Located for over thirty years on Rue Mazarine, in the heart of Paris’s Left Bank and just a few steps from the Louvre, Galerie Jacques Barrère is a landmark for enthusiasts of Asian art. With a family history dating back nearly a century, the gallery embodies excellence and tradition in the field of Far Eastern art.
The story began in the early 20th century with Mr. Laden, the grandfather of Jacques Barrère, who was already importing modern Chinese ivories, jades, and silks. In the 1960s, his daughter Germaine Barrère revived the business by opening a stand at the Saint-Ouen flea market, where she quickly met with success. In 1969, Jacques Barrère took over the family business and went on to found his own gallery a few years later.
Since then, the gallery has established itself as an international reference. Numerous artworks that passed through its hands have joined the collections of renowned museums worldwide, including the Musée Guimet and the Musée Cernuschi in Paris, the Shanghai Museum, the Miho Museum in Japan, the National Museum of Canberra in Australia, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.
With its recognized expertise and carefully curated selection of Chinese, Japanese, and Himalayan works of art, Galerie Jacques Barrère passionately continues a unique family and cultural legacy while actively contributing to the promotion and appreciation of Asian art around the world.