Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain

The Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, often known simply as the Fondation Cartier, is a contemporary art museum located at 261 boulevard Raspail in the 14th arrondissement of the French capital, Paris. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.

The foundation was created in 1984 by the Cartier SA 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 building designed by architect Jean Nouvel with garden landscaping by Lothar Baumgarten.

The museum displays exhibits of contemporary and international artists, and currently contains over 1000 works by 300 artists. Its collections include monumental works such as "The Monument to Language" by James Lee Byars, "Caterpillar" by Wim Delvoye, "Backyard" by Liza Lou, "La Volière" ("The Aviary") by Jean-Pierre Raynaud, and "Everything that Rises Must Converge" by Sarah Sze; works by contemporary French artists including Vincent Beaurin, Gérard Garouste, Raymond Hains, Jean Michel Othoniel, Alain Séchas, Pierrick Sorin; and works by foreign artists including James Coleman (Ireland), Thomas Demand (Germany), Alair Gomes (Brazil), William Kentridge (South Africa), Bodys Isek Kingelez (the Congo), Guillermo Kuitca (Argentina), Yukio Nakagawa (Japan), and Huang Yong Ping (China).

Exhibitions

* 1986 : "Les Années 1960, la décade triomphante"
* 1987 : "Hommage à Ferrari"
* 1988 : "Vraiment faux"
* 1991 : "La Vitesse"
* 1992 : "À visage découvert" - "Machines d'architecture"
* 1993 : "Azur"
* 1994 : Nobuyoshi Araki - Jean-Michel Alberola
* 1995 : Vija Celmins - Thierry Kuntzel - James Lee Byars - Isek Kingelez - "Défilés et Vestiaires" de Macha Makeieff et Jérôme Deschamps - Malick Sidibé
* 1996 : "Double vie, Double vue" - "Comme un oiseau" - Tatsuo Miyajima - Marc Couturier - "By Night"
* 1997 : "Amours" - "Coïncidences" - Alain Séchas - Patrick Vilaire
* 1998 : Issey Miyake - "Être nature" - Francesca Woodman - Panamarenko - Gérard Deschamps
* 1999 : Sarah Sze - Herb Ritts - "1 monde réel" - "Radi Designers" - Gottfried Honneger
* 2000 : Bernard Piffaretti - Thomas Demand - "Le Désert" - Okhai Ojeikere - Guillermo Kuitca - Cai Guo-Qiang
* 2001 : Gérard Garouste - William Eggleston - "Un art populaire" - Pierrick Sorin - Alair Gomes
* 2002 : "Ce qui arrive" - Takashi Murakami - "Fragilisme"
* 2003 : Daido Moriyama - Jean-Michel Othoniel - les Yanomami -
* 2004 : Hiroshi Sugimoto - Raymond Depardon - "Pain couture" par Jean-Paul Gaultier - Chéri Samba - Marc Newson -
* 2005 : Juergen Teller - Ron Mueck - John Maeda - "J'en rêve" - Adriana Varejão - Rinko Kawauchi
* 2006 : Tabaimo - Gary Hill - Agnès Varda - Tadanori Yokoo
* 2007 : Lee Bul - Robert Adams - "Rock'n'roll 39-59" - David Lynch
* 2008 : Patti Smith - Andrea Branzi - César - "Terre Natale", Ailleurs commence ici (Raymond Depardon / Paul Virilio)

References

* [http://fondation.cartier.com/ Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain]
* [http://www.paris.org/Musees/Cartier.Art.Contemporain/info.html Paris.org entry]
* "Paris", Petit Futé, 2007, page 129. ISBN 2746917017.

See also

* List of museums in Paris