PARIS When It SIZZLES

The lights are BACK ON, and the French capital shines BRIGHTER than EVER, with a revived ARTS and CULINARY scene

- MAURA EGAN

Mariane Ibrahim, the French-Somali gallerist, hadn't planned to expand beyond her original location in Chicago, where she has focused on artists from the African diaspora, including Ghanaian-born star Amoako Boafa. "During the pandemic, I had a strong urge to be in Paris," she explains, so she opened an outpost on Avenue Matignon. "The city is going through a revival," she says. "It's like the roaring '20s." Indeed, there are world-class hotels opening up, innovative chefs are energizing the culinary and the Bourse de Commerce, home to François Pinault's formidable art collection, and new galleries are turning Paris into a contemporary-art capital.