PRESS CLUB—
CELINE WOMEN SUMMER 24

TOMBOY
LA COLLECTION DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE 

BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE RICHELIEU 

DIRECTED BY HEDI SLIMANE
© HEDI SLIMANE PHOTOGRAPHY 
© HEDI SLIMANE FILM 
FILMED IN PARIS IN MAY 2023 

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR CELINE
EXTENDED VERSION OF “TOO MUCH LOVE” PERFORMED BY LCD SOUNDSYSTEM 
PRODUCED BY JAMES MURPHY ENGINEERED BY KOREY RICHEY 
COMMISSIONED BY HEDI SLIMANE 

“TOO MUCH LOVE” IS PART OF LCD SOUNDSYSTEM’S EPONYMOUS GROUNDBREAKING DEBUT ALBUM THAT WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY 2005. TO DATE, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SOUNDS IN INDIE ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND CLUB SCENES. 

MAKE-UP ARTIST AARON DE MEY
HAIR STYLIST ESTHER LANGHAM

THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE (BNF) IS LOCATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE CELINE ATELIERS, ON RUE VIVIENNE IN THE 2ND DISTRICT OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL. THE BNF IS ONE OF THE OLDEST FRENCH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. FIRST A ROYAL LIBRARY, THE BNF LATER TRANSFORMED INTO A NATIONAL LIBRARY AFTER THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. IT HAS INHERITED THE FRENCH ROYAL COLLECTIONS SINCE THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGES. 

THE CELINE 19 WOMEN SUMMER 24 VIDEO WAS FILMED IN THE “SALLE DE LECTURE DU DÉPARTEMENT DES MANUSCRITS ET DE LA MUSIQUE”, THE “SALLE LABROUSTE” THE “COUR TURBEUF”, THE “COUR D’HONNEUR”, THE “PASSAGE CHOISEUL“ AS WELL AS BIR-HAKEIM BRIDGE. 

THE “SALLE LABROUSTE”, BUILT BETWEEN 1861 AND 1868, IS THE MASTERPIECE OF FRENCH ARCHITECT HENRI LABROUSTE. IT IS THE HOME OF THE INHA (THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ART HISTORY) AND HAS BEEN DEEMED AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT SINCE 1983. THE MAIN COURTYARD, THE “COUR D’HONNEUR”, IS LINED WITH BUILDINGS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS. THE FACADE IS FROM THE 18TH CENTURY WORK OF ARCHITECT ROBERT DE COTTE AND THE NEOCLASSICAL SOUTH AND WEST FACADES WERE REALIZED BY HENRI LABROUSTE. THE “GALERIE DE VERRE”, DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT BRUNO GAUDIN, LEADS THE WAY TO THE “SALLE DE LECTURE DU DÉPARTEMENT DES MANUSCRITS ET DE LA MUSIQUE”. 

OVER THE YEARS PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECTS SUCH AS JEAN-LOUIS PASCAL, MICHEL ROUX-SPITZ, BRUNO GAUDIN, VIRGINIE BRÉGAL, AND JEAN‑FRANCOIS LAGNEAU TOOK TURNS IN SUPERVISING THE BNF RENOVATIONS.



SALLE LABROUSTE
INSTITUT NATIONAL D’HISTOIRE DE L’ART (INHA), BIBLIOTHÈQUE - SALLE LABROUSTE, REHABILITATION BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL ARCHITECTS, RESTORATION LAGNEAU ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023 

LA SALLE DE LECTURE DU DÉPARTEMENT DES MANUSCRITS / COUR D’HONNEUR
BNF / INHA / ENC – BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL, ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023

FAÇADE D’ENTRÉE DU 58, RUE DE RICHELIEU

BNF / INHA / ENC – BRUNO GAUDIN AND VIRGINIE BRÉGAL, ARCHITECTS, PARIS – 2023

BRONZE SCULPTURE : LOUVRE MUSEUM DEPOSIT, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ART HISTORY

CHARLES-FRANÇOIS LEBOEUF DIT NANTEUIL « EURYDICE MOURANTE », 1822