Pierre Hermé's dream gift: a canvas by the painter Cyril Kongo

As far as I'm concerned, buying a work always involves a relationship with the artist.

I am passionate about contemporary art and design, but I don't consider myself a collector in my own right.

I never buy a painting or a sculpture by chance.

Those that I have at home all originate from a dating story.

Because what interests me above all is talking with the artist.

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Cyril Kongo, I met him three or four years ago with a mutual friend, Pierre Sang Boyer, the chef of Korean origin.

I liked the enthusiasm of this painter who comes from street art, the way he spoke of himself, of his work.

I then went to see him in his studio in Bagnolet, and there… love at first sight for the extremely colorful universe of his paintings.

I also understood that he was terribly greedy, so I had him send cakes and invited him to come and see how our pastry chefs worked in our creation workshops.

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