Chanel has announced a new five-year partnership with Centre Pompidou to support the Paris museum during its landmark renovation. The museum is undergoing a €460 million makeover of its modernist building and is scheduled to reopen in 2030 after closing to the public last fall. Chanel has backed Pompidou through initiatives since 2019, including sponsorship of a major acquisition of Chinese contemporary art. The expanded support will help preserve access to modern and contemporary art as the museum works toward its mission of expanding how culture is produced, studied, and shared. Chanel previously partnered for three years to increase holdings of contemporary Chinese art by 30%, focusing on women artists.
"Centre Pompidou is strengthening its relationship with Chanel as it announces a new five-year partnership that will support the Paris museum through its ongoing landmark renovation. The fashion house has backed Pompidou through various initiatives since 2019, including recently sponsoring a significant acquisition of Chinese contemporary art. This latest partnership will see the vaunted French fashion house expand its support to the museum's broader mission of preserving access to modern and contemporary art as it embarks on a monumental €460 million ($535 million) makeover of its idiosyncratic, modernist home."
"The Pompidou is scheduled to reopen in 2030, after closing to the public last fall. The Pompidou's president Laurent Le Bon described the project as "a true metamorphosis," in a statement. It is the museum's commitment to "continuously expand how culture is produced, studied, and shared," that has inspired Chanel's support, said Yana Peel, president of arts, culture, and heritage at the fashion house."
"In 2025, Chanel announced a separate, three-year partnership with the Pompidou, that will see it grow the museum's holding of contemporary Chinese art by 30 percent, with a focus on women artists. In 2024, the fashion house acquired 21 works by 15 Chinese artists, tied to the special survey exhibition " 目Chine, une nouvelle génération d'artistes," planned as part of an ongoing partnership between the Paris museum and West Bund Museum in Shanghai."
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