Long-term Programmes led by the foundation
L’Avancée: Student art in the spotlight
This new partnership with the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris gives emerging artists an exhibition space in the heart of the Foundation’s bookstore, encouraging their artistic career as well as blurring the boundary between the “exhibition space” and the “living space.” Each month, a new student takes over the wall of the bookstore and presents their work to the public.
The Art Wall: Transforming the urban landscape
A new sponsorship program created in collaboration with the Pernod Ricard Group selects an artist to display a photographic mural facing the entrance of The Island. Pre-selected by the Foundation and voted on by Pernod Ricard employees, the chosen artist’s work stays in place for one year. The artist chosen in 2021 was Emmanuelle Lainé, whose work Si vous vous attendez à un spectacle, vous serez déçu (If you are expecting a show, you will be disappointed) uses space as a raw material, interfacing between the place, the work and the public.
TextWork: Opening up the dialogue on French artists
This online platform, conceived in collaboration with the French Ministry of Culture, publishes monographic studies by international authors on artists from the French scene - initiating the encounters between artist and author as well as the global circulation of the texts. With this year marking the fifth anniversary of the programme, a TextWork writing grant was launched to support emerging writers of the French art scene.
&EBB: Expanding access to the internet’s possibilities
Through a unique research project, artist Neïl Beloufa and curator Jesse McKee at &EBB(2) are bridging the gap between contemporary artistic creation and evolving Web 3.0 technologies. Their online-only school, open to all students of art, seeks to expand knowledge and democratise access to this new era of the internet, thanks to content, events and conferences with cultural and digital experts. The Foundation nurtures the development of this digital community online and “IRL,” hosting events dedicated to NFTs, crypto-art and more.
(2) Co-founded by Neïl Beloufa and curator Jesse McKee, &EBB is a decentralised experimental organisation that creates tools and cultural production technologies for Web3, linking IRL to URL.