Profile
The Fondation Cartier expresses Cartier´s commitment to the arts as a corporate patron. A pioneer in the field, Cartier invests on an unrivalled scale to promote the art of its time. From its inception in 1984, it has established a long-term commitment to artists of all nationalities.
For Cartier, patronage is not just a one-time deal based on current trends and movements, but an enduring choice that is constantly reaffirmed. Cartier has developed a different kind of patronage through its exhibitions, its collection, and its production of artwork. Its keen interest in the arts is especially visible in its commissions policy: a key feature of patronage, commissions reflect a total commitment to artistic production, from the moment of conception to the finished work.
The Fondation Cartier pour l´art contemporain enables Cartier to maintain its image as a company attuned to the latest creative innovations, providing a forum where freedom and originality can thrive.
Based on a suggestion by the sculptor César to Alain Dominique Perrin, the president of the Fondation Cartier, it was inaugurated in 1984 on the spacious grounds in Jouy en Josas. It defined itself within a spirit of openness, as a crossroads, a place of fertile chemistry between curious personalities. During those first ten years, the workshops, the residence program, and the exhibitions brought together the most interesting French and foreign artists of their respective generations, from César to Chéri Samba , Raymond Hains to Jean-Michel Othoniel , Fabrice Hybert to the Velvet Underground musicians.
From the very outset, the Fondation Cartier was open to all forms of creative expression and committed to the most contemporary trends in art. It has put dancers, musicians, designers, filmmakers, fashion designers and bakers to work, and acquired pieces from Scottish artist Douglas Gordon , American videomaker Matthew Barney and French artist Alain Séchas when they were just starting out.
Above all, the Fondation Cartier has sought to emphasize the relationship between the many artists, authors, philosophers, museum and exhibition curators who have given it form, and an ever-growing public, which has witnessed and contributed to the success of this original enterprise in arts patronage.
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Contact Information
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
boulevard Raspail 261
75014 Paris (France)
Opening Time:
Tu-Su 12-20h
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