On September 18, 2024, while it was preparing to celebrate the first anniversary of its opening to the public, Maison Gainsbourg, in Paris, was placed in receivership for cessation of payments. This legendary residence in the Saint-Germain-des-Près district, where Serge Gainsbourg lived for 22 years, is nevertheless a huge popular success : visits are sold out for several months, fans of the singer flock to the museum. Involved in the site’s setbacks, detailed Le Figaro on October 3, 2024, a disagreement between the partners, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of the author of The Javaneseand real estate developer Dominique Dutreix. Maison Gainsbourg is facing abysmal debts.
Faced with this bad news which taints her life’s project, Charlotte Gainsbourg has not given up. The singer and actress, who perpetuates the memory of her father, who died in 1991, is still working hard to keep Maison Gainsbourg alive. Regularly, the actress shares on Instagram the many activities organized by this Parisian establishment, which is sold out until March 2025. Tuesday December 17, 2024, for example, she highlighted on the social network a concert offered by the Maison Gainsbourg with the students and teachers of the Conservatory of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, who covered some of the greatest hits of the Man with the Head of Cabbage.
“A lot of apprehension, a lot of sadness”
On September 20, 2023, while Maison Gainsbourg opened its doors to the public, Charlotte Gainsbourg spoke of all the emotion she felt on France Inter. “It’s full of mixed feelings, it was such a countdown to today”indicated the actress, who has shared Yvan Attal’s life since 1991.
“There is an excitement that passed, with a lot of apprehension, a lot of sadness, pain with my mother”continued the one who was on the poster of We, the Leroys by Florent Bernard in spring 2024. The opening of this museum like no other took place in fact a few months after the disappearance of Jane Birkin, her mother, on July 16, 2023. Charlotte Gainsbourg also wondered if she should postpone the opening, before ultimately staying on the set date. “There was no point in pushing back.”she explained.
