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ANDRE SARAIVA
ANDRÉ IS AN ARTIST, HOTELIER, MAGAZINE EDITOR, AND NIGHTCLUB OWNER.
AS AN ARTIST, ANDRÉ’S WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS ACROSS THE GLOBE, HIS ICONIC ART DIRECTION REPEATEDLY COMMISSIONED FOR PRODUCT COLLABORATIONS WITH THE WORLD’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS LUXURY BRANDS, AND HIS LIKENESS FEATURED IN GLOBAL MARKETING CAMPAIGNS.
ANDRE WAS THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIET OF FRENCH FASHION MAGAZINE L’OFFICIEL HOMMES UNTIL 2019, HIS NIGHTCLUB AND HOTEL BRANDS ARE INEXTRICABLE TO THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS OF PARIS, TOKVO, NEW YORK AND ST. TROPEZ.
FRIENDS & FAMILY
ANDRÉ EMERGED AS A SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL FIGURE IN THE REALM OF HOSPITALITY, AS HE BEGAN TO ORGANIZE PARTIES IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS GALLERY OPENINGS AROUND THE WORLD.
THESE PARTIES SOON BECAME THE STUFF OF LEGEND.
IN 2004, THESE GATHERINGS FOUND A PERMANENT HOME AT HIS FIRST ESTABLISHMENT, LE BARON, A SMALL AND HYPER-POPULAR NIGHTCLUB IN PARIS’S 8TH ARRONDISSEMENT OPENED TOGETHER WITH LONGTIME PARTNER LIONEL BENSEMOUN.
LE BARON OFFERED A TRESH ALTERNATIVE AT A TIME WHEN CLUBBING IN PARIS WAS CONSIDERED DEAD.
MIXING AN INTIMATE, EXCLUSIVE, AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT WITH AN ECLECTIC RANGE OF MUSIC AND A LIST OF REGULARS INCLUDING SOFIA COPPOLA, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, UMA THURMAN, AND AGYNESS DEYN, LE BARON QUICKLY BECAME AN INSTITUTION, THE UNOFFICIAL MEETING PLACE OF THE WORLD’S CULTURAL ELITE.
CITIES
PARIS - 2004
TOKYO - 2006
LONDON - 2013
NEW YORK CITY - 2012
SHANGHAI - 2014
Pop-Ups
LE BARON IS KNOWN TO HOST POP-UPS WITH PRESTIGIOUS CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, ART BASEL, AND THE VENICE BIENNALE.. CREATING PARTIES FOR TOP FASHION BRANDS INCLUDING CHANEL, LOUIS VUITTON, BALENCIAGA, ETC. AND SHOWCASING PERFORMANCES BY ARTISTS SUCH AS MGMT, SÉBASTIEN TELLER, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, BLONDIE, BJORK, AND 2MANYDJS.