Fondation Louis Vuitton
On October 27, one of Europe’s most talked about art spaces – the Fondation Louis Vuitton – will open its doors in Paris. The museum has been designed by starchitect Frank Gehry, who also drew up the plans for the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain. The Paris building, which is near completion, has been compared to all kinds of unusual objects, including a chaotic pile of shipping sails, a gigantic whale, an iceberg and even an exploding crystal palace. Regardless of the terms that have been used to describe the new museum, Paris has not seen the likes of such an imposing contemporary architecture project since the 1970s, when the now legendary Centre Pompidou was inaugurated.
The idea for the museum came from Bernard Arnault, the head of the LVMH luxury concern. Along with such well-known fashion brands as Christian Dior, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton, Arnault also wanted to own a “high fashion” building that would serve as a contemporary art museum and culture centre. In addition, the building is to highlight the carefully cultivated link between LVMH’s fashion empire, art and design. The new art space is to house both Arnault’s personal and LVMH’s corporate art collections, featuring works by such 20th-century classics as Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, Yves Klein and Andy Warhol, as well as current-day stars like Jeff Koons, Pierre Huyghe and Olafur Eliasson.
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