Since its creation, the Fondation Cartier places great importance on books and writing. The works it publishes are extensions of the experience of its exhibitions, leaving a trace of artistic projects that are by nature ephemeral. Since 1984, the Fondation Cartier has published around 200 works.
For the opening of its new spaces in October 2025 in the heart of Paris, the Fondation Cartier presents Exposition Générale, an extensive journey into the works of its Collection. The exhibition catalog offers a broad view of contemporary creation.
2, place du Palais-Royal, Paris
For the inauguration of its new venue in October 2025, the Fondation Cartier unveils Jean Nouvel’s bold architectural project in a lavishly illustrated book, exploring the history and the technical specificities of the building.
This pop-up book showcases the new venue of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain at Place du Palais-Royal in Paris, whose interior architecture was designed by Jean Nouvel.
A text by Olivier Saillard
In this text conceived as a manifesto, Olivier Saillard argues for the idea of a living museum of fashion which, unlike traditional museums that present fashion as static objects, restores life to garments through movement, gesture, and intimacy.
The Great Animal Orchestra
February 2019
Texts by Gilles Boeuf, Bernie Krause, Michel André, Matthew Clark (United Visual Artists), Hans Ulrich Obrist
October 2018
Texts by Hervé Chandès, Alexis Fabry, Olga de Amaral, Mónica Amor, Elisabetta Andreoli, Ticio Escobar, César Paternosto, Lux Vidal, Solano Benítez, Gloria Cabral, Gabriela Carrillo, Mauricio Rocha
April 2018
Texts by Gong Yan, Hervé Chandès, Grazia Quaroni, Fei Dawei
Freeing Architecture
Mali Twist
October 2017
Texts by Manthia Diawara, André Magnin, Brigitte Ollier, Malick Sidibé, Robert Storr
April 2017
Texts by Xavier Barral, Philippe Séclier, Simon Baker, Nancy W. Barr, Clément Chéroux, Marc Desportes, Pascal Ory, Alain Bublex, Alain Prost, Jean Todt
June 2016
Texts by Bruce Albert, Gilles Boeuf, Élisabeth de Fontenay, Vinciane Despret, Bernie Krause, François-Bernard Mâche, Paul Shepard
Cali clair-obscur
July 2015
Texts by Thomas Bayet, In Koli, Jean Bofane, Michael De Plaen, Frédéric Lomami Haffner, Nancy Rose Hunt, Jean-Christophe Lanquetin, Elikia M’Bokolo, André Magnin, Dominique Malaquais, Pedro Monaville, Bob W. White
Les Habitants
October 2014
Volume 1: Texts by Alain Dominique Perrin, Marie-Claude Beaud, Jean de Loisy, Jean Nouvel, Hervé Chandès
Volume 2: Texts by Bruce Albert, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Michel Cassé, Fei Dawei, Régis Durand, Ticio Escobar, André Magnin, Robert Storr, Cédric Villani
October 2014
Texts by Bruce Albert, Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, Michel Cassé, Fei Dawei, Régis Durand, Ticio Escobar, André Magnin, Robert Storr, Cédric Villani
May 2014
Texts by Alain Dominique Perrin, Marie-Claude Beaud, Jean de Loisy, Jean Nouvel, Hervé Chandès
Photographs
November 2013
Texts by Luis Camnitzer, Olivier Compagnon, Alfonso Morales Carrillo
Le Cercle et ses amis
Graffiti
July 2009
Texts by Richard Goldstein, Coco 144, P.H.A.S.E. 2, Mare 139, Seen, Lady Pink, Ket One, Jayone
June 2007
Texts by Charlie Gillet, Peter Guralnick, David Halberstam, Greil Marcus, Florent Mazzoleni, Robert Palmer, Alfred Wertheimer, Gregg Geller
Chambre d’échos
March 2005
Texts by Philippe Sollers, Paulo Herkenhoff, Adriana Varejão
