Living in Clips

In every human being, there are dormant memories which suddenly rise to the surface of the conscious mind.

Just steps from the Jardin du Luxembourg, tucked behind a row of discreet façades on rue d’Assas, lies one of Paris’s little secrets: the tiny Musée Zadkine. Most people stroll past without ever realising that behind the modest doorway is an tiny art oasis: part sculptor’s studio, part museum, part garden.

Once the home and workshop of the Russian-born sculptor Ossip Zadkine, the space and collection is petite but rich, tracing Zadkine’s journey from early carved figures to the more abstract, Cubist-inflected works he became known for. You don’t need more than half an hour here, but it is a visit I would definitely recommend. In a city filled with grand museums, the Musée Zadkine is a reminder that some of the most memorable encounters with art happen in the smallest, quietest places in the city.