Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, created in 1984 by the Maison Cartier, is a private cultural institution whose mission is to reveal artists from all cultural geographies and to promote all fields of contemporary artistic creation to the international public through a program of temporary exhibitions, live performances, and conversations.
The Fondation Cartier’s singular artistic program explores a wide array of creative fields from visual and performing arts to architecture, film, design, fashion, philosophy, and the sciences. For four decades, the Fondation Cartier has been instrumental in revealing the talent of some of the greatest contemporary artists and has established its museum spaces as a platform where artists and scientists can meet and create projects to address major issues of today’s world. As part of its ongoing observation of the relationship between human beings and nature, the Fondation Cartier travels the world, partnering with major art institutions and engaging new audiences to discover the works of contemporary artists and be challenged by their perspectives.
The Fondation Cartier originally collaborated with The Centre for the Less Good Idea for a series of workshops as part of its Nomadic Nights series in May 2024. Nomadic Nights is an artistic concept in which emerging and established contemporary artists are invited to exhibit their creations, at night, in the exhibition spaces and garden of the Foundation Cartier. Since 1994, Nomadic Nights has presented nearly 1,000 original and multidisciplinary artist-led projects.
At the end of 2025, the Fondation Cartier will leave Boulevard Raspail and will open its new, permanent exhibition space on Place du Palais-Royal in Paris. This new building, conceived by the renowned architect Jean Nouvel, marks a new chapter in the history of the Fondation Cartier, which positions itself as a significant actor in the ongoing urban and cultural development of the city of Paris, as well as on the global contemporary art scene.