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.
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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.
October 2025
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain invites artist Yann Kebbi to revisit the emblematic exhibitions that have marked its history since its creation in 1984 in an exceptional series of new drawings.
October 2025
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October 2003
Texts by Daido Moriyama, Nobuyoshi Araki
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November 2002
Texts by Paul Virilio, Svetlana Alexievitch
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March 2002
Texts by Alessandro Mendini, Vincent Beaurin, Fabrice Domercq
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Ellipse
November 2001
Texts by Hortense Lyon, Gérard Garouste
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March 2001
Texts by Christian Caujolle, Lauro Cavalcanti, Maria Claudia Coelho, Paulo Herkenhoff, Alair Gomes
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261 Bd Raspail, Paris XIV
March 2001
Text by Robert Storr
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November 2000
Texts by Francesco Bonami, Régis Durand, François Quintin
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Va-et-vient, Come and Go
November 2000
Texts by Timo Vuorikoski, Éric de Chassey, Bernard Piffaretti
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June 2000
Texts by Raymond Depardon, Titouan Lamazou
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June 2000
Texts by Raymond Depardon, Mounira Khemir, Lee Friedlander, Paul Virilio, Beat Streuli, Titouan Lamazou, Andrei Ujica, Sir Wilfred Thesiger
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Photographies
April 2000
Texts by André Magnin, J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, Elizabeth Akuyo Oyairon
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December 1999
Texts by Jérôme Sans, Jean-Louis Schefer
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December 1999
Texts by Patrick Rœgiers, Herb Ritts
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June 1999
Texts by Michel Cassé, Étienne Roda-Gil, Jean Louis Schefer, Dan Simmons, Mœbius, Paul Virilio, Andrei Ujica, Sergei Krikalev, Anne Diatkine, Axel Kahn
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Fabulation
April 1999
Texts by Véronique Baton, Christine Colin
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Métamorphose
April 1999
Texts by Hélène Kelmachter, Gottfried Honegger
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Making Things
October 1998
Texts by Kazuko Sato, Issey Miyake
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June 1998
Texts by Jacques Kerchache, Ettore Sottsass
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June 1998
Texts by Marie Darrieussecq, Jacques Kerchache, Jacques Lacarrière, Michel Onfray
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April 1998
Texts by Elizabeth Janus, Sloan Rankin, Philippe Sollers, David Levi Strauss
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La Grande Exposition des soucoupes volantes
April 1998
Texts by Véronique Baton, Nicolas Bourriaud, Michel Onfray, Hans Theys
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Homo Accessoirus
April 1998
Texts by Hélène Kelmachter, Gérard Deschamps
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November 1997
Texts by Hervé Chandès, Véronique Baton, Anne Bertrand, Lionel Bovier, Christian Caujolle, Régis Durand, Hélène Kelmachter, André Magnin, Grazia Quaroni, François Quintin, Nathalie Rosticher
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June 1997
Texts by Anne Diatkine, André S. Labarthe, Philippe Sollers and Stéphane Zagdanski
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April 1997
Texts by André Magnin, Judith Bartolani, Claude Caillol, Pierre Bismuth, Jean-Baptiste Bruant, Éric Duyckaerts, Pierre Huyghe, Raphaële Jeune, Franck Scurti
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Réflexion sur la mort
January 1997
Texts by Jacques Kerchache, Jean-Jacques Mandel, Jean-Hubert Martin, Madison Smartt Bell, Patrick Vilaire
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November 1996
Texts by Patrick Rœgiers
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June 1996
Texts by Daniel Arasse, Jean Dorst, Susan Koslow, Claude Lévi-Strauss, François-Bernard Mâche, Pierre Nicolau-Guillaumet, Michel Onfray, José Pierre, Jean-Loup Rousselot
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The Monument to Language. The Diamond Floor
September 1995
Texts by Roland Barthes, Jean-Michel Ribettes, Heinrich Heil
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September 1995
Texts by Robert Storr, Vija Celmins
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June 1995
Texts by Bodys Isek Kingelez, André Magnin, Ettore Sottsass
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Hors-série 1 de Contrejour
April 1995
Texts by Gabriel Bauret, Nobuyoshi Araki
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Bamako 1962-1976
April 1995
Text by Malick Sidibé
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Cremaster 4
March 1995
Text by James Lingwood
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L’Effondrement des enseignes lumineuses
March 1995
Texts by Jean-Michel Alberola and excerpts from numerous writers