Tailor-made, multi-year, large-scale projects
How can we meet the challenges of Europe’s most important collection of modern and contemporary art?
In close, ongoing collaboration with the Museum’s leadership and curatorial team, the Amis du Centre Pompidou spearhead transformative, large-scale initiatives that include art historical research, strategic acquisition projects, and knowledge-sharing programs.
These comprehensive 360° projects, which focus on themes aligned with the Museum’s core priorities, are made possible thanks to the generosity of patrons who pledge multi-year support to the Amis du Centre Pompidou and the Museum.
Their impact is significant: thanks to the Bonpoint Fund (2021–2023), the Musée national d’art moderne now holds the largest collection of children’s furniture in the world, many pieces of which will be showcased during a traveling exhibition.
By developing these ambitious, forward-looking projects alongside passionate patrons, the Amis play a pivotal role in enriching and expanding the Museum’s collections both within France and on the international stage.
To enhance the visibility of the Israeli art scene within the museum's collections.
Since 2021, the Artis Fund has participated in expanding the modern and contemporary collections of the Mnam with works by artists from Israel. Supported by a research program, this fund has financed the acquisition of works by artists such as Chen Cohen, Dani Gal, Moshe Gershuni, Dor Guez, Michal Heiman, Ella Littwitz, Joshua Neustein, Ruth Patir, Tom Pnini, Naama Tsabar, Miki Kratsman and Sharon Ya’ari, with pieces joining the collections for the first time.
To support the acquisition of children's furniture and games
With the creation of the Bonpoint Acquisition Fund to showcase children’s furniture, we were able, over a three-year period, to expand the largest collection of design objects for children, consisting of some 130 works from the early 20th century to the present day—more than half of which were acquired through support from the Amis. Far more than mere miniature versions of adult furniture, children’s furniture has been the focus of multiple innovations, while embodying specific features: it’s fun, multifunctional, modular, and tells a narrative based on play. An exhibition will be held at the Centre Pompidou in 2024 to present this unique collection, followed by other exhibitions in France and abroad.
To support the acquisition of artworks using light as a medium
The goal of the Joseph Duclos Acquisition Fund is to build the modern and contemporary collections of the Mnam with works celebrating light as a medium and full-fledged form of artistic expression. Through its support, the museum acquired an exceptional piece in 2022, Red Line, one of the very first neon works, created in 1969 by the conceptual artist Maurizio Nannucci. Red Line will be exhibited as part of the museum’s permanent collection starting in April 2024, thereby taking its place as one of the most important works of 20th-century conceptual art. It is historic! In 2025, the first anthology about light as a medium in art will be published thanks to this fund.
Design, sustainability and new technologies
At the crossroads of digital technologies and life sciences. The Fonds de recherche et d'acquisition pour l'innovation dans le design (Research and Acquisition Fund for Innovation in Design) will enable innovative works in the fields of design and architecture to be added to the collection.
Historical digital art
As the Centre Pompidou's new media collection is the largest in the world, a Digital Fund is now being set up to continue enriching it with historic digital works, in dialogue with the most contemporary practices.
For the former Yugoslavia art scene
The Gaudio Family Foundation is joining the Amis du Centre Pompidou with a fund dedicated to rediscovering the art scene in the former Yugoslavia.
The fund will support the entire process, from research to the acquisition of works and the spread of knowledge through publications and digital content.
In support of historical and contemporary works in the arts and sciences
The Arts and Sciences Fund aims to support the acquisition of historical and contemporary works in the arts and sciences in all sectors (video, installations, sculpture, painting, design, etc.). Research work is carried out to anchor the collections of the Musée national d'art moderne in a historical knowledge of artistic creation in these fields, and to provide an extensive vision of French and international artists in these fields.
Fort the most innovative aspects of contemporary creation
The purpose of the Off-Cadre and Prospective Fund is to support the Musée National d'Art Moderne in acquiring works of art, carrying out research initiatives and knowledge sharing projects. This specificfund focuses on the most innovative aspects of contemporary creation. With a resolutely forward-looking approach, it will explore innovative practices and forms that are in touch with the contemporary world, and in particular with our relationship with photography and media technologies.