LVMH - La Fondation Louis Vuitton museum - opening Monday, October 27th

The Fondation Louis Vuitton will open to the public on Monday 27 October 2014 (press release Fondation Louis Vuitton)

Built to house the contemporary art collection of LVMH (including works by Jeff Koons and Gilbert & George) as well as pieces from Mr. Bernard Arnault’s personal collection …

Commissioned by Bernard Arnault (chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LVMH) and designed by Frank Gehry, the Fondation LouisVuitton is situated in Paris, on the site of the Jardin d’acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne. The Fondation Louis Vuitton will be principally associated with artistic creation in all its forms. At the heart of the spaces, the public will be invited to discover the permanent collection made up of works belonging to the Fondation or the Arnault collection, as well as temporary exhibitions – two a year – and musical events in the auditorium.

For the opening of the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the artistic programme will unfold in three successive stages between October 2014 and July 2015, each stage will include a temporary exhibition, a partial presentation of the collection and a series of events.

The first stage – October to December 2014 – invites the public to a ‘voyage of creation’ essentially devoted to the discovery of the architecture of the building with:

- An exhibition on the architecture of Frank Gehry for the Fondation Louis Vuitton. This exhibition will be presented in dialogue with the first major European retrospective of the work of Frank Gehry, organised simultaneously at the Centre Pompidou.

- The presentation of several emblematic works from the permanent collection.

- A group of special commissions related to the architecture of the building including a work by Olafur Eliasson.

- The auditorium of the Fondation will present several performances most particularly two musical events:

A recital by the pianist Lang Lang on 28 October 2014.

A series of 8 retrospective concerts by Kraftwerk, the pioneering electro-acoustic group, from 6 to 14 November 2014.

The two following stages, opening in December 2014 and July 2015 will be announced shortly.

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Practical Information

To book tickets: For reservations for free tickets for the open days, for concerts by Lang Lang and Kraftwerk and for visits to the Fondation from Monday 27 October 2014

Visit the website www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr



Opening hours from 27 October 27 October – 3 November 2014 and from 20 December 2014 to 4 January 2015 (school holidays)

Open every day from 10.00 – 20.00, and late night Friday until 23.00

Closed on 25 December 2014 and 1 January 2015.

Opening hours from 3 November (outside school holidays)

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 12.00 – 19.00, and late night Friday until 23.00

Saturday and Sunday 11.00 – 20.00

Closed on Tuesdays.

Access:

Address: 8 avenue du Mahatma Gandhi – Bois de Boulogne – 75116 Paris

Metro: Line 1 Station Les Sablons, exit Fondation Louis Vuitton

Fondation bus: departures Place Charles de Gaulle, at the end of avenue de Friedland, every 15 minutes

Station Vélib, Fondation Louis Vuitton stop

Bus 244, stops in front of the Fondation at weekends

Ticket Prices:

Full rate 14 euros

Reduced rate of 10 and 5 euros

Family rate of 32 euros (2 adults + 1 – 4 children aged under 18)

Disabled visitors requiring special access: free

Tickets give entry to all the areas of the Fondation and to the Jardin d’Acclimatation

Kraftwerk concert: 60 euros

Visitor information: +33 (0)1 40 69 96 00

The restaurant, Le Frank, will be open on the ground floor from 27 October. The Fondation Louis Vuitton has appointed to run the restaurant Jean-Louis Nomicos, chef étoilé, and proprietor of the Paris restaurant Les Tablettes in avenue Bugeaud.