2019 program

For 2019 the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain boasts a rich program of exhibitions both in Paris and around the world.

In Paris

Young Artists in Europe
April 4-June 16

From April 4 to June 16, the Fondation Cartier presents Young Artists in Europe, an exhibition devoted to the diversity of voices and vibrant exchanges that inhabit the vast artistic territory that is Europe. The exhibition includes 22 artists from 18 different countries, working in the media of painting, sculpture, design, and video. Accompanying the exhibition is an ambitious program of events dedicated to creation in the broadest sense of the term, with cinema, fashion, dance, and innovation. Young Artists in Europe celebrates a new generation: the face of tomorrow’s Europe.

Trees
July 10-November 10

From July 10 to November 10, the Fondation Cartier will present an exhibition devoted to trees, prolonging the exploration of ecological issues and man’s place in nature which has been animating its program for many years.

Sarah Sze
December 12, 2019-May 25, 2020

For her second solo show at the Fondation Cartier in December 2019, the internationally acclaimed artist Sarah Sze will present two immersive installations in the gallery spaces of Jean Nouvel’s iconic building.

In Milan and London

Bernie Krause and United Visual Artists, The Great Animal Orchestra
XXII Triennale di Milano: March 1-September 1
180 The Strand, London: October 1-December 8

In 2019, the Fondation Cartier presents in Milan and London The Great Animal Orchestra, created by American musician and bioacoustician Bernie Krause and the English collective United Visual Artists (UVA). Commissioned by the Fondation Cartier on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition presented in Paris in 2016, and now part of its collection, The Great Animal Orchestra invites the public to enjoy an aesthetic meditation, both aural and visual, on the animal kingdom, which is increasingly under threat in today’s modern world.

In Shanghai

Junya Ishigami, Freeing Architecture
Power Station of Art: July–October

After the public and critical success of the exhibition Junya Ishigami, Freeing Architecture, which welcomed over 110,000 visitors in Paris, the Fondation Cartier is pleased to present the ensemble of Ishigami’s work, which entered its collection, at the Power Station of Art (PSA) in Shanghai from July to early October 2019.