The Palais de Tokyo (Tokyo Palace) is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to the City of Paris, and hosts the Musée 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 création 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 Iéna station on Line 9 of the Paris Metro is located very close to the museum.
History 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).www.paris.fr : History of Palais de Tokyo The original name of the building was Palais des Musées 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 musée d'art et d'essai (1977–1986), the FEMIS, the Centre national de la photographie, and in 1986, the Palais du cinéma. The current contemporary art center opened to the public in March 2002, under the new name Site de création 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. With no permanent collection, it is "reputed to be the biggest non-collecting contemporary art museum in Europe", and produces all of its exhibitions.
Directors In March 2002, Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans launched the Site de création 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: 2006–2012: Marc-Olivier Wahler 2012–2018: Jean de Loisy 2021–2022: Emma LavigneGareth Harris (22 July 2019), Emma Lavigne lined up as new president of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris The Art Newspaper. 2022–present: Guillaume DésangesAlex Greenberger (10 January 2022), Palais de Tokyo to Return to Experimental Roots with New Leader ARTnews.
Le Pavillon The Pavillon ran from 2001 to 2017, and facilitated over 130 international artists. 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. Since the opening of the building, the director of the programme was artist and filmmaker, Ange Leccia. The residency programme was sponsored by Banque Neuflize OBC, The Ministry of Culture and Communication, and the Cité internationale des arts.
Notable Pavillon residents Emma Dusong (Knight of the Order of the Arts and the Letters, 2020) Mati Diop (Grand Prix Cannes Festival, 2019) Angela Detanico and Rafaël Lain (Brazilian Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale, 2007) Andreas Fogarasi (Hungarian Pavilion and Golden Lion Prize, 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) Benoît 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 +All Pavillon residents, by yearYear residency startedArtistNationality2001Charlotte BeaurepaireFrance2001Kim Sop BoninsegniSwitzerland/France2001GéraldFrance2001Emily JoyceUnited States2001Alexandre PollazzonFrance2001Julia RomettiFrance2001Apichatpong WeerasethakulThailand2002Quentin ArmandFrance2002Angela DetanicoBrazil2002Andreas FogarasiAustria2002Rafael LainBrazil2002Adriana Lara DominguezMexico2002Lucas MancioneFrance2002Nicolas MilheFrance2002Émilie RenardFrance2002Jiri SkalaCsechia2002Johann Van AerdenFrance2002Gabriela VangaRomania2003Ziad AntarLebanon2003Louidgi BeltrameFrance2003Davide BertocchiItaly2003Sophie DuboscFrance2003Johannes Fricke Waldthausen Netherlands2003Shiho FukuharaJapan2003Agnieszka KurantPoland2003Gerald PetitFrance2004Marcelline DelbecqFrance2004Alice GuareschiItaly2004André GuedesPortugal2004Corentin HamelFrance2004Nicolas JuillardFrance2004Anne-Laure MaisonFrance2004Benjamin MartinUSA/France2005Liliana BasarabRomania2005Isabelle CornaroFrance2005Adriana Garcia GalanColumbia2005Benoît MaireFrance2005Mihnea MircanRomania2005Wagner MoralesBrazil2005Émilie PitoisetFrance2005Koki TanakaJapan2005Adam VackarCzechia2006Alex CecchettiItaly2006Duvier Del Dago FernandezCuba2006Mati DiopFrance2006Manu LaskarFrance2006Jaime LutzoUnited States2006Cova MacíasSpain2006Denis SavarySwitzerland2006Jean-Luc VincentFrance2007Meris AngiolettiItaly2007Jose Arnaud BelloMexico2007Gaëlle BoucandFrance2007Niklas GoldbachGermany2007K.G. GuttmanCanada2007Romain KronenbergFrance2007Charlotte MothUnited Kingdom2007Jorge Satorre DomenechMexico2007Andreas SiquelandNorway2007Stéphane VignyFrance2008Pedro BarateiroPortugal2008Emma DusongFrance2008Isa GrieseGermany2008Louise HervéFrance2008Chloé MailletFrance2008Matteo RubbiItaly2008Axel StraschnoyArgentina2008Iris Touliatou GRGreece2008Gilles ToutevoixFrance2009Andrea AcostaColumbia2009Patrick BockFrance/USA2009Haizea Barcenilla GarciaSpain2009Davide CascioSwitzerland2009Anthony LanzenbergFrance2009Florence OstendeFrance2009Jorge Pedro NúñezVenezuela2009Samir RamdaniFrance2009Ramiro GuerreiroPortugal2010Jérome AllavenaFrance2010Einat AmirIsrael2010Elisabeth S. ClarkUnited Kingdom/USA2010Gintaras DidziarapetrisLithuania2010Alexandra FerreiraPortugal2010Morten Norbye HalvorsenNorway2010Estelle NabeyratFrance/Germany2010Fabrice PichatFrance2010Charlotte SeidelFrance2010Betina WindGermany2011Laëtitia Badut HaussmannFrance2011Oliver BeerUnited Kingdom2011Fouad BouchouchaFrance2011Eglé BudvytytèLithuania2011Onejoon CheSouth Korea2011Anthea HamiltonUnited Kingdom2011Egija InzuleLatvia2011Hélène MeiselFrance2011Noé SoulierFrance2011Oriol VilanovaSpain2012Carlotta Bailly-BorgFrance2012Feiko BeckersNetherlands2012Julie BénaFrance2012Daiga GrantinaLatvia2012Francesco FonassiItaly2012Peter MillerUnited States2012Julien PerezFrance2012Agnieszka RyszkiewiczPoland2012Gonçalo SenaPortugal2012Theo TurpinUnited Kingdom2012Lucas BibersonFrance2013Sophie Bonnet-PourpetFrance2013Rebecca DigneFrance2013Guillaume HenryFrance2013Chai SirisThailand2013Mikhail LylovRussia2013Sébastien Martinez BaratFrance2013Karin SchlageterFrance2013Clémence SeillesFrance2013Antonio Vega MacotelaMexico2013Yonatan VinitskyIsrael/Poland2014Aung-KoMyanmar2014Basma AlsharifKuwait/Palestine/France/USA2014Charbel-Joseph H. BoutrosLebanon2014Jonathan MartinFrance2014Keiichiro ShibuyaJapan2014Shelly NadashiIsrael2015Ayoung KimSouth Korea2015Jean-Alain CorreFrance2015Alexis GuillierFrance2015Hoël DuretFrance2015Lou LimPhilippines2015Ollie PalmerUnited Kingdom2016Manolis Daskalakis-LemosGreece2016Lola GonzàlezFrance2016Taloi HaviniPapua New Guinea2016Yu JiChina2016Thomas TeurlaiFrance2016Wataru TominagaJapan
Palais / 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.
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 Art Deco in Paris List of museums in Paris List of largest art museums
References
External links
Palais de Tokyo at Google Arts & Culture