The Man Ray bar was a restaurant-bar in Paris, France. It is named after the artist
Man Ray
Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky; August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976) was an American naturalized French visual artist who spent most of his career in Paris. He was a significant contributor to the Dada and Surrealism, Surrealist movements, ...
.
A former cinema, the bar was once part-owned by American actors
Johnny Depp
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,
Sean Penn
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and
John Malkovich, and was located at 34
Rue Marbeuf (near the
Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (, ; ) is an Avenue (landscape), avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc ...
). It was managed by
Thierry Klemeniuk.
The club has since been renamed "World Place", comprising the Lobster Cafe, The Lounge and The Club. This trendier cousin of the Buddha Bar, with a similar neo-Asian décor, changed its name to Mandalaray in 2005.
Man Ray music
The following are all currently released Man Ray bar compilation CDs:
*''Man Ray, Vol. 1''
*''Man Ray, Vol. 2''
*''Man Ray, Vol. 3''
References
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Compilation album series
Restaurants in Paris
Drinking establishments in France