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Located in the front corner, facing the Louvre, and visible from the Rue de Rivoli thanks to its glass front, the bookshop reflects the Fondation Cartier's spirit: it is a place for knowledge and encounters, and a major reference in the field of Contemporary Art.
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Friday, October 23 at 7 pm : Book Signing
The Fondation Cartier bookshop is hosting the artist Ibrahim Mahama for an exclusive signing session. This event is a highlight of the evening, which also features a concert, tours of the exhibition, and free drop-in workshops at the Manufacture.
Ibrahim Mahama
The Harvest Season
Discover the works and collective approach of Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama and nine invited artists, presented in the exhibition The Harvest Season at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain.
French version
Once Upon a Time in Ghana
Coloring with Tjaša Rener
Together with the children of the small village of Anyinatiase, in the heart of Ghana, Slovenian artist Tjaša Rener imagined a story recounting their joys and daily routines.
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Le petit café de la Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain Photo © Cyril Marcilhacy
From your morning coffee to lunch and an afternoon sweet treat, a range of options awaits you throughout the day: speciality coffees and lattes, hearty salads, sandwiches, sweet delights, and plant-based dishes.
Fresh, delicious, and balanced food made from carefully selected ingredients—good for you, without ever compromising on enjoyment.
Whether before the exhibition, after your visit, or simply for a break, look out for the blue T-shirts—our teams are ready to welcome you with a smile!
_stud Auditorium
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With the Studio Marie-Claude Beaud, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is equipped with an intimate venue in which performances and exhibitions mingle. Its name pays tribute to the institution’s first director, Marie-Claude Beaud, who made the dialogue between art and performance a trademark of the Fondation Cartier.
With its deep red color, traditionally evoking theatre, cinema, and cabaret, the Studio Marie-Claude Beaud features retractable seating. The program reflects the shifting forms of contemporary artistic production, encompassing film, music, speech, performance, and hybrid formats.
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Not accessible with your exhibition ticket Separate entry : 1 rue marengo
Within the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, the first cocktail bar created by Chef Anne-Sophie Pic.
With utopic, Chef Anne-Sophie Pic brings a long-held dream to life: creating her own bar, a place where mixology becomes a language in its own right. Infusions, extractions, botanicals, bitters, textures and aromas shape a menu where each cocktail is conceived as a liquid expression of Anne-Sophie Pic’s culinary universe.
_rest Restaurant Anne-Sophie Pic Paris
The restaurant is not accessible with an exhibition ticket Separate entrance : 164 rue de rivoli
Anne-Sophie Pic takes up residence at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain with a new Parisian restaurant : a place where imaginations converge and art enters into dialogue with a cuisine in constant exploration, shaped by emotion, discovery and new perceptions.
At lunchtime, a gastronomic interlude to be enjoyed over three, four, or five courses, through seasonal menus renewed each month. At dinner, a unique synesthetic experience in which culinary creation establishes new connections with the world of art. A single seven-course menu, conceived as a dialogue between the senses.
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_manu La Manufacture
Education & Workshops
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Faithful to its pioneering spirit, the Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain has created the Manufacture, a 300 m2 educational area dedicated to cultural mediation, artistic practices, and promoting the skills and knowledge related to artistic professions.
Réservez votre atelier
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La visite-atelier : ma petite galerie idéale
For families with children ages 6-10
01 Nov 2026 → 28 Feb 2027, every Sunday, 14:30
For families with children ages 6-10
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Atelier micro-objet : Le fanion mystère
For families with children ages 3-5
01 Nov 2026 → 28 Feb 2027, every Sunday, 11:30
For families with children ages 3-5
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The Great Harvest
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To accompany its exhibition, the Fondation Cartier has created a unique digital experience. Designed to break down geographical barriers, a special platform offers privileged access to the exhibition through fragments put there by the guest artists.
What exactly is “a fragment”? This can be a source of inspiration, a personal account, a story… in other words, a fragment is something imbued with history that stimulates new imaginaries and perspectives.
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_oeil Parliament of Ghosts
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For the exhibition, Ibrahim Mahama is presenting new works specifically designed for the space, as well as new versions of a selection of his most iconic installations, including Parliament of Ghosts. This installation, which takes the form of a parliamentary chamber, is made from traditional Asante wooden stools on which visitors are invited to sit. The work reflects Ibrahim Mahama’s collective and living practice that shapes the present by creating spaces of life and potential from ancient materials. Emptied of its representatives, this "ghost" parliament acts as a metaphor for a failed democracy, an allusion to the 1966 coup in Ghana and the dissolution of the government.
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Ibrahim Mahama, Parliament of Ghosts, 2023, foin, Red Clay, Tamale. © Ibrahim Mahama. Photo © Ernest Sackitey, courtesy Red Clay -
Ibrahim Mahama, Parliament of Ghosts, 2025, wooden Ashanti stools, Red Clay, Tamale. © Ibrahim Mahama. Photo © Ernest Sackitey, courtesy Red Clay -
Le Temps des récoltes - Ibrahim Mahama - Parliament of Ghosts © Ibrahim Mahama
Over the course of the exhibition, Parliament of Ghosts will also be used as a circular stage, hosting a program of live music, performances, talks, and discussions. It will also be the setting for a series of masterclasses and lectures in collaboration with art schools.
Le Temps de la parole
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Le Temps de la parole with MansA
Maison des Mondes Africains
Fri 20 Nov 2026, 19:00 → 20:30
Accessible with your exhibition ticket
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Ibrahim Mahama present a monumental architectural installation designed specifically for the Fondation Cartier building, entitled Things Fall Apart. This is a reconstruction of a former Ghanaian glass bottle factory, made using the original materials. Opened in 1966 in the southwest of the country, this factory was among the last major decentralization projects of the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, before his fall from power.
By acquiring this abandoned factory and dismantling it so that it could be relocated to Tamale, Ibrahim Mahama reactivates it as an artwork and a place of learning, transferring Ghana’s industrial heritage to a narrative of the future.
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Ibrahim Mahama, dessin préparatoire numérique pour l’installationThings Fall Apart, 2024. © Ibrahim Mahama -
Red Clay, Tamale, 2025
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