The Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, known simply as the Fondation Cartier, is a
contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
museum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...
located at 261 boulevard Raspail in the
14th arrondissement of the
French capital,
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
.
History
The Fondation Cartier was created in 1984 by the
Cartier SA
Cartier International SNC, or simply Cartier (; ), is a French high-end luxury goods conglomerate that designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells jewellery, leather goods, and watches. Founded by Louis-François Cartier (1819–1904) in Paris ...
firm as a center for contemporary art that presents exhibits by established artists, offers young artists a chance to debut, and incorporates works into its collection. In 1994, it moved to its current location in a glass building designed by
Pritzker Prize
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
architect
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel (; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of ''Mars 1976'' and ''Syndicat de l'Architecture'', France’s first labor union for architects. He has ob ...
on the site of the former American Center for Students and Artists,
surrounded by a modern
woodland garden
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landscaped by
Lothar Baumgarten
Lothar Baumgarten (5 October 1944 – 2 December 2018) was a German conceptual artist, based in New York and Berlin. His work includes installation and also film.
Early life and education
Born 1944 in Rheinsberg, Germany, Baumgarten attended ...
. The ground floor of the building is eight meters (26 feet) high and glassed in on all sides.
In 2011, the president and founder of the Fondation Cartier, Alain Dominique Perrin, asked Nouvel to draw up preliminary plans for a new base on
Île Seguin
Île Seguin (Seguin Island) is an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the west suburbs of Paris, France. It has a surface area of approximately 11.5 hectares (28 acres), and is positioned opposite Meudon, a sho ...
. By 2014, the foundation abandoned plans to relocate to the island and instead commissioned Nouvel to work on the expansion of its current premises.
Collection
The museum displays exhibits of contemporary and international artists, and currently contains over 1500 works by more than 350 artists. Its collections include monumental works such as ''The Monument to Language'' by
James Lee Byars
James Lee Byars (April 10, 1932, Detroit, Michigan – May 23, 1997, Cairo, Egypt) was an American conceptual artist and performance artist specializing in installations and sculptures, as well as a self-considered mystic. He was best known for h ...
, ''Caterpillar'' by
Wim Delvoye
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, ''Backyard'' by
Liza Lou
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, ''La Volière'' (''The Aviary'') by
Jean-Pierre Raynaud
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People
* Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021-
* Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France
* Eugenia Pierre ( ...
, and ''Everything that Rises Must Converge'' by
Sarah Sze
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; works by contemporary French artists including
Vincent Beaurin,
Gérard Garouste
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Since 1979, he has lived and worked in Marcilly-sur-Eure in Normandy, where he founded an educational and s ...
,
Raymond Hains
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,
Jean-Michel Othoniel
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,
Alain Séchas Alain may refer to:
People
* Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Alain (surname)
* "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein
* Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...
,
Pierrick Sorin Pierrick is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Pierrick Bourgeat (born 1976), French alpine skier
* Pierrick Capelle (born 1987), French professional footballer
* Pierrick Cros (footballer, born 1991) (born 1991), French football ...
,
Jean Giraud
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; and works by foreign artists including
James Coleman (Ireland),
Thomas Demand
Thomas Cyrill Demand (born 1964) is a German sculptor and photographer. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles, and teaches at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg.
Demand had his first solo exhibition at Tanit Galerie in Munich ...
(Germany),
Alair Gomes
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Alair is known ...
(Brazil),
William Kentridge
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(South Africa),
Bodys Isek Kingelez (the Congo),
Guillermo Kuitca
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(Argentina),
Yukio Nakagawa (Japan),
Huang Yong Ping
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(China), and
Damian Pettigrew
Damian (also Damien) Pettigrew (March 10, 1963) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, author, and multimedia artist, best known for his cinematic portraits of Balthus, Federico Fellini, and Jean Giraud.
Released theatri ...
(Canada).
Exhibitions
The museum opens daily except Monday, with an admission fee. Nearby
Paris Métro
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stations include
Raspail or
Denfert-Rochereau on
Line 4 and
Line 6.
* 1986 : ''Les Années 1960, la décade triomphante''
* 1987 : ''Hommage à Ferrari''
* 1988 : ''MDF des créateurs pour un matériau''
* 1988 : ''Vraiment faux''
* 1991 : ''La Vitesse''
* 1992 : ''À visage découvert'' – ''Machines d'architecture''
* 1993 : ''Azur''
* 1994 :
Nobuyoshi Araki
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–
Jean-Michel Alberola
* 1995 :
Vija Celmins
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–
Thierry Kuntzel –
James Lee Byars
James Lee Byars (April 10, 1932, Detroit, Michigan – May 23, 1997, Cairo, Egypt) was an American conceptual artist and performance artist specializing in installations and sculptures, as well as a self-considered mystic. He was best known for h ...
–
Bodys Isek Kingelez – ''Défilés et Vestiaires'' de
Macha Makeieff et
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–
Malick Sidibé
Malick Sidibé (1935 – 14 April 2016) was a Malian photographer noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the 1960s in Bamako. Sidibé had a long and fruitful career as a photographer in Bamako, Mali, and was a well-known fig ...
–
* 1996 : ''Double vie, Double vue'' – ''Comme un oiseau'' –
Tatsuo Miyajima
is a Japanese sculptor and installation artist who lives in Moriya, in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan. His work frequently employs digital LED counters and is primarily concerned with the function and significance of time and space, especially withi ...
–
Marc Couturier – ''By Night''
* 1997 : ''Amours'' – ''Coïncidences'' –
Alain Séchas Alain may refer to:
People
* Alain (given name), common given name, including list of persons and fictional characters with the name
* Alain (surname)
* "Alain", a pseudonym for cartoonist Daniel Brustlein
* Alain, a standard author abbreviation u ...
–
Patrick Vilaire
* 1997 : Histoire de voir – la collection de la Fondation Cartier dans l'art contemporain dans les chateaux du Bordelais –
Marina Faust –
Seydou Keita
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Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four), w ...
–
Gabriel Orozco
Gabriel Orozco (born April 27, 1962) is a Mexican artist. He gained his reputation in the early 1990s with his exploration of drawing, photography, sculpture and installation. In 1998, Francesco Bonami called Orozco "one of the most influenti ...
–
Jean-Michel Othoniel
Jean-Michel Othoniel (born 27 January 1964) is a French contemporary artist. He has worked in a variety of artistic media, including film, installation, photography and sculpture. In 2000 he designed a new entrance for the Palais Royal–Mus ...
* 1998 :
Issey Miyake
was a Japanese fashion designer. He was known for his technology-driven clothing designs, exhibitions and fragrances, such as '' L'eau d'Issey'', which became his best-known product.
Life and career
Miyake was born on 22 April 1938 in Hirosh ...
– ''Être nature'' –
Francesca Woodman
Francesca Stern Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring either herself or female models.
Many of her photographs show women, naked or clothed, blurred (due to ...
–
Panamarenko
Henri Van Herwegen (5 February 1940 – 14 December 2019), known by the pseudonym Panamarenko, was a prominent assemblagist Belgian sculptor. Famous for his work with aeroplanes as theme; none of which are able nor constructed to actually leave ...
–
Gérard Deschamps
Gérard Deschamps (born 1937) is a French contemporary artist associated with the Nouveau réalisme movement.
Career
Deschamps was born in Lyon, France. His first exhibition took place in 1955 at the Gallery Fachetti in Paris. At this time he a ...
* 1999 :
Sarah Sze
Sarah Sze (; born 1969) is an American artist widely recognized for challenging the boundaries of painting, installation, and architecture. Sze's sculptural practice ranges from slight gestures discovered in hidden spaces to expansive installati ...
–
Herb Ritts
Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black a ...
– ''1 monde réel'' – ''Radi Designers'' –
Gottfried Honneger
* 2000 :
Bernard Piffaretti –
Thomas Demand
Thomas Cyrill Demand (born 1964) is a German sculptor and photographer. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles, and teaches at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg.
Demand had his first solo exhibition at Tanit Galerie in Munich ...
– ''Le Désert'' –
Okhai Ojeikere –
Guillermo Kuitca
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–
Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang (; born 8 December 1957) is a Chinese artist who currently lives and works in New York City and New Jersey.
Biography
Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. His father, Cai Ruiqin, was a calligrapher ...
* 2001 :
Gérard Garouste
Gérard Garouste (born 10 March 1946) is a French contemporary artist having the primary field of work as visual and performative domain.
Since 1979, he has lived and worked in Marcilly-sur-Eure in Normandy, where he founded an educational and s ...
–
William Eggleston
William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include ''William Eggleston's Guide'' (1976) and ''The ...
– ''Un art populaire'' –
Pierrick Sorin Pierrick is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Pierrick Bourgeat (born 1976), French alpine skier
* Pierrick Capelle (born 1987), French professional footballer
* Pierrick Cros (footballer, born 1991) (born 1991), French football ...
–
Alair Gomes
Alair is a town in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and one of the constituencies in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district. It is located in Alair mandal of Bhongir revenue division.
Alair is known ...
* 2002 : ''Ce qui arrive'' –
Takashi Murakami
is a Japanese contemporary artist. He works in fine arts media (such as painting and sculpture) as well as commercial (such as fashion, merchandise, and animation) and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts as well as co ae ...
– ''Fragilisme''
* 2003 :
Daido Moriyama –
Jean-Michel Othoniel
Jean-Michel Othoniel (born 27 January 1964) is a French contemporary artist. He has worked in a variety of artistic media, including film, installation, photography and sculpture. In 2000 he designed a new entrance for the Palais Royal–Mus ...
– les
Yanomami
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Etymology
The ethnonym ''Yanomami ...
–
* 2004 :
Hiroshi Sugimoto
is a Japanese photographer and architect. He leads the Tokyo-based architectural firm New Material Research Laboratory.
Early life and education
Hiroshi Sugimoto was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. He reportedly took his earliest photographs ...
–
Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon (; born 6 July 1942) is a French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker.
Early life
Depardon was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France.
Photographer
Depardon is a mainly self-taught photographer, as he bega ...
– ''Pain couture'' par
Jean-Paul Gaultier
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–
Chéri Samba
Chéri Samba or Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi (born 30 December 1956) is a Congolese painter from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is one of the best known contemporary African artists, with his works being included in the col ...
–
Marc Newson
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* 2005 :
Juergen Teller
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Maj ...
–
Ron Mueck
Hans Ronald Mueck ( or /ˈmuːɪk/; born 1958) is an Australian sculptor working in the United Kingdom.
Biography
Born in 1958 to German parents in Melbourne, Australia, Ron Mueck grew up in the family business of puppetry and doll-making. He ...
–
John Maeda
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–
J'en rêve –
Adriana Varejão
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–
Rinko Kawauchi
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Life and work
Kawauchi became interested in photograp ...
* 2006 : Tabaimo –
Gary Hill
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–
Agnès Varda
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–
Tadanori Yokoo
is a Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter. Yokoo’s signature style of psychedelia and pastiche engages a wide span of modern visual and cultural phenomena from Japan and around the world.
Career
Tadanori Yokoo, bo ...
* 2007 :
Lee Bul –
Robert Adams – ''Rock'n'roll 39–59'' –
David Lynch
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* 2008 :
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946)
is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album '' Horses''.
Called the "punk poe ...
–
Andrea Branzi
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...
–
César – ''Terre Natale'', Ailleurs commence ici (
Raymond Depardon
Raymond Depardon (; born 6 July 1942) is a French photographer, photojournalist and documentary filmmaker.
Early life
Depardon was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France.
Photographer
Depardon is a mainly self-taught photographer, as he bega ...
/
Paul Virilio
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)
* 2009 :
Beatriz Milhazes
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Beatriz Milhazes is a Brazilian-born collage artist and painter known for her larg ...
–
William Eggleston
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– ''
Né dans la rue''
* 2010 :
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist, and writer who worked in the Bandes dessinées, Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim under the pseu ...
– ''Moebius-Transe-Forme''
– ''Metamoebius'' by
Damian Pettigrew
Damian (also Damien) Pettigrew (March 10, 1963) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, author, and multimedia artist, best known for his cinematic portraits of Balthus, Federico Fellini, and Jean Giraud.
Released theatri ...
* 2011 : Les Trésors du Vaudou – Mathématiques, un dépaysement soudain
* 2012 : Histoires de voir, Show and Tell –
Yue Minjun
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: ''L'Ombre du sourire''
* 2013 :
Ron Mueck
Hans Ronald Mueck ( or /ˈmuːɪk/; born 1958) is an Australian sculptor working in the United Kingdom.
Biography
Born in 1958 to German parents in Melbourne, Australia, Ron Mueck grew up in the family business of puppetry and doll-making. He ...
– ''America Latina 1960
* 2014 : Mémoires Vives, Vivid Memories –
Diller & Scofidio + Renfro ''Musings on a Glass Box'' –
Guillermo Kuitca
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''Les Habitants''
* 2015 :
Bruce Nauman
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Life and work ...
– Beauté Congo 1926–2015 Congo Kitoko
* 2021–2022:
Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst (; né
Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingd ...
– ''Cherry Blossoms''
See also
*
List of museums in Paris
There are around 130 museums in Paris, France, within city limits. This list also includes suburban museums within the "Grand Paris" area, such as the Air and Space Museum.
The sixteen :fr: Musées de la Ville de Paris, museums of the City of Pari ...
*
World Architecture Survey The World Architecture Survey was conducted in 2010 by '' Vanity Fair'', to determine the most important works of contemporary architecture. 52 leading architects, teachers, and critics, including several Pritzker Prize winners and deans of major a ...
Sources
Fondation Cartier pour l'Art ContemporainParis.fr entry* ''Paris'', Petit Futé, 2007, page 129. .
References
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Art museums and galleries in Paris
Jean Nouvel buildings
Art museums established in 1984
1984 establishments in France
Buildings and structures in the 14th arrondissement of Paris
Cartier Cartier may refer to:
People
* Cartier (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
* Cartier Martin (born 1984), American basketball player
Places
* Cartier Island, an island north-west of Australia that is part of Australia' ...
Tourist attractions in Paris
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