Yann Kersalé - Fonds Leclerc pour la Culture

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The Hélène & Édouard Leclerc
fund for culture
Operation, mission and goals
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The Hélène & Édouard Leclerc Fund for Culture, which was set up in the autumn of 2011, is
an endowment (governed by law 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on economic modernization,
also known as the Lagarde Act) headed by a board of directors and chaired by Michel-
Édouard Leclerc. Private sponsorship activities, on the initiative of several members of the
Leclerc family as well as members and former members of the E. Leclerc Movement, will
provide 100% of the fund’s financing.
The Fund’s goal is to support and carry out any cultural mission in the general interest by
helping to increase the spread of contemporary art in our society and make it accessible to a
broader public by organizing large-scale exhibitions.
A specific cultural program and a mediation system to welcome the public will
accompany the shows.
The E. Leclerc Movement has been involved in cultural sponsorship (the Angoulême
Festival, Etonnants Voyageurs, Folle Journée de Nantes and more) for many years. The
Fund carries on that commitment under a single signature and will help to increase activities
throughout France.
The Fund’s mission is to organize and co-produce exhibitions with French or foreign
institutions or to host projects designed by other organizations. It will work in partnership
with local authorities, museums, foundations or associations, consequently becoming part
of the national cultural network.
Patrick Jourdan, the Fund’s Managing Director, will be responsible for the institution’s
cultural and scientific project.
Patrick Jourdan is the head curator of local heritage. He was the director of the
Pierre André Benoît Museum in the Gard until 1992 and director of the Museum of
Morlaix until taking over at Landerneau in November 2011.
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