Summer is the perfect time to visit the Paris Region under your own steam, depending on what you fancy. Between culture, nature, open-air festivals, meandering, gastronomy, you won’t be short on options to make this an experience you won’t forget.
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For over 125 years, Galeries Lafayette has been a showcase for the unique character and abundance of French creativity.
This summer, from 5th July to 31st August, the famous department store is celebrating the resurgence of the French Touch on Boulevard Haussmann, with some of the most iconic brands, personalities and collections in the worlds of fashion, beauty, home and fine food.
For over 125 years, Galeries Lafayette has been a showcase for the unique character and abundance of French creativity. This summer, from July 5th to August 31st, the famous department store is celebrating the resurgence of the French Touch on Boulevard Haussmann, with some of the most iconic brands, personalities and collections in the worlds of fashion, beauty, home and fine food.
Get ready for the most popular event of the summer, hosted on the panoramic terrace of the Coupole store: an unprecedented, celebratory schedule of events where renowned artists and young labels on the French scene stand shoulder to shoulder.
From 5th – 10th July, a classic French film (La Boum, Le Sens de la Fête and Zazie Dans le Métro) will be screened in partnership with Gaumont, followed by a live concert come nightfall. And, to round things off, every evening the terrace turns into a dancefloor, with a DJ set in partnership with Yves Saint Laurent Beauty. The artists: L’Impératrice, Braxe + Falcon, Julien Granel, Kiddy Smile, Bon Entendeur, Etienne de Crécy, Sofiane Pamart, Dabeull
Throughout the festival, a crypto art exhibition curated by the OBVIOUS collective questions the links between art and artificial intelligence and brings together several French artists who are pioneers in the field of NFTs.
The iconic rooftop terrace of Galeries Lafayette’s
Paris Haussmann store will be buzzing during the
French Touch event thanks to Yves Saint Laurent
Beauté.
Get ready for four very special nights of music and
beauty, every evening at sundown from 7 to 10 July.
With a range of festive beauty experiences and some
of France’s most talented female DJs, this panoramic
outdoor dancefloor is set to be the hottest spot in
Paris.
In addition to hosting live concerts and DJ sets,
Galeries Lafayette’s rooftop terrace is also turning into
a pop-up cinema, for an added touch of culture during
the summer festivities.
In the evenings of Friday 8, Saturday 9 and
Sunday 10 July, a series of iconic films will be shown on
a giant screen, in partnership with Gaumont. The terrace’s
panoramic views of Paris provide the perfect setting to (re)
discover some of the classics of French cinema. Founded
in France in 1895, Gaumont is the oldest film company in
the world. Through 126 years of history and innovation, it
has built up a catalogue of more than 1,500 titles. Today,
Gaumont continues to make local stories for a global
audience, while also protecting and promoting France’s
cinema heritage. Keenly committed to cultural diversity,
Gaumont offers must-see classics and original titles in
various languages for cinemas, streaming platforms and
television channels worldwide.
Obvious is a French collective of artists and researchers who use artificial intelligence algorithms to create works of art. They made headlines in 2018 when one of their artworks – the first of its kind – was sold at a Christie’s auction in New York. At the crossroads between classical art and cutting-edge technology, their creations are exhibited in some of the world’s leading art galleries. Pioneers in digital art and the first French artists to have created NFTs, they collaborated on an NFT project in 2021 with renowned Parisian art gallery Kamel Mennour. Through their work and their collaborative projects, Obvious aims to contribute to the next visual and artistic revolution by giving creatives in all industries access to the tools developed in research.
Throughout the festival, a cryptoart exhibition curated by the collective examines the relationship between art and artificial intelligence, bringing together several French artists who are blazing the trail in NFTs.
The exhibition will take place from 6 to 10 July on the rooftop terrace of the Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann store.