As Director of The Twentieth Art Advisory, Tatiana Boré brings over a decade of experience advising leading collectors around the world. Her approach combines trusted, independent guidance with deep market insight and a global network, helping clients build collections of personal resonance and lasting cultural significance. Having held senior roles at prominent international galleries and, earlier, at Christie’s auction house, she draws on expertise that spans Impressionist and Modern masters to today’s most influential contemporary artists.
For Boré, Paris is a place where art and life move in harmony — from the quiet light of the Musée Rodin garden to the conversations over martinis at Bar Hemingway. Whitewall spoke with her about the city’s intimate corners, where elegance, memory, and inspiration remain timeless.
Courtesy of Tatiana Boré.
WHITEWALL: Where do you find inspiration?
TATIANA BORÉ: At the Musée Rodin garden, early in the morning, when the light falls on the sculptures, it offers a quiet escape from the pace of Parisian life. I’ve always found it both peaceful and inspirational, as Rodin continues to influence contemporary artists, making the garden feel truly timeless.
WW: Favorite place to see art?
TB: At the Musée d’Orsay, where the galleries reveal an ongoing dialogue between past and present. The collections of Impressionists, Symbolists, and early modernists resonate deeply with today’s artists. As an art advisor, I love observing how ideas and techniques travel and evolve across history. The sense of continuity in art is captured beautifully at the Musée d’Orsay, making each visit both reflective and energizing.
“The sense of continuity in art is captured beautifully at the Musée d’Orsay,”
Tatiana Boré
WW: Best neighborhood vibe?
TB: Place Contrescarpe, near the Panthéon. It’s lively in every season, and it takes me back to my time living in the 5th arrondissement while studying History of Art and Law at La Sorbonne. The mix of locals, tourists, students, and street musicians in the cafés and along the historic cobbled streets is irresistibly charming.
WW: Best-kept secret?
TB: La Grande Épicerie du Bon Marché, which offers Paris’s largest selection of butters from every French region—Normandy, Brittany, and beyond. I never return to London without a bag of their best salted butter from Guérande, a small indulgence that always makes me feel at home.
WW: Best meal?
TB: JJ is a tiny, intimate restaurant in the 8th arrondissement. Their côte de boeuf is exceptional, and the relaxed atmosphere makes it the perfect spot for a leisurely lunch with friends.
WW: Your ideal 24 hours in Paris — morning, noon, evening?
TB: Morning: Breakfast at Copains. I’m gluten-free (no one is perfect), and I might even return for my goûter later in the day (yes, in France, goûter isn’t just for children!).
Noon: Exploring galleries in the Marais. I often stop by Thaddaeus Ropac, Mor Charpentier, Templon, and other spaces to discover new works and reconnect with artists. I love how contemporary voices push boundaries, challenge traditional perspectives, and foster animated conversations.
“I love how contemporary voices push boundaries,”
Tatiana Boré
Evening: I’d kick off the evening with a martini at Bar Hemingway for apéro because, as Hemingway said, “If I die and go to heaven, I’d like it to resemble the bars at the Ritz.” Then I’d go to dinner with friends at Takara, the oldest Japanese restaurant in Paris, on Rue Molière—a perfect way to close the day.
Tatiana Boré’s Paris Favorites:
1. Mor Charpentier
Courtesy of Mor Charpentier.
Established in Paris since 2010, mor charpentier represents both emerging and well-established artists whose conceptual practices are anchored in the social realities, history and politics of contrasting geographic regions, with special attention to the Global South. By promoting engaged practices internationally, the gallery aims at broadening the knowledge about the crucial debates of the present. A significant inaugural show with Colombian master Oscar Muñoz fulfilled a void in the French artistic scene, and set a tone for a program focused in content and willing to broaden the spectrum of origins, subjects and identities in the art market. Ever since, a growing number of major international artists have join the gallery. Coming from global backgrounds and different generations, they all share a commitment with either political, feminist, post-colonial, queer or human rights causes. – mor charpentier
2. Musée Rodin
Courtesy of Musée Rodin.
In 1916, a year before his death, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) bequeathed all his works and possessions to the French state which, in exchange, purchased the Hôtel Biron and committed to turning it into a museum dedicated to the artist. The Paris site opened to the public in 1919, the Meudon site in 1948. The artist’s bequest was the founding act of the Musée Rodin, perpetuating the special bond between a prime location in one of the loveliest gardens in Paris and the work of the most illustrious sculptor of his day. – Musée Rodin
3. Bar Hemingway
Courtesy of Bar Hemingway.
Stories that intersect, encounters that connect, iconic cocktails… at the intimate Bar Hemingway, the great writer’s legend is reborn every evening, among upholstered leathers and sepia lights. The spirit is that of a club for Hemingway afficionados, where ladies’ drinks arrive with a rose. It’s a place where people like to remake the world, without music save for the sound of ice cubes and conversation. All the more room for improvisation… – Bar Hemingway
4. Takara
Courtesy of Takara, Paris.
For 10 years, Japanese cuisine has been popular in the West, starting with Paris, but although the number of restaurants continues to increase, there are few authentic restaurants outside of Japan. Among them is Takara, the oldest Japanese restaurant in Paris, which has been offering authentic cuisine since 1958. Located in a quiet street, calm as in an alley, in the Opera district also nicknamed the Japanese district of Paris, we hope you can experience the joy of tasting Japanese flavors, in a warm atmosphere. Our entire team wishes, through cooking, to transmit Japanese culture. ou will find a classic cuisine made of sushi, sashimi and nabe (Japanese fondue), a cuisine that warms the heart to the point of forgetting the tumult of Paris, and which attracts so many French celebrities that Takara is sometimes called “the canteen of the stars”, because you feel at home there. We hope you will enjoy the flavors in this Japanese place that will evoke the good old days, while being in Paris. Signed Mrs. Iimori. – Takara
