A private circle by Silver Linings Arts · Paris
The Silver Circle
Not a class. Not an industry club. A small, private circle for art lovers, collectors, retired intellectuals, and anyone curious to live a more cultivated Parisian life — built around dinners, opera evenings, and the people worth knowing.
Introduction
The Silver Circle is not built around lessons. Paris already has excellent, often free, places to learn calligraphy or a new language.
What it offers instead is entry: a small circle of artists, collectors, and curious minds, gathered around a table, an opera box, or a private view — hosted personally, kept intentionally small.
All languages are welcome. English is not required, nor is French — between members, and modern translation tools when needed, conversation always finds its way.
Paris, as it unfolds
Where We Gather
The Silver Circle doesn’t live on a fixed calendar —
it lives in two places that already hold Paris’s artistic pulse.
Jardin du Luxembourg
Mornings that begin slowly, in stillness and movement, in the gardens that have grounded generations of Parisian artists and thinkers.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Tea, gallery walks, and conversation, in the streets that shaped modern Parisian intellectual life.
Members are invited into these rhythms as they unfold, at whatever pace the season allows — no fixed calendar, no long list of events to track. Just Paris, at the pace it was always meant to be lived.
The Left Bank, at Its Own Pace
Les Deux Magots & Café de Flore
The literary cafés that shaped a century of Parisian thought.
Musée d’Orsay & the Louvre
Steps away, alive with history.
Jardin du Luxembourg
Gardens for a slow morning.
Beaux-Arts de Paris
Art history, close at hand.
What Membership Includes
- A monthly private dinner — authentic regional cuisine, small guest list, hosted by Fangyou or an SLA in-house artist
- At least one opera or concert evening per month, attended together
- Priority access to museum exhibitions and private views
- Gatherings at the Jardin du Luxembourg and in Saint-Germain-des-Prés — tea, gallery walks, and quiet movement practice, as the season allows
- Occasional salon workshops — calligraphy, tai chi, tuina — taught privately by real practitioners, in a setting worth being in
- Introductions within the SLA network of artists and collectors — the open door, not just the event
How You Join
Referred candidates
38€
Introduced personally by Fangyou, in-house artists, or an existing member.
Without a personal introduction
68€
Includes a short call with the SLA team in place of a personal reference.
Both paths lead to the same circle. The difference is simply how much vetting SLA does without someone to vouch for you.
Membership
Founding Circle
680€ per year
Limited to a small founding cohort.
Standard Membership
880€ per year
Available once the founding cohort is full.
This review is not a guarantee of membership. The Silver Circle stays intentionally small
— not every applicant will be invited to join.
