real performance. He is like a painter, a conductor.’” The exhibition is on view until July 14 — I cannot recommend it enough.
IV. an all-day bistro
Restaurant Le Square Trousseau is a neighborhood bistro in the 12th arr that’s been there since 1907. I love going at all hours of the day — breakfast, lunch, dinner, nightcap, midday cappuccino, afternoon drink. It’s across the street from a beautiful park and down the street from the Aligre market (the best daily farmers market). Co and I biked over on the warmest day for an afternoon spritz and played hangman on the table.
V. another exhibition
I loved the entire Brancusi exhibition at the Pompidou, which closed earlier this week. A few bits & pieces I have saved —
Florence Meyer dancing in Brancusi’s studio.
Le Baiser (The Kiss), 1916.
Beatrice Wood’s drawing of her with Brancusi.
Le Commencement du Monde, 1924.
~ bulletin ~
los angeles
On view: Alicja Kwade and Agnes Martin’s Space Between the Lines at Pace Gallery. Sabrina Piersol’s The Blue of It at Sow & Taylor. Group show Water & Flower opens at Wilding Cran. Emily Ferguson’s It Girl upstairs at Nicodim (read her Affection Archives feature!). David Zwirner’s 30th anniversary show. Angel Otero’s The First Rain in May and the late Winfred Rembert’s Hard Times at Hauser & Wirth. Camille Claudel sculptures at the Getty Museum. Ed Ruscha’s Now Then at LACMA.
new york
On view: Vivian Maier: Unseen Work at Fotografiska. Matinee: Dike Blair at the Edward Hopper House. Group show Out of Sync featuring Cecile B. Evans, Cyprien Gaillard, Anri Sala, and Carolee Schneemann at American Standard Co. for Art & Design’s window vitrine (35 Allen). Group show Dog Days of Summer at Timothy Taylor. Travis Fish’s That Dog In Me at Jupiter Gallery. Derrick Alexis Coard’s I Am That I Am at Salon94. Maja Ruznic’s The World Doesn’t End at Karma. Group show Coetir (Of The Woods) featuring 24 artists’ works at TIWA Gallery. Group show Social Practice including works from Paul Cooley, Dan Flanigan, Cristina de Miguel and more at Amanita. Amanda Wall’s Sky Got Dark at Almine Rech. Christopher Wool’s See Stop Run at 101 Greenwich St. Jenny Holzer’s Light Line at Guggenheim. Dan Flanagan’s Nora at Harper’s Chelsea. Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion at the Met.
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