As it has every year for almost 15 years, GALERIE 26 is dedicating the month of June to the works of Laurence BOST. As I followed the stages of her work through the photos she sent us and the light they emanated, one image kept coming back to me: Henri Matisse's 1947 poster, "Nice, Work and Joy"!

Life bursts forth, overflows, and fills me with sunshine... A painter of grace, we perceive her penchant for silent interludes like mystical commas: moments of reading, of meditation by the sea... Escaping the noise of time to capture its gold... This golden thread between the beach, the house, and the garden connects Laurence Bost's paintings. It is the garland of art and friendship".(Olivier Frébourg - Excerpts from the preface to the book Laurence Bost - 2024).

And what pride to follow the path of this artist who stopped from December 11, 2024 to March 2, 2025 at the Legion of Honor Museum in Paris for her exhibition "The Guardians of the Gesture." Laurence BOST was the only artist accredited by the public institution in charge of the restoration of Notre-Dame to paint these artisans at work.