Jean-Luc Verna meets Théophile Playoust for “Un dîner, une œuvre”

Sharing artistic experiences is what Anaïd Demir and Stephen Joannon love to do. She has been an art critic and curator for more than 20 years, and he a music critic, gallery owner and an epicurean above all. The duo, who met in the 1990s, is now taking up the challenge of combining art with haute cuisine through a new project called “Un chef, une œuvre” (one chef, one artwork). The principle? About ten guests gather at a chef’s table, the menu is designed in dialogue with an artwork by a contemporary artist. For this first edition, the artist Jean-Luc Verna sat at chef Théophile Playoust’s table surrounded by collectors, art lovers and gourmets. On this occasion, Jean-Luc Verna presented his work “Paramour”, a copper silkscreen print that guests could buy at a preferential price…