Delphin Massier (1836-1907)

Delphine Levy, Managing Director of Paris Musées, the public institution she had designed before taking over as Director in 2013, died suddenly Monday, July 13 at the age of 51. The cause of her death has not been specified. Anne Hidalgo hailed "an exceptional woman".

For over 30 years, Laurence Vauclair has been welcoming her customers as friends in her stores in the Puces (flea market) and Rue de Beaune, where she deals in updated versions of rattan furniture and 19th-century ceramics. A decidedly French lifestyle.

One of the icons created by Alberto Giacometti, as a decorative object designer, this sought-after piece dazzled collectors in a sale in Bourges, in central France.

The palatial mansion on Place de la Concorde in Paris has just opened to the public after years of controversy and a painstaking restoration campaign. The result is a journey halfway between poetry and scientific rigor, underpinned by a completely new system of financial management.