History and missions

The story continues on the Place du Palais-Royal

On October 25, the Fondation Cartier will open its new premises to the public at 2 Place du Palais-Royal. Located in the historic centre of Paris, the Fondation Cartier’s new space is situated within a Haussmannian building that once housed the Grands Magasins du Louvre. Designed by Jean Nouvel, the architectural project opens generously to the city through its vast bay windows. Comprising of five mobile platforms, its dynamic architecture reimagines the possibilities of exhibition-making. In this striking meeting place where past and future converge, the architecture of the new Fondation Cartier becomes an extension of both the urban landscape and the building’s storied past.

On view until the end of August 2026, Exposition Générale will showcase both the Fondation Cartier’s artistic identity and its legacy, through nearly six hundred works by more than one hundred artists who have participated in its programming since 1984 to the present day.

The Fondation Cartier looks forward to welcoming many of you when it opens this autumn!

Moving into such an impressive site, in terms of location and history, entails a form of invention. The space is marked by a different way of doing: a way of conceiving how artists can have maximum power of expression.

Jean Nouvel

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Picture © Jean Nouvel / ADAGP, Paris, 2024
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© Jean Nouvel / ADAGP, Paris, 2024

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Picture © Martin Argyroglo
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Interdit au public exhibition

© Alain Guiraudie.

The RATP and the Fondation Cartier are joining forces to offer a series of artistic projects in the Valois gallery. At the moment, the director, screenwriter and writer Alain Guiraudie is exhibiting photos of the construction site of the future Fondation Cartier building on Place du Palais-Royal.

“I’m really curious about construction, about building sites. But they’re always off-limits to the public. I always get told to leave when I try to take a peek.”, Alain Guiraudie.

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Voir venir, Venir voir podcast

Immerse yourself in the history of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. In a new podcast series, the Fondation Cartier tells its story through the voices of those without whom nothing would have been possible. From its creation in 1984 to its first major events, from the most unforgettable exhibitions to little-known anecdotes... Relive the journey of an institution that has never ceased to make its mark.

Anniversary book

Voir venir, Venir voir celebrates the rich history of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, its programming and Collection. A journey through over 160 exhibitions, punctuated by 12 selected stories of artists and major exhibitions, illustrate four decades of the Fondation Cartier’s commitment to contemporary creation.

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