Galeries Lafayette is announcing the establishment of its Fondation d'entreprise. As a teaser, the kosovar artist will present his solo show "July 14th?".
Launch
of the
Fondation d’entreprise
Galeries Lafayette
9 rue du Plâtre
F-75004 Paris
In October 2013, Galeries Lafayette is announcing
the establishment of its Fondation d’entreprise
(“Corporate Foundation”). This new public
institution is another milestone in democratizing
access to art and design, always a central concern
in the history of Galeries Lafayette and its
shareholder family for five generations.
Located at
9 rue du Plâtre in Paris
, at the heart of
the culturally vibrant Marais district, the
Fondation
d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette
will open to the
public in the spring of 2016. It will be a place of
production and a venue for exhibitions, celebrating
art in its most current expressions, open to a vari
ety
of fields, from the visual arts to fashion, to desi
gn
and the performing arts.
The study for the rehabilitation of late 19th centu
ry
industrial building has been commissioned to the
agency
OMA
.
As a clearinghouse of talent and skill, it will off
er
artists an environment for designing, producing and
exhibiting their work that is unique in France.
For Parisians and visitors from the world over, the
Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette will be a
place for experiencing, discovering, talking,
thinking, sharing.
Lafayette Anticipation - future Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette
9 rue du Platre - Paris
24 october
18h00 – 22h00
25 october
18h00 – 22h00
26 october
14h00 – 18h00
27 october
14h00 – 18h00