Paris, France

Fondation Louis Vuitton

The Fondation Louis Vuitton opened in 2014 in the Bois de Boulogne, established by the LVMH luxury group and its chairman Bernard Arnault as a private foundation devoted to contemporary art and creativity. Frank Gehry's building, a soaring composition of curved glass "sails," has become a destination in its own right. The foundation presents its growing collection of contemporary art alongside large-scale loan exhibitions that repeatedly draw record audiences, ranging from surveys of modern masters to ambitious contemporary projects and cross-cultural collaborations. It also commissions music and performance, extending its program beyond the visual arts. Its relevance lies in the scale and visibility it brings to private patronage in the twenty-first century, and in how thoroughly it integrates spectacular architecture, contemporary art, and a global audience.

The Louis Vuitton Foundation, previously Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation, is a French art museum and cultural center sponsored by the group LVMH and its subsidiaries. It is run as a legally separate, nonprofit entity as part of LVMH's promotion of art and culture. The art museum opened on October 20, 2014, in the presence of President François Hollande. The Deconstructivist building was designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, with groundwork starting in 2006. It is adjacent to the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, bordering on Neuilly-sur-Seine. More than 1.4 million people visited the Louis Vuitton Foundation in 2017. Source: Wikipedia