A haven for art

and culture

Since it was opened in 2014, the Fondation Louis Vuitton

has become one of the world’s leading institutions on

the international arts scene. In nine years, it has already

welcomed nearly 11 million visitors, reflecting its immense

success with French and international museum-goers.

The Fondation Louis Vuitton’s core missions are sup-

porting artists and building dialogue between key

figures in modern art, leading lights of the international

contemporary art scene and a wide audience, especially

young people.

Two flagship exhibitions were held in 2023: Basquiat x

Warhol: Painting Four Hands, from April 5 to August 28,

and Mark Rothko, starting October 18.

Between 1984 and 1985, Jean-Michel Basquiat and

Andy Warhol created 160 paintings together, including

some of the largest works of their respective careers.

For the first time, this singular body of work, painted with

“four hands”, was put on display almost in its entirety.

The Mark Rothko exhibition brought together

some 115works from the worlds largest institutional

and private collections including the National Gallery

of Art in Washington D.C., the Tate Modern in

London and the artist’s family. In another major

initiative, the Fondation commissioned Mark Rothko

by Max Richter, a musical composition to mark

this retrospective.

A number of other musical events took place in 2023,

including a concert by Jay-Z in tribute to Basquiat, the

Piano Jazz Sessions with Herbie Hancock and a piano

recital by Lang Lang.

To make these events accessible to the widest possible

audience, the Fondation developed a number of partner-

ships, including with Secours Populaire and Fondation

Culture et Diversité. Throughout the year, the Fondation

also invited groups from the social sector and offered

free admission to all students on Thursdays.

The Fondation Louis Vuitton also continued with its

international Hors-Les-Murs (“Beyond the Walls”)

program, with the year’s exhibitions dedicated to

Fabrice Hyber in Venice Simon Hantaï and Alberto

Giacometti in Osaka Cindy Sherman in Seoul and

Wolfgang Tillmans in Tokyo

Mark Rothko exhibition, Galerie 10 – Dialogue between Rothko and Giacometti