VISIT GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN (YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN PARIS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO)

VISIT GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN (YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN PARIS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO)

In spite of the title of this post, we're not actually sure Galerie Patrick Seguin wants visitors, at least we're not sure they want visitors like us—browsers, not shoppers. The place is a business after all. But with a focus on Jean Prouvé—his furniture and his demountable houses—and with additional works by the likes of Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, and Le Corbusier, all in a gallery designed by Jean Nouvel, what are we supposed to do, not visit? Sorry, but clearly they're asking for it (and they did buzz us in when we pressed the call button out front). And while we made a show of flipping through the catalog of their deep collection of vintage Prouvé, and the kind gallery assistant made a show of taking us seriously, we weren't fooling anyone. Still, well worth the trek and the mild embarrassment.