The Pernod Ricard Foundation: a free art venue to promote young contemporary artists

Attention contemporary art lovers! Since May 19, 2021, the Pernod Ricard Foundation has been inviting you to open its doors. A cultural Mecca located in the 8th arrondissement, a stone's throw from the Gare Saint-Lazare train station, the Foundation, which was set up over 20 years ago,"continues to support the young contemporary art scene, making it accessible to as many people as possible".

This beautiful address enables the Fondation d'entreprise to promote artists in a 300 m2 exhibition space, but also in a 112-seat auditorium and a modular hall, the Traverse, with a view to hosting performances and exhibitions. Alongside this, Café Mirette, run by the Pantruchoise team(Franck Baranger, Pauline Labrousse, Nicolas Chatellain and Édouard Bobin), awaits you for a gourmet break all day long. A café that also shares its space with a library and bookshop open to the public.

For his opening exhibition, artist Bertrand Dezoteux was given carte blanche to showcase 15 artists. And this rather zany artist decided not to make a selection. Instead, he generated an algorithm that gave him 15 names of young artists from the French scene. Thus was born the exhibition Le Juste Prix.

How to get to the Pernod-Ricard Foundation :

• Address:

  • 1, cours Paul Ricard, 75008 Paris

• Nearby metro stations:

  • Saint-Lazare
  • Place de Clichy

• RER STATIONS :

  • Auber

• Nearby bus lines:

  • 21, 27, 32, 43, 66
    Moovit

• Nearby Vélib' stations:

  • Station n°9035: Gare Saint-Lazare - Place de Budapest
  • Station n°8002: Gare Saint-Lazare - Cour du Havre
  • Station n°8202: London - Europe

• Nearby parking lots:

  • Parking Saint-Lazare :
    • 2 Place de Budapest, 75009 Paris
    • 20 Rue de Rome, 75008 Paris
    • 50 Rue de Londres, 75008 Paris

The Foundation is accessible to people with reduced mobility via Impasse d'Amsterdam. Lockers are available to store your luggage during your visit.

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Since then, the Fondation has been offering free exhibitions of contemporary art. An opportunity to enjoy an artistic moment off the beaten track... Want to drop in?