"The Fondation Cartier pour l'art contremporain, one of Europe's most high-profile private sector cultural organisations, will lay bare its vast collection at the opening of its highly anticipated new Paris gallery later this month. Over 600 works by more than 100 artists will go on show in the inaugural exhibition at the new space located at the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre."
"I think if there is one characteristic about this first exhibition in relationship to the building, it is that we laid open the collection. Now we [draw upon] 40 years of collecting, and that means there is tremendous interest in our set of works. Of course, we had to make a choice. We can only show 600 works from a collection of around 4,500."
"The exhibition's title, Exposition Générale, refers to the history of the location and the building. Originally created as the Grand Hotel du Louvre to accommodate visitors to Exposition Universelle of 1889 -a world's fair known in English as the Paris Exposition-the venue later became the Grands Magasins du Louvre (1880-1977), with the hotel salons converted into commercial exhibition spaces. This commercial aspect continued with the Louvre des Antiquaires (1977-2018)."
Fondation Cartier will unveil a new gallery at the Place du Palais-Royal opposite the Louvre. Over 600 works by more than 100 artists will be presented in the inaugural exhibition, drawn from a collection of around 4,500 works gathered over 40 years. The new building is a reconfiguration by architect Jean Nouvel of the former Louvre des Antiquaires complex, enhancing Paris's contemporary art scene. The launch exhibition, Exposition Générale (25 October–23 August 2026), is designed by Formafantasma and organized across four thematic sections that reinterpret the encyclopaedic museum model. The exhibition includes works by Sarah Sze, Rinko Kawauchi, Patti Smith, James Turrell and Vija Celmins.
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