
I admit I haven't been back in there for about a decade, although I go past it all the time. However the new installation by photographers Pierre et Gilles - their first Madonna and child - was my excuse to pop in... and I was wowed!
The church is - to my mind - as stunning as Notre Dame, with a dizzyingly high ceiling and some wonderful painted details, some of which have been marvellously restored.


The installation itself is quite interesting, with the main photo presented in scaffolding with throbbing orange roadwork lights and neon strip lights around it. At its base are car parts, echoing the photo itself...



Walking round the rest of the church, I was soon to find out that this is not the only modern (gay) art there. It's also home to "Altar Piece" by Keith Haring, one of nine examples that are exhibited around the world (others are to be found in the Whitney Museum in New York, the Contemporary Art museum in Hiroshima, etc.) donated by the Spirit Foundation founded by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It was Keith Haring's wish that one of his pieces be exposed in Paris, and this was one of the last he created.


You'll find more photos of our look round in the Flickr gallery here. Walking map of how to get there at the end of this post.




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...and La Droguerie is almost next door...
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