The Fondation Cartier was created in 1984 by the Cartier SA firm as a center for contemporary art that presents exhibits by established artists, offers young artists a chance to debut, and incorporates works into its collection. The founding director was Marie-Claude Beaud.[1]
In 1994, it moved to its current location in a glass building designed by Pritzker Prize architect Jean Nouvel on the site of the former American Center for Students and Artists,[2] surrounded by a modern woodland garden landscaped by Lothar Baumgarten. The ground floor of the building is eight meters (26 feet) high and glassed in on all sides.[2]
In 2011, the president and founder of the Fondation Cartier, Alain Dominique Perrin, asked Nouvel to draw up preliminary plans for a new base on Île Seguin. By 2014, the foundation abandoned plans to relocate to the island and instead commissioned Nouvel to work on the expansion of its current premises.[3]
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Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
Paris.fr entry
Paris, Petit Futé, 2007, page 129. ISBN 2-7469-1701-7.
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^ a bGibson, Michael (May 14, 1994). "Cartier Foundation's Glass House". The New York Times.
^Harris, Gareth (June 3, 2014). "Fondation Cartier gives up island vision". The Art Newspaper.
^"The Collection". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"Mœbius-Transe-Forme". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"Vodun, African Voodoo". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Mathematics: A Beautiful Elsewhere". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
^"Histoires de voir, Show and Tell". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Yue Minjun, L'Ombre du fou rire". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Ron Mueck". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"América Latina 1960–2013". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Vivid Memories". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Musings on a Glass Box and The Inhabitants – Announcements – e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Guillermo Kuitca, Les Habitants by Guillermo Kuitca, David Lynch, Tarsila do Amaral, Francis Bacon,…". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Bruce Nauman". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Beauté Congo 1926–2015 Congo Kitoko". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^"Damien Hirst, Cherry Blossoms". Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Retrieved 25 January 2022.