martin bethenod
interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
portrait by JONAS UNGER
the pinault art collection, based
in venice, will soon open a new
space right in the heart of paris:
the bourse de commerce, redesigned
by japan’s superstar architect tadao ando
OLIVIER ZAHM — As someone who’s never stopped running away from Paris, I’m amazed by the new energy here. You know, lots of people of our generation abandoned Paris because of a certain heaviness, a kind of staidness.
MARTIN BETHENOD — We all experienced that. The exciting things were in London, in New York, in Berlin. That’s still true today, but Paris has really found its place. It’s not that Paris is waking up, but Paris is finding its true level.
OLIVIER ZAHM — I knew you at the Centre Pompidou, then at Vogue, at the Ministry of Culture as delegate for visual arts, and at…