Perrotin
Sophie Calle , France
"Séance de rattrapage"
Sophie Calle, Troublante croisière (divergence de points de vue), 2023,
“In 2023, for an exhibition entitled ‘À toi de faire ma mignonne’, I took over Picasso museum.
The project Catalogue raisonné de l’inachevé occupied the top floor.
I began by listing all the projects I had completed since the start of my career—taking stock of my professional life.
Then I asked myself: What happens, when life ends, to the ideas that remain dormant—languishing in drawers, boxes…and coffins?
So I decided to inventory and analyze the sketches, the attempts, the abandonments.
To give life to intentions. To finish the unfinished.
However, either there was too much to read on the first three floors or the museum was about to close—but some visitors never made it to the fourth floor.
That’s why I wanted to organize a catch-up session at Perrotin Paris.”
- Sophie Calle
Solo Show of Sophie Calle
From April 26th to May 24th, 2025
The gallery
Emmanuel Perrotin founded the Perrotin gallery in 1990 at the age of twenty-one. Since then, he has opened more than twenty different spaces, aiming to offer increasingly stimulating environments for creativity. He has supported artists, some for over thirty years, in the development of their most ambitious projects. The Perrotin gallery is located in Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Los Angeles. The total area of all its spaces is approximately 8000 square meters.
In Paris, the Perrotin gallery is situated in the Marais district: it is located at 76 rue de Turenne, in an 18th-century mansion since 2005, and also since 2007 at 10 impasse Saint-Claude, totaling nearly 1600 m² over three levels. In the same street, the Salle de Bal, a showroom of 700 m², was inaugurated in 2014 in the Hôtel d'Ecquevilly, also known as the "Grand Veneur" Hotel dating back to the 17th century. In June 2020, the gallery opened a new space of 70 m² on Avenue Matignon in western Paris. In total, the galleries located in Paris extend over 2,550 m².
In May 2012, Perrotin Hong Kong was inaugurated at 50 Connaught Road Central, with 650 m² on the 17th floor, offering a breathtaking view of Victoria Harbour. In 2020, Perrotin Hong Kong relocated to K11 ATELIER Victoria Dockside, on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.
From 2013 to 2016, the Perrotin New York gallery was located in a historic location on the Upper East Side, on Madison Avenue. After three successful years, the gallery moved in April 2017 to 130 Orchard Street, in a 2300 m² space in the heart of Manhattan's most dynamic neighborhood: the Lower East Side, including a large bookstore presenting editions and books published by the gallery.
In 2016, Perrotin opened a gallery in Seoul in the Jongno-Gu district, facing the residence of the President, the Blue House, and Gyeongbok Palace. In August 2022, Perrotin inaugurated Perrotin Dosan Park, in the heart of the new cultural and luxury district, where the Horim Art Center, the SONGEUN Art and Cultural Foundation, Hermès, Louis Vuitton Seoul, and two major Korean auction houses are located. The building, with two floors and an exhibition space of approximately 250 square meters, was designed by KIAS (Kentaro Ishida Architects Studio) in collaboration with Yoki Design and Kenny Ho.
In June 2017, Perrotin inaugurated a 140 m² gallery in Tokyo, on the ground floor of the Piramide building at 6-6-9 Roppongi Minato-ku Tokyo, in the heart of Roppongi, a neighborhood with many museums such as the Mori Art Museum, the Suntory Museum of Art, and the National Art Center (Art Triangle Roppongi), and important galleries. After expansion works in 2019, the gallery now covers 230 m².
In 2018, Perrotin opened a new gallery in Shanghai, located in the heart of the Bund district. The gallery occupies the top floor of a historic brick building known as the "Amber Building" at 27 Huqiu Road. Built in 1937, this building was a former warehouse used by the Central Bank of China during the Republican period. With an area of 1300 square meters, the gallery has several exhibition spaces as well as a mezzanine area, highlighting the original elements of the building.
In 2024, Perrotin inaugurated a gallery in Los Angeles, in the former Del Mar Cinema located at 5036 West Pico Boulevard, in the Mid-City neighborhood. The key elements of the historic building, including the pediment and the light panels, the ticket office, the display cases, and the large hall, have been preserved and adapted into exhibition spaces. The original neon sign of the Del Mar has been restored, as well as the pediment announcing the gallery's programming. The blue and gray striped motif unifies the building with a bold graphic design, echoing the legacy of billboards and advertising that punctuate the urban boulevards of Los Angeles (architect Johnston Marklee and interior designer Jamie Bush + Co.). Both buildings, dating from the 1930s, total 930 square meters.
Perrotin gallery participates in more than twenty fairs per year including Art Basel (Hong Kong, Basel, Miami, Paris +), Frieze (London, New York, Los Angeles, Seoul), Dallas Art Fair, Expo Chicago, Art021 & West Bund Art & Design (Shanghai), The Armory Show, TEFAF New York, Art Geneva...
The gallery's offerings have diversified in recent years, including organizing conferences, workshops for children, concerts, as well as producing videos and podcasts.
The gallery also publishes books, editions, and prints by artists, available in each of the Perrotin bookstores.
Gallery artists
Young-Il AHN, Chiho AOSHIMA, Jean-Marie APPRIOU, Iván ARGOTE, Daniel ARSHAM, Cristina BANBAN, Ali BANISADR, Hernan BAS, Genesis BELANGER, Anna-Eva BERGMAN, Jason BOYD KINSELLA, Sophie CALLE, Maurizio CATTELAN, Lynn CHADWICK, Julian CHARRIÈRE, CHEN Fei, CHEN Ke, CHUNG Chang-Sup, Johan CRETEN, Jean-Philippe DELHOMME, Wim DELVOYE, Mathilde DENIZE, Nick DOYLE, Lionel ESTÈVE, Bernard FRIZE, Jens FÄNGE, GELITIN, Elizabeth GLAESSNER, Laurent GRASSO, Vivian GREVEN, Zach HARRIS, Hans HARTUNG, Thilo HEINZMANN, John HENDERSON, Leslie HEWITT, Gregor HILDEBRANDT, Alain JACQUET, JR, Jesper JUST, Susumu KAMIJO, Izumi KATO, Bharti KHER, Koak, Klara KRISTALOVA, Yves LALOY, LEE Bae, MADSAKI, Nikki MALOOF, Georges MATHIEU, Barry MCGEE, Gabriel DE LA MORA, Farhad MOSHIRI, Mr., MSCHF, Takashi MURAKAMI, Danielle ORCHARD, Otani Workshop, Jean-Michel OTHONIEL, Park Seo-Bo, GaHee PARK, Paul PFEIFFER, Paola PIVI, Gabriel RICO, Claude RUTAULT, Mark RYDEN, Gérard SCHNEIDER, Emily Mae SMITH, Jesús Rafael SOTO, Pierre SOULAGES, Josh SPERLING, Tavares STRACHAN, Claire TABOURET, AYA TAKANO, Tatiana TROUVÉ, Xavier VEILHAN, Bernar VENET, Pieter VERMEERSCH, Xiyao WANG, Emma WEBSTER, XU ZHEN®
Galerie sélectionnée par Audrey Guttman
