What intimate and secret bonds can develop between an artist and a patron-collector? Two disparate projects presented in Greece this summer by the DESTE Foundation touch upon this complex question from alternate angles.
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An evening with Grace Wales Bonner & Samuel Fosso
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Exhibition curated by Clothilde Morette
In partnership with MatchesFashion, A Magazine Curated By celebrated the exhibition SAMUEL FOSSO at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie with a champagne reception on Monday November 8, ahead of the show’s official opening for Paris Photo.
Guests included: Grace Wales Bonner, Samuel Fosso, Simon Baker, Zoë Ghertner, Chino Amobi, Haley Wollens, Raul Lopez, Jilan & Jibril Durimel, Francesca Amfitheatrof, Casper Kofi, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Casey Cadwallader, Germain Louvet, Michel Gaubert, Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Joshua Woods, Arnaud Vaillant, Dan Sablon, Frank Nesbitt, Vere Van Gool, Eric Wright, Emma Reeves, Gauthier Borsarello, Serge Carreira, María Bernad, Marco Ribeiro, Giovanni Dario Laudicina, Jess Christie, Christophe Chemin, Sophie Pinet, Ana Kraš, Guillaume Sultana, Joseph Allen, Michelle Lu, Monica De La Villardière, Carlijn Jacobs, Imruh Asha.
Friends and contributors joined us for an intimate dinner at Chez Julien to celebrate the issue.
Photography below by Alex Dob and Justino Esteneves
Samuel Fosso
Dan Thawley, Grace Wales Bonner, Samuel Fosso
Thérèse Boon-Falleur, Marc Weltersbach
Ludovic De Saint Sernin, Blake Abbie, Roman Oulié
Marcel Wepper, Christophe Chemin, Jibril Durimel, Jalan Durimel
Frank Nesbitt
Vere van Gool, Chino Amobi, Casey Cadwallader
Francesca Amfitheatrof, Dan Thawley
Giovanni Dario Laudicina, Jonathan Ailwood
Enzo dal Mas, Daniel Kolodziejczak, Ken Paquier
Joshua Woods
Jessica Hamenyimana
Pablo Pillaud-Vivien, Jean-Marc Louvet
Adam Goujjane, Raul Lopez
Grace Wales Bonner
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