Galerie Joseph rents spaces for product launches, press days, cocktails, conferences, seminars, private dinners, showrooms and pop-up stores, in rooms from 30 square meters to more than 1,000. Its flagship is the gallery at 116 rue de Turenne, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, which offers 450, 850 or 1,100 square meters on three levels. The company manages more than 30 spaces across the Marais and runs all of them itself.
Seminars and company events
The network was founded in 2008 and is best known for fashion, design and art events: showrooms during Paris Fashion Week, exhibitions during Paris Design Week, and brand launches. Its own list of formats also includes conferences, seminars, institutional events, cocktails and private dinners, as well as film and photo shoots.
For a company, the useful point is choice within one district. A team can book a small apartment-style room for a board meeting or press breakfast, a loft of 100 to 300 square meters for a launch, or the large gallery for a conference with an exhibition around it. One team handles availability for every address.
Rooms and capacities
The gallery at 116 rue de Turenne is the largest single space in the Marais part of the network. It can be booked as 450, 850 or 1,100 square meters, including public areas and storage, and divides into two spaces. Two glass roofs, one rising to 12 meters and the other to 6, bring daylight in, and the street front is glazed over 12 meters wide and 8 meters high. Floors and walls mix exposed stone, herringbone parquet, polished concrete and travertine. The levels are linked by four staircases.
Equipment includes equipped kitchens, high-speed Wi-Fi on a dedicated fiber line with satellite backup, air conditioning, 24-hour alarm monitoring and 129 kVA of electrical power across five meters. The building has step-free access, and vehicles can enter through the carriage gate for deliveries.
Other large spaces in the network include 5 rue Saint-Merri (1,200 m², Paris 4e), the Hôtel de Montmor at 79 rue du Temple (520 m², Paris 4e), 7 rue Froissart (500 m²), 25 rue de Saintonge (390 m²) and a space on the Place des Vosges (250 m²). The site does not publish standing or seated capacities for any address, so give your format and numbers when you ask about a space.
Catering
The gallery at 116 rue de Turenne has equipped kitchens that a caterer can use. The site does not describe an in-house catering service or a list of approved caterers, so plan to bring your own and confirm the rules with the team.
History and setting
Galerie Joseph was founded in 2008 by Michael Timsit and grew with the Marais as a district for galleries, designers and fashion houses. Some of its spaces are former Parisian apartments and private mansions, others are contemporary lofts. The gallery also publishes Acumen, a magazine on fashion, art, design and architecture.
Getting there
The flagship sits on rue de Turenne between rue de Bretagne and rue de Saintonge, in the upper Marais. The head office is at the same address. The street has two lanes, which helps for set-up and deliveries. Several metro stations on lines 8 and 1 serve the area; ask the team which is closest to the space you book.
