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Serge Gainsbourg, a chaotic museum for the sex musician


The number 5 bis of the Rue Verneuil. in the Saint-Germain district, it is one of the most photographed places in Paris. And not because it can be visited, since its doors have been closed for years but because it was the residence of one of the best things that have happened to French music of all time. It was there that a rebel named Serge Gainsbourg lived, worked, loved, smoked and breathed his last breath., the composer of such memorable songs as that hymn to love called “Je t’aime moi non plus.” The facade of the building is always full of graffiti in homage to Gainsbourg to the point that it is the only place in the French capital where the City Council allows public graffiti to be made without penalty of a fine.

Last week marked thirty years since the disappearance of the myth. For that reason, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the actress daughter of Serge and Jane Birkin, announced in an interview with AFP that she hopes by the end of this year to fulfill an old dream, which is to open her father’s house to the public as a museum. Charlotte stated that her wish was to be able to inaugurate this March, but the current health crisis forces her to delay everything until the end of the year.

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