The Centre Pompidou Mobile is the first touring museum in the world. Its purpose is to bring masterpieces of modern art to the public, and specifically to the public distant from culture. Designed by architect Patrick Bouchain, the Centre Pompidou MOBILE (650m²) was inaugurated in October 2011 in Chaumont (Haute-Marne) and has since stopped in various locations throughout France. Libourne will be the next stop for the new hanging on the theme « Round and Square ».

The Centre Pompidou mobile is the first moving museum in the world. Its ambition is to present works from its world-renowned collection of masterpieces (Picasso, Calder, Matisse, Léger…) and make of modern and contemporary art accessible to a very large audience. Designed by the architect Patrick Bouchain, the Centre Pompidou mobile (650m²) will be inaugurated in October 2011 in Chaumont (Haute-Marne), followed by later stops in Cambrai and Boulogne-sur-Mer (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) in 2012.

Ingrid Cadoret / ingrid@claudinecolin.com

La Fabrique is a new cultural space in Nantes dedicated to contemporary art and specially music and new numerical technologies. Initiated by the City of Nantes, it is part of a wider a new cultural and artistic outreach project, which combines land planning and cultural networking. Its goal is to create a network between the city’s various neighborhoods such as Dervallières, where a first lab which opened its doors in December 2009. 

Samya Ramdane / samya@claudinecolin.com 

This exhibition presentq a selection of historical pieces and new works from the François Pinault Collection, including several site-specific projects, which question the idea of uncertainty, our convictions about identity, and revisit the relationship between intimate space and the space of the artwork. Among the twenty artists in the exhibition In Praise of Doubt, almost half of them have never been included in previous exhibitions of the François Pinault Collection.

Eva Astaburuaga Dalla Venezia / eva@claudinecolin.com
Constance Gounod / constance@claudinecolin.com

Adolf Wölfli is one of the world’s most established Art Brut artist (1864 - 1930). He was a writer, composer and draughtsman dedicated to one mission: to reinvent the world. This solo exhibition will present with over 150 Wölfli’s works, in a chronological review of his drawings and writings, revealing his unique musical universe. The exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Adolf Wölfli Foundation and Kunstmuseum Bern.

Julie Martinez / lam@claudinecolin.com

Gagosian Gallery Paris is pleased to present, in collaboration with Galerie Patrick Seguin the exhibition « Jean Nouvel: Furniture », including Table au Km and Boîte à Outils exhibited for the first time as limited editions in the Paris Project Space.

Press opening : Tuesday 29 March 2011, 4pm-8pm

Constance Gounod / gagosianparis@claudinecolin.com

Gagosian Gallery Paris is pleased to announce “Rodin – Sugimoto,” an exhibition of sculpture and photography. Three monumental sculptures spanning the last thirty years of Rodin’s career, are shown here in unexpected and unprecedented combination with a series of photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Opening reception: Friday 11 February 2011, 4:00-8:00pm

Constance Gounod / gagosianparis@claudinecolin.com

From the 17 December 2010 to the 27 April, the Farnese Palace in Rome is exceptionally opening its doors to the public for the exhibition "From The Renaissance to The French Embassy". A selection of 150 works (drawings, sculptures, paintings, art objects) will bring five centuries to life through the history of the Palace, from the splendour of the Farnese family in the 16th century, through the 135 past years, when the Palace served as the headquarters for the French Embassy in Italy and the French School of Rome. An important selection of works from the Farnese collection will return from the site where it was first conceived thanks to the passion of the Farnese family.

Astrid Rappel / astrid@claudinecolin.com

For a week, the Unknown Siberia festival, organised by the Mikhaïl Prokhorov Foundation, will offer an exceptional panorama of the Russian contemporary cultural scene, for the music, theatre, dance, literature and fine arts fields. Hosted by leading cultural institutions in Lyon, these events will for the most part be exclusively presented in France. The Unknown Siberia festival is one of the key events of the France-Russia Year 2010

Dominique Perrault was appointed as Curator of the French Pavilion for the 12th Venice International Biennale of Architecture. By selecting as his theme and entitling his project METROPOLIS ?, Dominique Perrault offers an examination and view that establish and nourish the genesis of the Metropolis in the 21st century. 

Astrid Rappel / astrid@claudinecolin.com