Murakami opening in Chateau de Versailles

Waow ! What an evening yesterday ! We were, Edwart my fiancé and me, invited to the VIP party to Chateau the Versailles for Murakami opening with a private concert by Pharrell Williams !!!! Edwart was  there since the morning for french television, he participates to a show called “Un soir au Musée” on France 5 , 2 thursdays/ months, and  he met Murakami who is very nice.

We arrived for the opening at 8pm and the light was so beautiful in these fabulous french gardens. A giant gilded Buddha is displayed between two ponds and 2 lovely japonese girls were taken pictures, they looked like princesses, very elegant, quite mysterious, then we sat newt to them during the coktails and spoke : one has a japonese tea shop in Saint Germain des Près, the other is going to open a japonese spa…for sure,I will let you know more  about her very soon.

it can take 4 years to Murakami to achieve an artwork, they are all manufactured with extreme care in the making , the choices of colours, the details. The influences are of course Manga and Kawaï cultures.

here are my favorite :

the second one is displayed in the dazzling Hall of Mirrors and facing the gardens, actually, it’s a tribute to french gardener designer Andre Lenotre.

We saw Laurent Lebon , the curator, and congratulated him, he’s a GREAT curator with new visions about contemporary art and culture, and very clever and knowledgable without being “unreachable”. That’s so rare !! He’s also the director of new Pompidou center in Metz (Lorraine, east of France, I will write soon also about it).

Then we had the VIP party  in the incredible Orangerie, open only for private event.

Pharrell Williams is a very good friend of the artist and even participates  to the creation of an artwork you can see in the exhibition.

Waow, the concert blew our mind !!! girls went crazy when Pharrell invited them on stage with him !!

Then we went back to our hotel-yes we decided to spend the night in Versailles, no trouble with taxi ! and it was the opportunity to enjoy one more time Trianon Palace ! People think we are millionaire, but we only know how to enjoy good life and spa (my obsession !!) ! With trip Advisor and  Expedia I could have the best rate 😉

Gordon Ramsey is the chef and everything is delicious.

We learnt that Pharrel was also sleeping there but we did not see him at the breakfast 😉

The lobby is very relaxing, contemporary design but elegant and not cold, filled with natural daylight . The swimming pool is more minimalist, silver and blue atmosphere…they should add a little decor, a kind of frieze, i can imagine elegant drawing on the wall evoking fishes, underwaterworld, or more greenery perhaps. But the natural light is such a pleasure !