Monsieur Bleu, Palais de Tokyo, and Musée de la Monnaie de Paris: Joseph Dirand’s Paris

WHERE TO EAT AND SIP
Monsieur Bleu in Palais de Tokyo, Loulou in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and Flandrin, where I feel at home and I love to see people enjoying their time. I often go to the Japanese restaurant Takara for its traditional decor and delicate traditional dishes like the shabu shabu. I rush to the tiny and delicious Cibus Italian restaurant on rue Molière during the white truffle period.

WHERE TO SEE ART
I personally love going to the Picasso Museum and the Rodin Museum, where masterpieces dialogue with the classic architecture of these two beautiful hôtels particuliers. I love the exhibitions at the Musée de la Monnaie de Paris and the Palais de Tokyo. I always go to see the great shows at Gagosian on rue de Ponthieu. For design, I often walk around galleries in rue de Lille and rue de Seine, where you can find lots of great galleries (Jousse, Downtown, Jacques Lacoste, and Matthieu Richard, just to name a few of my favorites). Make a stop at the 7L bookshop, rue de Lille, to buy great art books. During FIAC on October 18, I will be presenting at Artcurial a selection of my furniture collection in connection with the launch of my first book published by Rizzoli.