- Fondation Cartier
- October 25, 2025 – August 23, 2026
One of the most anticipated moments of Art Basel Paris is the unveiling of Fondation Cartier’s new venue at Place du Palais-Royal. Designed by star architect Jean Nouvel, the space is conceived as a dynamic architectural organism—“the future of cultural infrastructure,” as Béatrice Grenier, director of curatorial affairs at Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, told Observer ahead of the opening. A fluid environment that fosters a deeply multimedia and transdisciplinary approach, the building dissolves boundaries between practices and fields of thought. The inaugural exhibition, “Exposition générale,” curated by Grenier, will put this vision to the test. Featuring nearly 600 works by more than 100 artists and creatives from around the world—including Claudia Andujar, James Turrell, Sarah Sze, Olga de Amaral, Junya Ishigami, Solange Pessoa, David Lynch, Annette Messager, Cai Guo-Qiang, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Chéri—it traces forty years of art through the Fondation Cartier’s collection. The combination of Nouvel’s architecture and Formafantasma’s exhibition design creates an open, continuous experience of 40 years of art history across narratives, cultural backgrounds and media.
