After being based on Boulevard Raspail since 1994, the Fondation Cartier will set up shop on Place du Palais Royal, very close to the Louvre Museum. This new installation is primarily there to celebrate an anniversary, the 40th, but also to participate in the urban and cultural development of the city of Paris. What new features will be implemented by the Fondation d’art contemporain founded by the Maison Cartier?
The new Cartier Foundation, an architectural gem
New place designed by the architect John Newthe Fondation Cartier creates a dialogue between the old, a typically Parisian Haussmannian style, and the contemporary, renovated premises that adapt perfectly to the history of the building.To settle in such an impressive place, due to its location and its history, implies inventing something. And what one invents is not automatically read in steel or stone. What is installed is another way of doing things: a way of thinking about how artists can have the maximum power of expression.” explain John Newin a press release sent by the Foundation.
Formerly located on Boulevard Raspail, the Fondation Cartier is taking on color and moving to the Place de Palais Royal, near Boulevard Saint-Honoré and Rue de Rivoli. The project John New allows a real opening both spatially and artistically with the installation of bay windows and large exhibition areas (6,500 m2). By changing its vacation spot, the Fondation Cartier begins a new chapter in its history for the end of 2025. A turning point in its chronology, it will be placed in the heart of Paris in the cultural effervescence of famous museums.
View of the construction site of the future spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Place du Palais-Royal. Rendering of platform 1 overlooking the rue de Rivoli.© Jean Nouvel / ADAGP, Paris, 2024
Core values at the heart of the artistic space
Through this ambitious project, the Cartier Foundation, created in 1984 by Alain Dominique Perrincontinues to perpetuate its commitments similar to those of the original. Indeed, the Foundation was the first private place to promote contemporary art in France. Thus, the space was designed to highlight world-renowned artists as well as prodigies of the younger generation. Through exhibitions and residencies, the Fondation Cartier considered as a place of freedom and exchange is important for the artistic scene. In 1994, it moved to 261 Boulevard Raspail, in a building made of glass and steel designed by a certain John New. The transparent museum invites exhibitors to have fun with the atmosphere that surrounds them. At the end of 2025, the Fondation Cartier is moving (again) to Place du Palais Royal.
To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Foundation will release a series of podcasts See coming, Come see to trace its history. Between legendary exhibitions and exclusive interviews, the Fondation Cartier will no longer hold any secrets for you. The first episode is already available, and the next ones will be released at a rate of one per week. To continue the celebrations, spectators will be able to discover a panel of portraits on the bay windows of the future spaces near the Palais Royal. On the program: Agnes Varda, Patti Smith or even Marie Losier. Important artists who have left their mark on the museum and the art world in general.
