HELENE BAILLY is an art gallery in Paris that exhibits works related to the decorative arts, including Alberto Giacometti, Diego Giacometti, and Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne.

The term “decorative arts” refers to a field of creation where aesthetics meet function. These works are designed to integrate into daily life - furniture, lighting, ornamental objects - without sacrificing formal exploration.

Artists such as the Giacometti brothers developed a sculptural language adapted to furniture and architecture, balancing modernist rigor with symbolic imagination.

This domain often draws inspiration from the natural world - animal, plant, or mineral forms — which consistently appear across styles and periods.

It also belongs to an intellectual tradition shaped by theorists like Joseph Rykwert, who advocated for a livable art, where objects enhance the experience of space.

Decorative artists work with materials such as bronze, iron, or plaster to bring sculpture into everyday life.

This tradition was recently celebrated by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris with a retrospective dedicated to the Lalannes in 2022, highlighting the continued relevance of these hybrid creations that merge art and utility.