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Upcoming Exhibitions
Zaha Hadid
June 20—October 1st, 2006
Born in Bagdad in 1950, Zaha Hadid, who lives in London,
became the first woman to be awarded the prestigious
Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. A “deconstructivist”
architect whose visionary aesthetics has led her to create
buildings that are complex yet light, moving from the
elongated line to the curve in an interplay of superimposed
planes and vertiginous verticality. For her exhibition
at the Fondation Cartier she is designing a project specially
for the ground floor of Jean Nouvel’s building.
Agnès Varda, L’ÎLE ET ELLE
June 20—October 1st, 2006
Agnès Varda has been making films since 1954. She is
most notably the director of Cleo from 5 to 7, Vagabond,
Jacquot, The Gleaners & I. Since Patatutopia, the triple
video installation she presented at the Venice Biennale in
2003, and an exhibition at the Aboucaya Gallery in Paris in
2005, she has decided to challenge herself as a filmmaker
by trying out new configurations. The Fondation Cartier
pour l’art contemporain has invited Agnès Varda to take
over its underground floor for an exhibition to include
installations specially created, for the most part, for the
occasion. The point of departure for all of them will be the
Île de Noirmoutier, an island she regularly returns to.
Between the reality of the inhabitants and her personal
reveries, she will draw her own island.
Practical Information
Exhibition Abroad
The Collection
of the Fondation Cartier
pour l’art contemporain
in Tokyo
April 22—July 2, 2006
Press opening on Thursday, April 20, 2006
La Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain will be showing
major works from its collection at the MOT (Museum
of Contemporary Art) in Tokyo. This exhibition brings
together 32 contemporary artists from around the world
and looks back on 20 years of arts patronage by Cartier. It
will feature an ensemble of monumental pieces—most of
them commissioned by the Fondation Cartier—and bring
together some of the biggest names on the international
arts scene.
The Fondation Cartier has regularly been an ambassador
in Europe for the most contemporary trends in Japanese
culture via its many exhibitions of Japanese artists. In
deciding to unveil the most important works in its collection,
it thus seemed natural for the Fondation Cartier to
reach out to Japanese audiences in this comprehensive
exhibition which should appeal to specialists as well as to
the general public.
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is open to the public every day except Monday,
from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Entrance fee: 6,50€, reduced rate*: 4,50€
Nomadics Nights: Black Nights cycle
Thursday evenings at 8:30 pm (except special evenings)
Information and reservations (imperative), every day, except Monday, from 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm: tel + 33 (0)1 42 18 56 72
Entrance fee: 8€, reduced rate*: 6,50€
*students, individuals under 25, carte Senior, Amis des Musées, unemployed. Free admission: Cercle des amis, under 10, ICOM
Lecture series, activities for children, The Circle of Friends, group visits: tel 01 42 18 56 67
261, boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris – tél 01 42 18 56 50 fax 01 42 18 56 52
metro Raspail or Denfert-Rochereau – bus 38, 68, 88, 91 – RER B: Denfert-Rochereau
fondation.cartier.com
The exhibition Tadanori Yokoo was organized with the support of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain,
under the aegis of the Fondation de France and with the sponsorship of Cartier.
Press Information
Linda Chenit
assisted by Hélène Cahuzac
Tel +33 (0)1 42 18 56 77/65
Fax +33 (0)1 42 18 56 52
linda.chenit@fondation.cartier.com
images on line: fondation.cartier.com
Hong Kong, 1997. Private collection
© Tadanori Yokoo