Old Is Always New // The Boulevardier

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Old is Always New 02.17.26

February 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

$10.00 – $15.00

In 1927, expat Erskine Gwynne gathered his circle of writers—including Ernest Hemingway, Louis Bromfield, and Arthur Moss—to create a magazine called The Boulevardier – sharp, irreverent, and alive with the electricity of café society for a short five years. Nearly a century later, it has relaunched with a newly rediscovered piece by Ernest Hemingway printed here for the very first time, and available worldwide. Inspired by and at Harry’s Bar, the oldest in Europe, and where many classic cocktails were created, The Boulevardier is more than a magazine and reinvigorated with writing that carries the spirit of its founders, along with contemporary essays, art, and photography. Editor Paige Noelle Miller joins us in Charleston for a stateside launch and perhaps even a cocktail, too.

About Paige Miller

Paige Noelle Miller is an art historian, provenance researcher, and writer dedicated to exploring the complex intersection of language, culture, and visual art. Miller specializes in the study of artists’ writings—including letters, diaries, and notebooks—investigating how these writings directly dialogue with artistic visual production. Holding degrees in the History of Art from the College of Charleston and the University of St Andrews, Miller was awarded an Art Table Fellowship in 2024 and has contributed research to the Schneemann Diaries Project (Carolee Schneemann Foundation & Stanford University). Previously, she has consulted on image rights research for two books: Victorian Visions of Suburban Utopia: Abandoning Babylon (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020) and Venus and the Arts of Love in Renaissance Florence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021). Her writing has appeared in publications internationally including Garden & Gun, FREDERIC Magazine, FAD Magazine, Berlin Art Link, and Impulse Magazine. Miller’s professional practice is driven by cultural curiosity, pairing rigorous research with an on-the-ground, cross-continental understanding of art, design, and contemporary culture. A deep passion for the French language and culture prompted a move to Paris in 2024, where she continues to uncover the hidden stories of art collections in her provenance research practice. She is the editor of The Boulevardier, a revived 1920s Parisian magazine.

About The Boulevardier

Lost to history for almost a hundred years, we have rediscovered and re-published (with the support of Hemingway Ltd), a Hemingway essay featuring a young, punchy Hemingway voice in The Boulevardier: a modern revival of a 1927 Parisian magazine born at Harry’s Bar. Once a gathering point for artists, writers, and bon vivants, we’re bringing it back nearly a century later as a platform that celebrates hospitality, culture, and style. It’s part cocktail, part cultural object—a collectible print magazine, a digital space, and a living community of bartenders, writers, and dreamers keeping the spirit of Paris alive today.

The articles are a mix of old and new, it’s a conversation between café society Paris of the 1920’s and Paris of the 2020’s. The Hemingway piece is at the heart of the magazine, but we’ve also invited a new generation of expat writers to contribute. The result is a love letter to the city that has welcomed American writers and expats with open arms and continued to foster creativity generation to generation.