Acne Paper Palais Royal Brings René Bouché’s Women Back into Focus in Paris

Titled “The Women of René Bouché”, the show runs from 9 April to 7 June 2026 at 124 Galerie de Valois, 75001 Paris, with opening hours from Thursday to Saturday, 11 am–7 pm, and Sunday, 12–7 pm.

A Rediscovered Archive of Mid Century Femininity Curated by Dean Rhys-Morgan, the exhibition draws on a long-unseen archive that had remained in private hands for decades, much of it preserved in the home René Bouché shared with his wife, Denise Lawson Johnston.

The portraits, many of which last appeared publicly at Bouché’s final show at the Alexander Iolas Gallery in 1957, capture mid 20th century femininity with a mix of elegance, wit, and psychological acuity that made him one of Vogue’s defining illustrators of the era.

By bringing these works together in Palais Royal, Acne Paper positions Bouché not just as a fashion footnote but as a sharp observer of character whose drawings sit somewhere between society portraiture and modernist graphic art…