Pinault Collection is the legal entity holding the artistic and cultural assets of the French businessman François Pinault. It manages the art collection of the Pinault family, its exhibition sites, institutional and cultural partnerships, art loans, and artist-in-residence programs.
Museums Venice: Palazzo Grassi
In 2005, François Pinault bought the Palazzo Grassi from the Fiat Group. This Venetian complex is composed of two distinct buildings, a historical palazzo built along the Grand Canal during the 18th century, and an old theater in ruins, the Teatrino.Paul Laster, Venice's Contemporary Masterpiece, Theailybeast.com, 4 July 2009 In 2006, Japanese architect and Pritzker Prize laureate Tadao Ando was commissioned with the Palazzo's renovation. That same year, the new Palazzo Grassi was inaugurated with an exhibition of artwork from the Pinault Collection.The Palazzo Grassi Presents "Where Are We Going?", Artdaily.cc, 7 September 2006
Venice: Punta della Dogana
A year after the Palazzo Grassi opening, the Venice city council organized a competition to convert the 16th century custom house Punta della Dogana into a contemporary art museum. François Pinault won the competition over the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Pinault enlisted Tadao Ando once again for renovations, as the building had been abandoned for over 30 years.Alan Riding, Guggenheim Passed Over for New Venice Museum, Nytimes.com, 7 April 2007Jason Burke, French tycoon wins battle for Venice's modern art gem, Theguardian.com, 15 April 2007
The new museum boasts a 54,000 square feet exhibition area and was inaugurated in 2009.Punta della Dogana contemporary art centre, Tadao Ando, Venice, 2009, Floornature.com, 1 July 2009
Venice: Teatrino Following the Palazzo Grassi (2006), and Punta della Dogana (2009) restorations, Pinault's cultural project for Venice continued with the rehabilitation of the Palazzo Grassi's Teatrino. Completed in 2013 and led by Tadao Ando, the project included a new auditorium of 200+ seats. The Teatrino had been closed to the public since 1983.Amy Fearson, The Teatrino of Palazzo Grassi by Tadao Ando, Deezen.com, 14 October 2013Teatrino of Palazzo Grassi, Domusweb.it, 16 October 2013
Paris: Bourse de Commerce
In April 2016, François Pinault and the Council of Paris announced plans to convert the city's landmark building Bourse de Commerce into a contemporary art museum.Guy Martin, The Power of Art: François Pinault's $1.2 Billion-Collection Finds a Home in Paris, Forbes.com, 29 April 2016 The renovation project reportedly cost over 100 million euros. The museum would host around 10 exhibitions per year.David Bensoussan, François Pinault's New $170 Million Art Museum Finally Has an Opening Date. Here's a Sneak Peek Inside the Breathtaking Space, Artnet.com, 11 October 2019 According to François Pinault, the new museum would work in coordination with its Venetian sister museums. Harry Bellet, François Pinault : « Un musée ne peut être un lieu où on se contente de montrer », Lemonde.fr, 27 April 2016 Collaborations with other Parisian art institutions were also planned.Farah Nayeri, Paris Is Getting a New Museum. Here's a Sneak Peek, Nytimes.com, 25 April 2019
François Pinault entrusted Tadao Ando again for this renovation. He teamed up with Pierre-Antoine Gatier (architect-in-chief of the French National Heritage), as well as Lucy Niney and Thibault Marca of NeM agency, and Setec Bâtiment for the engineering of the project.Jean-Jacques Aillagon, , Revuepinaultcollection.com, October 2019 The façades, the roof and the circular painting in the building's dome were rehabilitated.Gareth Harris, Virtual reality tour offers glimpse of François Pinault's long-awaited, grand Paris gallery, Theartnewspaper.com, 13 May 2019 A 30-feet high and 100-feet in diameter concrete cylinder built beneath the central cupola serves as the main exhibition gallery, a "building within a building". The project covers a 32,000 square feet modular exhibition surface and a restaurant on the 3rd floor.Philip Stevens, Tadao Ando to transform Paris' historic stock exchange into art museum for François Pinault, Designboom.com, 30 June 2017 The French designers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec were entrusted with the museum's interior and exterior furnishings.Stéphanie Hussonnois-Bouhayati, , Revuepinaultcollection.com, October 2019 The museum opened on 22 May 2021.
Exhibitions The Palazzo Grassi and the Punta della Dogana in Venice have been Pinault Collection's main exhibition sites since 2006. Pinault Collection pieces have been presented outside of the Pinault's museums thanks to a blue-chip artwork loan program available to both French and international art institutions, along with offsite exhibitions in different cities.Art , Groupeartemis.com
Date Museum City Name Notes April 2006 - October 2006 Palazzo Grassi Venice, Italy Where are we going? First official exhibition of the Pinault Collection. November 2006 - March 2007 Palazzo Grassi Venice, Italy Picasso, la joie de vivre, 1945-48"Picasso, la Joie de Vivre, 1945-1948", VeniceWorld.com Partnership with the Musée Picasso in Antibes. 2007 Lille, France Passage of TimeJennifer Allen, Jennifer Allen at the opening of “Passage du Temps” in Lille, France, Artforum.com, 20 October 2007 June 2009 - April 2011 Palazzo GrassiPunta della Dogana Venice, Italy Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection"Mapping the Studio: Artists from the François Pinault Collection" Punta Della Dogana & Palazzo Grassi, Claudinecollin.com 2009 Garage Museum Moscow, Russia A state of the world?Maurizio Kattelan, Collection Francois Pinault in Moscow, Artinvestment.ru, 20 March 2009 2011 Seoul, South Korea Agony and EcstasyFrançois Pinault Collection enchants Asia Seoul, Flash---art.com, 5 September 2011 May 2013 - February 2015 Punta della Dogana Venice, Italy Prima Materia Jacqueline Ceresoli, Punta della Dogana e delle meraviglie, Exibart.com, 20 June 2013 Curated by Caroline Bourgeois and Michael Govan. 2014 Grimaldi Forum Monaco ArtLovers: Stories of Art in the Pinault Collection'ArtLovers: Stories of Art in the Pinault Collection' opens at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, Artdaily.cc 2016 Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany Dancing with MyselfUrs Fischer Biography, Ursfischer.com by Urs Fischer. 2017 Fotografiska Stockholm, Sweden ResonanceResonance – Photographs from the Pinault Collection, Artlimited.net, 17 June 2017 April 2017 - December 2017 Palazzo GrassiPunta della Dogana Venice, Italy Treasures from the Wreck of the UnbelievableLaura Cumming, Damien Hirst: Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable review – beautiful and monstrous, Theguardian.com, 16 April 2017 by Damien Hirst. 2018 Couvent des Jacobins - Musée des Beaux-Arts Rennes, France DeboutCollection Pinault contemporary art exhibition in Rennes, Destination Rennes, Tourisme-rennes.com April 2018 - January 2019 Palazzo Grassi Venice, Italy Cows by the water Albert Oehlen “Cows by the Water” at Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Moussemagazine.it, 2018 by Albert Oehlen. March 2019 - December 2019 Punta della Dogana Venice, Italy Luogo e SegniBalasz Takac, An Itinerary Through Inner Geography - Luogo e Segni at Punta della Dogana, Widewalls.ch, 31 March 2019 Curated by Mouna Mekouar and Martin Bethenod. 2019 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen Rouen, France So British!Sylvain Amic, , Revuepinaultcollection.com, October 2019 March 2019 - January 2020 Palazzo Grassi Venice, Italy La Pelle by Luc Tuymans. May 2021 - January 2022 Palazzo GrassiPunta della Dogana Venice, Italy Bruce Nauman: contrapposto studies by Bruce Nauman.
Other activities Artist-in-residence program The Pinault Collection artist-in-residence program was set up in 2015 in Lens, a former mining city in the North of France where the Louvre opened a local branch known as the Louvre-Lens.Louvre goes Lens – and Pinault follows, Bmw-art-guide.com An old rectory was converted into the main residency building.Majority shareholder of Christie's concentrates on Lens , Zamou-art.com, 15 October 2014 The following artists went through the program: 2015-2016: Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. DavidsonFormer Residents / Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson (2015), Fieldworkmarfa.org, October 2015 2016-2017: Edith DekyndtEdith Dekyndt, Belgianartprize.be, 2017 2017-2018: Lucas ArrudaLast days to see Lucas Arruda in "Luogo i Segni", Pipaprize.com, 3 December 2019 2018-2019, Hicham BerradaCéline Doussard, , Revuepinaultcollection.com, October 2019 2019-2020: Bertille BakPascale Pronnier, , Revuepinaultcollection.com, October 2019 2020-2021: Enrique Ramirez 2021-2022: Melik Ohanian 2022-2023: Benoît Piéron
Pierre Daix Artbook Prize François Pinault created the Pierre Daix Artbook Prize in 2015, honoring his late friend, the writer and Picasso's biographer Pierre Daix. The Pinault Collection awards yearly one outstanding book on modern and contemporary art history with 10 000 euros.Robin Scher, Inaugural Winners of Pierre Daix Art Book Prize Announced, Artnews.com, 24 November 2015 Previous winners were: 2015: Yve-Alain Bois, Ellsworth Kelly: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Reliefs, and Sculpture, Volume One, 1940–1953Marie-Anne Lescourret for Aby Warburg ou la tentation du regard. 2016: Maurice Fréchuret, Effacer. Paradoxe d'un geste artistique. 2017: Élisabeth Lebovici, Ce que le sida m'a fait - Art et activisme à la fin du XXe siècle.Élisabeth Lebovici wins 2017 Pierre Daix Prize, Artforum.com, 11 December 2017 2018: Pierre Wat, Pérégrinations. Paysages entre nature et histoire.Nominees for the 2019 Pierre Daix Art Book Prize Announced, Art-critique.com, 14 July 2019 2019: Rémi Labrousse, Préhistoire, l'envers du temps. Valérie Duponchelle, Préhistoire, l’envers du temps remporte le prix Pierre-Daix 2019, Lefigaro.fr, 2 December 2019 2020: Pascal Rousseau, Hypnose. Art et hypnotisme de Messmer à nos jours. 2021: Germain Viatte, L'envers de la médaille. 2022: Jérémie Koering, Les Iconophages.
Legal structure Pinault Collection is a private company held by Pinault's Groupe Artémis. François Pinault is the president.
The Venetian sites (Palazzo Grassi, Punta della Dogana, Teatrino) are held and managed by Palazzo Grassi S.p.A. The city of Venice holds a non-controlling stake of Palazzo Grassi S.p.A. and is a member of the board.Gregory Volk, Pinault's value based initiative, Artnews.com, 18 September 2009
As of 2019, the collection contained 5,000 pieces of 20th and 21st century artists, including works from Willem de Kooning, Piet Mondrian, Agnes Martin, Mark Rothko, Richard Serra, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, Jeff Koons, Cy Twombly, and Cindy Sherman.Vicky Ward, François Pinault's ultimate luxury, Vanityfair.com, 26 November 2007
Related pages François Pinault Groupe Artémis
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