Louis & Sack: A Gallery for Post-War Japanese Painters

You opened your gallery in 2020, when your careers at Jacques Barrère and Bonhams, respectively, were thriving. What made you take the leap? Aude Louis Carvès . The idea of starting our own gallery had been on our minds for a while, but the lockdown is what finally pushed us to follow through. We share the same passion for Japanese artists of the Nouvelle École de Paris—Hisao Domoto, Toshimitsu Imai, Yasse Tabuchi and Key Sato—a niche sector where there’s a lot to discover. Both of us come from the world of Asian art: Rebecca spent five years in China before taking over as head of the Jacques Barrère Gallery in 2012. I started the Asian Arts department at Claude Aguttes before being in charge of the same section at Bonhams France. Your gallery is in an apartment on the cour de Rohan, not far from where the late Rodolphe Stadler, who launched some of your artists, used to live. Did you have him in mind when you chose the location? A. L. C. Saint-Germain is the ideal place for this kind of gallery. Many historic dealers, like Stadler, flourished there. The cour de Rohan was already well known as a gathering place for intellectuals after the war. Balthus…