Agenda

  • MATTER and SHAPE (talks)
    The MATTER and SHAPE (talks) are supported by 'Monocle on Design' - the essential guide to design covering furniture, craft, and architecture.

    Tune in to Monocle Radio on Spotify and Apple Music in the following days for a comprehensive round-up of the two-day program.

    Our curated program of talks is open to all accredited visitors.

  • MATTER and SHAPE (hors les murs)
    Exceptional off-site projects, exhibitions, talks and events by our friends and family from the world of design and beyond.

  • March 4 — 15, 2026

    Clara Jorisch, Verre d'Onge & Pavel Golik — Mother Nostalgia & Modern Nature 10am — 7pm
    curated by Numeronovantasei
    (vernissage) March 4 from 6—11pm

    (exhibition) Mother Nostalgia & Modern Nature, explores a quiet tension between everyday life and nostalgia, returning to essential gestures of gathering, eating, and caring.
    Featuring Clara Jorisch’s new family of furniture, The Opa Collection — rooted in her Viennese heritage — alongside earlier works and special pieces created with Verre d’Onge.
    In dialogue, Pavel Golik’s iPhone photography captures intimate, instinctive moments of contemporary life.

    Galerie Mercier & Associés, 3 Rue Dupont de L'Eure, 75020 Paris.

  • March 4 — 19, 2026

    Wendy Andreu & Bram Vanderbeke at MVE&friends 11am — 6pm
    Exhibition ft. Wendy Andreu & Bram Vanderbeke 11am — 6pm, March 4 — 19

    Showroom MVE-Collection 34 rue de la Verrerie, Paris 04

    MVE&friends is a series of four shared exhibitions with dedicated scenography, taking place from March to June 2026 featuring Wendy Andreu and Bram Vanderbeke in March, Heim Viladrich in April, Max Passadore in May, and Kitesy Martin Studio in June.

    mve-collection.com

  • March 5 — 7, 2026

    CATHERINE WILLIS — Selected Works
    Selected Works, CATHERINE WILLIS, curated by Ashley Helvey

    (vernissage) March 7, 5 — 7pm Discover previously unseen sculptural works by the Catherine Willis.

    (exhibition) March 7 — March 9, 2026 9am — 7pm Au Passage, Passage Sainte-Anne, PARIS 2e Catherine Willis is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of sculpture, drawing, olfactory installations, and perfumery. Based between Paris and Normandy (with a studio on the distant planet Tak), she creates sensory, conceptual works from seeds, resins, plant dyes, and aromatic essences, inspired by travel, literature, and craft. Rooted in her intuition and the Japanese mingei philosophy of sincerity and the appreciation of beauty in the every ay, her olfactory installations and sculptures blend the botanical and the cosmic, inviting viewers into worlds where plants, scents, and subtle mysteries coexist.
    catherinewillis.com