MARIE MADEC AND THE ART OF HOSPITALITY
EGW Luxury Magazine | Winter 2025–2026 Feature
By Monica Lofstrom
“Parisian gallerist Marie Madec in the flowered courtyard of (sans titre) — a space she’s transformed into a soulful stage for theatrical, boundary-pushing art. Her hospitality is not a gesture, but an ethos.”
In Paris, hospitality is not a gesture — it is a worldview. And for gallerist Marie Madec, it is the quiet pulse beneath every moment of art, encounter, and experience.
There are façades in Paris that capture the eye, and then there are façades that command a pause — façades that whisper a story before one even crosses the threshold. On a narrow, history-worn street in the Marais, beneath a sweep of Bordeaux-colored walls and columns carved with the playful faces of Bacchus, stands one such place: (sans titre) gallery, founded by Paris native Marie Madec.
To enter (sans titre) is to step into a world shaped not by pretense, but by presence. The gallery is a living extension of Madec herself — warm, unhurried, theatrical, and quietly daring. It is a space where modernity meets myth, where fragility leans into strength, and where the boundaries between viewer, creator, and curator soften in service of pure human experience.
Madec’s vision has always resisted the conventional. Her earliest exhibitions unfolded in unexpected locations — a shipyard in Marseille, a private mansion in Paris — chosen not simply for their novelty, but for their ability to hold memory, atmosphere, and conversation. She builds exhibitions the way others build homes: with intimacy, intention, and a deep respect for the lives that will move through them. Over the years, this approach has shaped not only her legacy, but the artists who trust her to steward their work with both courage and care.
Photo by Matthieu Croizier
This year, (sans titre) returns once again to the Galeries sector of Art Basel Paris, a testament to the gallery’s enduring relevance and Madec’s unwavering belief in the transformative power of contemporary art. The 2025 booth brings together five singular voices — Aysha E. Arar, Zuzanna Czebatul, Hamish Pearch, Agnes Scherer, and Sequoia Scavullo — each exploring the tension and tenderness that define the human condition. Their works do not simply fill a space; they inhabit it, echo it, deepen it. Together, they create a constellation of perspectives that honor the complexity of being alive.
Arar’s work traces the delicate architecture of memory. Czebatul confronts the monumental and the vulnerable with equal force. Pearch brings wonder to the everyday. Scherer weaves performance and narrative into sculptural life. Scavullo balances reverence with rebellion, presence with possibility. Within the curated setting of Art Basel, their collective energy becomes a quiet symphony — a testament to Madec’s ability to hold both contrast and cohesion in elegant tension.
Walking through (sans titre) — whether in Paris or in the temporary sphere of Art Basel — feels less like viewing an exhibition and more like entering an unfolding story. There is a hum of conversation, a sense of ritual, an echo of something both ancient and distinctly modern. Madec calls her gallery “a place with a soul,” and it is impossible to disagree. Her hospitality is not performative. It is elemental. A way of being that turns a gallery into a refuge, a meeting place, a sanctuary for artists and visitors alike.
Art, in her hands, becomes a shared language — one spoken softly, with reverence for nuance and space, for what can be said without saying, for the beauty found in the quiet edges of experience.
And in a world that moves relentlessly, (sans titre) stands as a reminder that art is not only something we see. It is something we enter. Something we feel. Something we are invited to live.
ART BASEL PARIS 2025
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