Before David Zwirner’s Paris outpost in Le Marais opened in 2019, it was the gallery of art dealer Yvon Lambert. The son of a taxi driver, Lambert left his hometown of Venice for Paris, quickly getting to know Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cy Twombly, and Nan Goldin. “In a way, he’s an artist himself, and I think it’s why he looks like a loner,” the artist and poet Etel Adnan said of Lambert, her close friend. When he announced that the gallery would close in 2014—he cited financial concerns, but there was also his distaste for an art world dominated by big money and big hype—many were shocked. Now, to commemorate Lambert’s four decades at 108 rue Vieille du Temple, a new exhibition celebrates the connections between Lambert and Zwirner and their shared artist-centric philosophy. “Most art dealers are either very tough or very mannered,” Adnan recalled. “Yvon is neither—he is his own person.” —Maggie Turner