Cafés—breeding grounds for the arts! In the 1920s, the Surrealists traded the windmill nightclubs of Pigalle and Monmartre—Moulin Rouge and Moulin de la Galette—for cafés in Montparnasse: Les Deux Magots, Café de la Rotonde, and Café de Flore. The small tables were a perfect setting for cigarettes, wine, and heated debates on politics, philosophy, and culture. Years later, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and David Chim Seymour met up at Café du Dome, where they discussed the future of photography. This exhibition at Milan’s Campari Gallery celebrates café culture with 90 photographs. Scenes of romance and bohemian behavior from Rome’s St. Peter’s Square to San Francisco’s hippy bars to Capri’s piazzetta await. —Elena Clavarino
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Bar Stories on Camera
Café-goers in Paris, 1954.
When
Jan 17 – Apr 30, 2024
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Photo: © Inge Morath/Magnum Photos