The Drawing Society
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Committed throughout the year to defend contemporary drawing, the mother-daughter duo Christine Phal and Carine Tissot created the Drawing Society to respond to their desire to federate around them a community of art lovers, professionals and curious people wishing to support contemporary creation.
Since September 2021, the Drawing Society now brings together the various entities Drawing Now Paris, Drawing Lab, Drawing on Demand, Drawing Edition, Drawing Hotel, Drawing House and Miss Fuller. These activities share a common passion: contemporary drawing. Thus, the Drawing Society operates along two main axes: the first exclusively dedicated to the development of artistic activities, the second develops hotel activities with a collection of hotels centered around contemporary drawing. artistic activities; the second develops hospitality activities with a collection of hotels centered around contemporary drawing.
Thus, throughout the year, the art and hotel departments make Paris vibrate to the rhythm of contemporary drawing!
Cultural Engineering
A new event for the Parisian autumn, SIGNATURES ART FAIR is a fair dedicated to modern and contemporary limited edition art, organized at the Carreau du Temple. Edition is considered a practice fully rooted in the work of artists: engraving, printmaking, photography, screen printing... The fair brings together some forty French and international galleries and publishers, committed to the production, support, and dissemination of numbered and limited edition artworks.
The first contemporary art fair exclusively dedicated to drawing in Europe, Drawing Now Paris welcomes more than 70 international galleries every year in March. These galleries present more than 300 artists and nearly 2,000 works, representing the diversity of drawing from the last 50 years to the present. Collectors and art lovers are invited to discover the works of emerging and more established artists.
The Drawing Lab is a production and exhibition space dedicated to contemporary drawing, conceived and sponsored by Christine Phal. The programming of this non-profit place is defined by an artistic committee. Since its opening in February 2017, it has supported more than 20 artists and produced 30 exhibitions. Open daily and free of charge, the venue's mission is to ensure the dissemination of contemporary drawing to all audiences.
Drawing Factory II opened its doors at 61 rue de Richelieu, Paris 2e, on the initiative of the Drawing Society, with the Centre national des arts plastiques and in partnership with SOFERIM, a real estate developer. It hosts 31 artists in studios for a period of 6 months. These studios will remain open until April 30, 2026.
Drawing On Demand is a cultural engineering company specializing in the design, implementation and realization of artistic projects. Led by the teams of the Drawing Society, Drawing On Demand has been carrying out projects with contemporary artists and designers for 20 years in the event industry, hotels and real estate.
Drawing Friends is the friends' society of the Drawing Society. Created to continue the Drawing Society's 20-year mission of promoting and disseminating contemporary drawing through actions closely connected to artists. Throughout the year, enjoy drawing news through exclusive guided tours of exhibitions and artist studios, as well as numerous advantageous cultural outings.
The Drawing Hotels Collection
The Drawing Hotel is a four-star boutique hotel with a 48-room unique artistic concept in the heart of Paris, which showcases contemporary design and the expressiveness of artists. Imagined by Carine Tissot, Executive Director of the Drawing Society, she was accompanied in the realization of it by the duo of interior designers NIDO. Six artists were given carte blanche to transform each corridor into a lasting work of art.
The Drawing Hotel is located at 17, rue de Richelieu — 75001 Paris
The Drawing House is a 143-room hotel, designed as a boutique hotel located in the Gaîté-Montparnasse district at 21, rue Vercingétorix — 75014 Paris. Carine Tissot, accompanied by the NIDO agency, invited 7 artists to invest the rooms and common areas. An exhibition space dedicated to contemporary drawing will complete the artistic component with invitations to galleries or institutions. The speakeasy gives carte blanche to artists in a more ephemeral way.
Drawing House is located at 21, rue Vercingétorix — 75014 Paris
A few steps from the Arc de Triomphe, behind its magnificent freestone façade, built in 1894 by the architect Louis Marnez in the flamboyant Art Nouveau style, the interior design agency NIDO and the guest artists bring up to date this style characterized by the use of curves, plant motifs and a strong attraction for decoration.
Miss Fuller is located at 11, avenue Mac-Mahon — 75017 Paris