First, there is the dog. Jack, a bastard survivor of the SPA, lasciviously lying at the entrance of the stand. Nothing to fear, it is enough to step over it. Then, once the sliding door ajar, there is the soft voice of the forgotten rocker Sugar Man that rushes into your ears. Finally, there is Marta, sitting in front of the screen of his computer, who raises his blue eyes towards you, rests his coffee and welcomes you in a discreet but frank smile. And there, you look around and, surprised, you pinch yourself to convince you that no, you are not at the Galerie Campana du Louvre but to Paul Bert Serpette.

THE ANTIQUE GREECE AT HANDWIDTH From the top of the shelves of Marta Bryl, it is more than forty centuries that contemplate you. Etruscan terracotta vases, ceramic craters, and votive statuettes all date from the 4th or 3rd century BC. And yet, they are there, very close, without window to move them away, simply accessible. It is almost disconcerting of proximity. This is what Marta loves, what she believes in. To understand, to learn and to love, one must touch, observe, live with. Thousands of years should not intimidate but marvel. Far from the institutional discourse, this former museum guardian in the Louvre prefers the experience to erudite discourse, too often blurred and obscure. Its atypical course is the most perfect demonstration.

FROM THE BRITISH MUSEUM TO PAUL BERT SERPETTE It is during a stay in London that Marta meets his passion. In the galleries of the British Museum, she marvels at the impressive collections of Greek vases. Intrigued, she robs the bookshop of the museum and takes advantage of the Eurostar to immerse itself in the Greco-Roman Antiquity. Back in Paris, it's decided. The student of modern history leaves the Old Continent for the Mediterranean basin. A saleswoman at an old arms dealer during her studies, she knows that one can make history a trade. It suits him: teaching is not his thing. In 2006, an antiquarian friend made her a place in her stand of Serpette and two years later she opened her own shop, still in the courtyard of Serpette, the open air being paramount for this self-confident and independent spirit.

LIVING WITH THE ANCIENS With its outspoken talk of the conservative milieu of antiquity, Marta does not hesitate to call a cat a cat. The prophylactic phallus on the vase? And the sense of humor then? Philosophers, the Greeks were no less lively and gravelly! Before being antiques, pieces of museum or collection, all these objects, decorative or usual, had their place in a daily. The idea is therefore to re-inject them into ours, by touches, by heart-strokes. True to its beginnings, Marta practices accessible prices: with 200 or 300 €, it is possible to acquire an object, to bring home a piece of history and, why not, start as a collection. His started with a small vase, bought more than it was worth. A mistake of a beginner, from which she would not be separated today for nothing in the world, for it has an inestimable value for her, that of memories, of intimacy, of experience. Marta Bryl , Keramion, Stand 9, Allée 1, Serpette