Building in Paris
The Palais de Tokyo
View of the Palais de Tokyo, seen from the
Eiffel Tower
. The eastern wing is on the right.
An exhibition in the Palais de Tokyo /
Site de creation contemporaine
.
The
Palais de Tokyo
(
Tokyo Palace
) is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du President-Wilson, facing the
Trocadero
, in the
16th arrondissement
of
Paris
. The eastern wing of the building belongs to the City of Paris, and hosts the
Musee d'Art Moderne de Paris
(Paris' Museum of Modern Art). The western wing belongs to the French state and since 2002, has hosted the
Palais de Tokyo / Site de creation contemporaine
, the
largest museum
in France dedicated to temporary exhibitions of
contemporary art
.
The building is separated from the River
Seine
by the
Avenue de New-York
, which was formerly named
Quai
Debilly
and later
Avenue de Tokio
(from 1918 to 1945). The name
Palais de Tokyo
derives from the name of this street. The
Iena station
on
Line 9
of the
Paris Metro
is located very close to the museum.
History
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The monument was inaugurated by
President Lebrun
on 24 May 1937, at the time of the
International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life (1937)
.
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The original name of the building was
Palais des Musees d'art moderne
("Palace of the Museums of modern art"). The building has since then hosted a number of establishments, projects, and creative spaces. Among them;
le musee d'art et d'essai
(1977?1986), the
FEMIS
, the
Centre national de la photographie
, and in 1986, the
Palais du cinema
.
[3]
The current contemporary art center opened to the public in March 2002, under the new name
Site de creation contemporaine
("Site for contemporary creation"), specializing in the emerging French and international art scene. It was overhauled and expanded in 2012, by the architects
Anne Lacaton
and
Jean-Philippe Vassal
, who subsequently won the Pritzker Prize.
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With no permanent collection, it is "reputed to be the biggest non-collecting contemporary art museum in Europe",
[4]
and produces all of its exhibitions.
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Directors
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In March 2002,
Nicolas Bourriaud
and
Jerome Sans
launched the
Site de creation contemporaine
in the west wing of Palais de Tokyo. It soon became simply known as Palais de Tokyo, quickly making its mark as a trendsetter in the art world.
The Palais de Tokyo has since been led by the following:
Le Pavillon
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The Pavillon ran from 2001 to 2017, and facilitated over 130 international artists.
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Intended as a studio and laboratory space for resident artists and curators invited to the project, the Pavillon was an experimental program, designed to demonstrate the resident artists' youthful creativity.
[11]
Since the opening of the building, the director of the programme was artist and filmmaker,
Ange Leccia
.
[10]
The residency programme was sponsored by
Banque Neuflize OBC
, The
Ministry of Culture and Communication
, and the
Cite internationale des arts
.
[12]
Notable Pavillon residents
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- Emma Dusong
(
Knight of the Order of the Arts and the Letters
, 2020)
- Mati Diop (
Grand Prix
Cannes Festival
, 2019)
- Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain (Brazilian Pavilion,
Venice Art Biennale
, 2007)
- Laurent Grasso
(
Marcel Duchamp Prize
2007)
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
(
Palme d’or
Cannes Festival
, 2010)
- Isabelle Cornaro (the
Ricard Foundation Prize
, 2010)
- Benoit Maire
(the
Ricard Foundation Prize
, 2010)
- Koki Tanaka
(Special Mention of the Japan pavilion,
Venice Art Biennale
, 2013)
- Oliver Beer
(
Daiwa Foundation
Prize, 2015)
All Pavillon residents
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Palais /
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The Museum also publishes the magazine
Palais /
, which annually releases three editions (Spring, Fall, and Summer) and was created in 2006 by
Marc-Olivier Wahler
. The Magazine features articles centering around a central artistic theme selected for each edition. The subjects are conceptual, and are explored using photography, various artistic media, essays, and often experimental media. The theme generally coincides with the exhibition concurrently featured at the museum.
[30]
In addition to
Palais /
, Palais de Tokyo also published five volumes of a contemporary art encyclopedia,
From Yodeling to Quantum Physics
between 2007 and 2011.
See also
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