Suzanne Tarasieve opened her vast Loft19 in 2008, part of the rapid artistic expansion of the Belleville neighbourhood, within a few years became the favourite destination for young alternative galleries in Paris. Her second space, opened in the Marais in May 2011, is a stronghold for the most powerful representatives of the Parisian art market. A certain split personality gives the gallery its charm, attracting as it does both underground talents like the Le Gun collective and successful artists like photographer Boris Mikhailov and even Nick Cave and his ‘Soundsuits’.
