The current retrospective at the Hôtel de la Monnaie presents his glossy, color-saturated photos in the splendid setting of this 18th-century neoclassical building, providing a nice contrast between modern baroque works and an antique setting, à la the recent Jeff Koons exhibition at the Château de Versailles.

David LaChapelle has made a career from taking surreal photographs that subvert and celebrate celebrity itself. La Monnaie de Paris’s extensive retrospective features his portraits of, among others, Madonna, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeff Koons and Elton John