Partners

The Direction générale de la création artistique – General Direction of Artistic Creation (DGCA) was created with the intention to support research and creative arts. It facilitates the promotion of all artistic disciplines, develops policies for the purchasing of artworks and contributes to the development of networks for the creation and dissemination of performing and visual arts. Inaugurated on 13 January 2010 when the Direction de la musique, de la danse, du théâtre et des spectacles and the Délégation aux arts plastiques merged into a combined structure, the DGCA promotes activities via its strong network of institutions and projects throughout France and through its support of important national and international art festivals and biennials.

Throughout the year the city of Paris develops a shared contemporary art policy. The Paris Municipal Contemporary Art Collection (FMAC), the Nuit Blanche event, the implementation of artworks in public space, exhibitions offered by museums and various cultural facilities of the city of Paris allow the general public to freely access the art scene. Paris is also committed to supporting artists, to empowering them with the means to create and to accompanying those who promote them. Because galleries are essential cultural actors and key players in this cultural vitality, the city of Paris is proud to have been partnered with Paris Gallery Weekend since its creation.

The Palais de Tokyo is one of the most significant contemporary art centers in Paris and in Europe. Open every day from 12pm to 10pm, except Tuesday, it is a vibrant space for the artists of today, functioning as a unique exhibition space which showcases the best contemporary creations throughout the year.

A rebellious wasteland disguised by its appearance of a palace, an ever-changing anti-museum, the Palais de Tokyo has kept Paris on its toes since 2002. Both accessible and demanding, generous and precise, warm and radical, poetic and transgressive, it is a space of learning, experiences, emotions, and life; a space which gives way to the unexpected and which makes the impossible possible. 

Beaux-Arts de Paris is a place of artistic instruction and experimentation, exhibitions and conservation of historical and contemporary collections, as well as a publishing house. It houses 450,000 artworks and manages one of the largest libraries dedicated to contemporary art. Placed under the direction of the Ministry of Culture, the School has a preparatory class called Via Ferrata and trains professional artists, occupying an essential place on the contemporary art scene. 

In accordance with the educational principles that have always been in place at Beaux-Arts de Paris, education is provided in workshops under the guidance of renowned artists, in addition to a range of theoretical and technical teachings. Being acutely aware of the economic and social reality of its community, Beaux-Arts de Paris also aims to create bridges between student life and professional life, fostering encounters and exchanges. Two tracks are aimed at the professional integration of students:

“Artists & Exhibition-related practices”

and “Fresco & Art in situation.”

The Foundation Fiminco has taken over an extraordinary former industrial site in Romainville, on the outskirts of Paris, to turn it into a creative space for artists from around the world while being open to all audiences. Inaugurated in 2019, it hosts international artist residencies. The residencies are focused on research and creation and provide artists with production studios, technical workshops and living spaces. Artists are supported by the Foundation’s internal teams in the development of their practice and in the dissemination of their work.

Le Frac Île-de-France, the Regional Fund for Contemporary Art in Île-de-France follows its mission to support the creation of contemporary art through the enrichment and dissemination of its collection (over 2100 works), a program of exhibitions and events, as well as mediation activities targeted to at all types of audiences.

The entire program aims to project a shared and polyphonic message, co-constructed with its internal teams, artists, partners, and audiences, building on their practice and a sharing of resources, and mutual respect. Via its two locations, Le Plateau in Paris and Les Reserves in Romainville, as well as thanks to its activities throughout the Île-de-France region in high schools alongside a network of partners in the cultural, nonprofit, and medical-social fields, the Frac Île-de-France prioritizes co-creation, amateur practices, and direct encounters with artists.

Lafayette Anticipations federates the actions in support of contemporary creation carried out by the two public-interest organizations created by the Galeries Lafayette Group and its shareholder family in 2013: the Galeries Lafayette Corporate Foundation and the Famille Moulin Endowment Fund.

Since its opening on March 10, 2018 in a 19th-century building rehabilitated by Rem Koolhaas (OMA) in the heart of the Marais district, the Foundation and its ever-changing architecture have hosted three exhibitions and three multidisciplinary festivals each year.

These exhibitions are free of charge, and can be discovered either on your own or with a mediation team, who place the sharing of ideas at the heart of the visiting process. In this way, the Foundation is conceived as a space for exchange, a place for living and meeting around the subjects that animate our contemporary world.

Since opening in Paris in 1998, the Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard has been actively fostering the growth of the French art scene both nationally and internationally. While holding no collection of its own, its identity is shaped by the people who instill life into the fondation everyday: artists, curators, authors, intellectuals… It thereby reflects the diversity of artistic creation, with its heart beating to the rhythm of all types of art.

In 1999, the Prix Fondation d’entreprise Pernod Ricard was created, the first prize to recognize young artists of the contemporary French scene.

Since 2013, Les galeries pour tous has been accompanying the public in the discovery of art galleries, contemporary art fairs, artists’ studios and alternative venues for the dissemination of Parisian and international art.

From a chic gallery in the Marais to the disused factories of Aubervilliers, via the monumental exhibitions of the Venice Biennials, the lecturers will help the public discover the many faces of current creation.

At a time when the African contemporary art scene is becoming increasingly visible, the Pour l’art pour l’Afrique association presents the third edition of its Traversées africaines event, which will take place from 11 to 31 May 2023. For the third consecutive year, the public is invited to meet artists and works from the African continent and its diaspora through a tour of 29 Parisian galleries, supported by the Ile-de-France Region.

The Culture Pass is made up of two complementary schemes: an individual part and a collective part. The individual part allows young people aged 15 to 18 to benefit from a virtual credit to finance all their cultural desires through an application. They receive 20 euros at age 15, 30 euros at ages 16 and 17, and 300 euros at age 18, for a total of 380 euros to buy books, go to the movies, discover exhibitions or attend shows, buy a musical instrument or drawing materials, etc. The application refers to a large number of offers, both paid and free, available throughout France. The collective part, intended for all students from 6th grade to 12th grade, allows high schools to finance artistic and cultural education activities, either by taking students to cultural venues or by hosting artists in the schools.

Our passion for contemporary drawing has given birth to two distinct branches of activity. We invite you to discover our art division and our collection of Parisian hotels all inspired by contemporary artists: the Drawing Hotel – Louvre and the Drawing House – Montparnasse. We look forward to welcoming you soon!

Since 1947, the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art represents galleries in France and defends their interests with politicians, institutional representatives and administrative authorities. It takes part in the elaboration of art market regulations and contributes to cultural policies favouring the development of the whole sector. The Committee informs and advises its 290 member galleries, first and second market galleries, from antique dealers to contemporary art galleries, on the specifics of their status and obligations, accompanying them on technical matters. For several years now, the Professional Committee of Art Galleries has been involved in major cultural events in order to build a better visibility of art galleries, true partners of artistic creation. It also works to develop the French art scene internationally.