Could Paris Challenge London as Europe’s Future Art Capital?

The stately mansion at 9 Avenue Matignon in Paris is steeped in history. Built in 1913 by architect René Sergent, who created commissioned work for the formidable art collector Pierpont Morgan and the famous dealer Joseph Duveen, it spent the last few decades of the 20th century as an art gallery founded by a makeup mogul, L’Oréal CEO François Dalle.
Since 2000, the building has served as the headquarters of Christie’s, the auction house owned by fashion magnate