La Ruche (literally the beehive) was an artist's residence in the Montparnasse district of Paris. It now hosts around fifty artists and stages art exhibitions open to the public.

Like Montmartre, few places have ever housed such artistic talent as found at La Ruche. At one time or another in those early years of the 20th century, Alexander Archipenko, Gustave Miklos, Marc Chagall, Jacques Lipchitz, Max Jacob, Chaïm Soutine, Amedeo Modigliani, Constantin Brâncuși, Diego Rivera, Marevna, Michel Sima and others, called the place home or frequented it. Today, works by some of these poorer residents and their close friends sell well, even in the millions of dollars.