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The Fondation Lou is Vu it ton continues to develop its ar t program and con f ir ms its success w ith a ver y w ide French and inter national aud ience
For the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the theme of 2019 was support for the arts, illustrated by its exhibitions dedicated to two major figures of 20th century modernity: Samuel Courtauld and Charlotte Perriand. This groundbreaking program, spanning multiple disciplines and eras, drew more than a million visitors to the Fondation Louis Vuitton. In the first half of the year, The Courtauld Collection: A Vision for Impres sionism paid tribute to the exacting standards and keen eye of English industrialist Samuel Courtauld (1876 1947), who amassed one of the world s largest collections of Impressionist paintings. The exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton featured around 110 works, brought together for the first time in Paris in 60 years, allowing nearly 500,000 visitors to rediscover masterpieces of art history such as Manet s A Bar at the Folies Bergère (1882), Gauguin s Nevermore (1897), Renoir s The Theatre Box (1874) and Van Gogh s SelfPortrait with Bandaged Ear (1889). In the second half of the year, the Fondation Louis Vuitton launched a major exhibition celebrating the immense, multifaceted body of work of Charlotte Perriand (1903 1999), a pioneer of modernity and one of the leading lights of 20th century architecture and design, who helped define a new art of living as well as a new role of the artist in society by bringing together different disciplines and forms of artistic expression. The exhibi- tion included spectacular reconstructions built with the utmost scien- tific rigor and in very close collaboration with Perriand s successors that plunged visitors into the heart of the synthesis of the arts championed by this maverick creative visionary, whose works were in constant dia- logue with contemporary artists (such as Léger, Picasso and Calder) and cultures (Japan in particular) the world over. The end of 2019 saw the inauguration in Seoul of a spectacular edifice designed by Frank Gehry the architect of the Fondation to house a store and a new Espace Louis Vuitton, where an exhibition was held to mark the occasion, featuring an exceptional set of eight works by Alberto Giacometti. In 2020, the Fondation Louis Vuitton will hold two major exhibitions: first, an extensive retrospective on one of the world s most influential living artists: American photographer Cindy Sherman; and then for the first time in Europe, in partnership with the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow one of the most legendary collections in the history of modern art: the Morozov Collection.
