Palais de Tokyo

The Palais de Tokyo (Tokyo Palace) is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to the City of Paris, and hosts the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (Paris' Museum of Modern Art). The western wing belongs to the French state and since 2002, has hosted the Palais de Tokyo / Site de création contemporaine, the largest museum in France dedicated to temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.

The Palais de Tokyo

View of the Palais de Tokyo, seen from the Eiffel Tower. The eastern wing is on the right.

An exhibition in the Palais de Tokyo / Site de création contemporaine.

The building is separated from the River Seine by the Avenue de New-York, which was formerly named Quai Debilly and later Avenue de Tokio (from 1918 to 1945). The name Palais de Tokyo derives from the name of this street. The Iéna station on Line 9 of the Paris Metro is located very close to the museum.

History

The monument was inaugurated by President Lebrun on 24 May 1937, at the time of the International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life (1937).^[1][2] The original name of the building was Palais des Musées d'art moderne ("Palace of the Museums of modern art"). The building has since then hosted a number of establishments, projects, and creative spaces. Among them; le musée d'art et d'essai (1977–1986), the FEMIS, the Centre national de la photographie, and in 1986, the Palais du cinéma.^[3] The current contemporary art center opened to the public in March 2002, under the new name Site de création contemporaine ("Site for contemporary creation"), specializing in the emerging French and international art scene. It was overhauled and expanded in 2012, by the architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, who subsequently won the Pritzker Prize.^[4] With no permanent collection, it is "reputed to be the biggest non-collecting contemporary art museum in Europe",^[4] and produces all of its exhibitions.^[5]

Directors

In March 2002, Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans launched the Site de création contemporaine in the west wing of Palais de Tokyo. It soon became simply known as Palais de Tokyo, quickly making its mark as a trendsetter in the art world.

The Palais de Tokyo has since been led by the following:

• 2006–2012: Marc-Olivier Wahler^[6][7]
• 2012–2018: Jean de Loisy
• 2021–2022: Emma Lavigne^[8]
• 2022–present: Guillaume Désanges^[9]

Le Pavillon

The Pavillon ran from 2001 to 2017, and facilitated over 130 international artists.^[10] Intended as a studio and laboratory space for resident artists and curators invited to the project, the Pavillon was an experimental program, designed to demonstrate the resident artists' youthful creativity.^[11] Since the opening of the building, the director of the programme was artist and filmmaker, Ange Leccia.^[10] The residency programme was sponsored by Banque Neuflize OBC, The Ministry of Culture and Communication, and the Cité internationale des arts.^[12]

Notable Pavillon residents

• Emma Dusong (Knight of the Order of the Arts and the Letters, 2020)
• Mati Diop (Grand Prix Cannes Festival, 2019)
• Angela Detanico and Rafaël Lain (Brazilian Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale, 2007)
• Laurent Grasso (Marcel Duchamp Prize 2007)
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Palme d’or Cannes Festival, 2010)
• Isabelle Cornaro (the Ricard Foundation Prize, 2010)
• Benoît Maire (the Ricard Foundation Prize, 2010)
• Koki Tanaka (Special Mention of the Japan pavilion, Venice Art Biennale, 2013)
• Oliver Beer (Daiwa Foundation Prize, 2015)

All Pavillon residents

All Pavillon residents, by year

Year residency started	Artist	Nationality
2001	Charlotte Beaurepaire[13]	France[13]
2001	Kim Sop Boninsegni[13]	Switzerland/France[13]
2001	Gérald[13]	France[13]
2001	Emily Joyce[13]	United States[13]
2001	Alexandre Pollazzon[13]	France[13]
2001	Julia Rometti[13]	France[13]
2001	Apichatpong Weerasethakul[13]	Thailand[13]
2002	Quentin Armand[13]	France[13]
2002	Angela Detanico[13]	Brazil[13]
2002	Andreas Fogarasi[13]	Austria[13]
2002	Rafael Lain[13]	Brazil[13]
2002	Adriana Lara Dominguez[13]	Mexico[13]
2002	Lucas Mancione[13]	France[13]
2002	Nicolas Milhe[13]	France[13]
2002	Émilie Renard[13]	France[13]
2002	Jiri Skala[13]	Csechia[13]
2002	Johann Van Aerden[13]	France[13]
2002	Gabriela Vanga[13]	Romania[13]
2003	Ziad Antar[13]	Lebanon[13]
2003	Louidgi Beltrame[13]	France[13]
2003	Davide Bertocchi[13]	Italy[13]
2003	Sophie Dubosc[13]	France[13]
2003	Johannes Fricke Waldthausen[13]	Netherlands[13]
2003	Shiho Fukuhara[13]	Japan[13]
2003	Agnieszka Kurant[13]	Poland[13]
2003	Gerald Petit[13]	France[13]
2004	Marcelline Delbecq[13]	France[13]
2004	Alice Guareschi[13]	Italy[13]
2004	André Guedes[13]	Portugal[13]
2004	Corentin Hamel[13]	France[13]
2004	Nicolas Juillard[13]	France[13]
2004	Anne-Laure Maison[13]	France[13]
2004	Benjamin Martin[13]	USA/France
2005	Liliana Basarab[13]	Romania
2005	Isabelle Cornaro[13]	France
2005	Adriana Garcia Galan[13]	Columbia[13]
2005	Benoît Maire[13]	France[13]
2005	Mihnea Mircan[13]	Romania[13]
2005	Wagner Morales[13]	Brazil[13]
2005	Émilie Pitoiset[13]	France[13]
2005	Koki Tanaka[13]	Japan[13]
2005	Adam Vackar[13]	Czechia[13]
2006	Alex Cecchetti[13]	Italy[13]
2006	Duvier Del Dago Fernandez[13]	Cuba[13]
2006	Mati Diop[13]	France[13]
2006	Manu Laskar[13]	France[13]
2006	Jaime Lutzo[13]	United States[13]
2006	Cova Macías[13]	Spain[13]
2006	Denis Savary[13]	Switzerland[13]
2006	Jean-Luc Vincent[13]	France[13]
2007	Meris Angioletti[13]	Italy[13]
2007	Jose Arnaud Bello[13]	Mexico[13]
2007	Gaëlle Boucand[13]	France[13]
2007	Niklas Goldbach[13]	Germany[13]
2007	K.G. Guttman[13]	Canada[13]
2007	Romain Kronenberg[13]	France[13]
2007	Charlotte Moth[13]	United Kingdom[13]
2007	Jorge Satorre Domenech[13]	Mexico[13]
2007	Andreas Siqueland[13]	Norway[13]
2007	Stéphane Vigny[13]	France[13]
2008	Pedro Barateiro[13]	Portugal[13]
2008	Emma Dusong[13]	France[13]
2008	Isa Griese[13]	Germany[13]
2008	Louise Hervé[13]	France[13]
2008	Chloé Maillet[13]	France[13]
2008	Matteo Rubbi[13]	Italy[13]
2008	Axel Straschnoy[13]	Argentina[13]
2008	Iris Touliatou GR[13]	Greece[13]
2008	Gilles Toutevoix[13]	France[13]
2009	Andrea Acosta[13]	Columbia[13]
2009	Patrick Bock[13]	France/USA[13]
2009	Haizea Barcenilla Garcia[13]	Spain[13]
2009	Davide Cascio[13]	Switzerland[13]
2009	Anthony Lanzenberg[13]	France[13]
2009	Florence Ostende[13]	France[13]
2009	Jorge Pedro Núñez[13]	Venezuela[13]
2009	Samir Ramdani[13]	France[13]
2009	Ramiro Guerreiro[13]	Portugal[13]
2010	Jérome Allavena[13]	France[13]
2010	Einat Amir[13]	Israel[13]
2010	Elisabeth S. Clark[13]	United Kingdom/USA[13]
2010	Gintaras Didziarapetris[13]	Lithuania[13]
2010	Alexandra Ferreira[13]	Portugal[13]
2010	Morten Norbye Halvorsen[13]	Norway[13]
2010	Estelle Nabeyrat[13]	France/Germany[13]
2010	Fabrice Pichat[13]	France[13]
2010	Charlotte Seidel[13]	France[13]
2010	Betina Wind[13]	Germany[13]
2011	Laëtitia Badut Haussmann[14]	France[13]
2011	Oliver Beer[14]	United Kingdom[14]
2011	Fouad Bouchoucha[14]	France[14]
2011	Eglé Budvytytè[14]	Lithuania[14]
2011	Onejoon Che[14]	South Korea[14]
2011	Anthea Hamilton[14]	United Kingdom[14]
2011	Egija Inzule[14]	Latvia[14]
2011	Hélène Meisel[14]	France[14]
2011	Noé Soulier[14]	France[14]
2011	Oriol Vilanova[14]	Spain[14]
2012	Carlotta Bailly-Borg[14]	France[14]
2012	Feiko Beckers[14]	Netherlands[14]
2012	Julie Béna[14]	France[14]
2012	Daiga Grantina[14]	Latvia[14]
2012	Francesco Fonassi[14]	Italy[14]
2012	Peter Miller[14]	United States[14]
2012	Julien Perez[14]	France[14]
2012	Agnieszka Ryszkiewicz[14]	Poland[14]
2012	Gonçalo Sena[14]	Portugal[14]
2012	Theo Turpin[14]	United Kingdom[14]
2012	Lucas Biberson[14]	France[14]
2013	Sophie Bonnet-Pourpet[14]	France[14]
2013	Rebecca Digne[14]	France[14]
2013	Guillaume Henry[14]	France[14]
2013	Chai Siris[14]	Thailand[14]
2013	Mikhail Lylov[14]	Russia[14]
2013	Sébastien Martinez Barat[14]	France[14]
2013	Karin Schlageter[14]	France[14]
2013	Clémence Seilles[14]	France[14]
2013	Antonio Vega Macotela[14]	Mexico[14]
2013	Yonatan Vinitsky[14]	Israel/Poland[14]
2014	Aung-Ko[14]	Myanmar[15]
2014	Basma Alsharif[14]	Kuwait/Palestine/France/USA[16]
2014	Charbel-Joseph H. Boutros[14]	Lebanon[17]
2014	Jonathan Martin[14]	France[13]
2014	Keiichiro Shibuya[14]	Japan[13]
2014	Shelly Nadashi[14]	Israel[13]
2015	Ayoung Kim[14]	South Korea[18]
2015	Jean-Alain Corre[14]	France[19]
2015	Alexis Guillier[14]	France[20]
2015	Hoël Duret[14]	France[21]
2015	Lou Lim[14]	Philippines[22]
2015	Ollie Palmer[14]	United Kingdom[23]
2016	Manolis Daskalakis-Lemos[14]	Greece[24]
2016	Lola Gonzàlez[14]	France[25]
2016	Taloi Havini[14]	Papua New Guinea[26]
2016	Yu Ji[14]	China[27]
2016	Thomas Teurlai[14]	France[28]
2016	Wataru Tominaga[14]	Japan[29]

Palais /

The Museum also publishes the magazine Palais /, which annually releases three editions (Spring, Fall, and Summer) and was created in 2006 by Marc-Olivier Wahler. The Magazine features articles centering around a central artistic theme selected for each edition. The subjects are conceptual, and are explored using photography, various artistic media, essays, and often experimental media. The theme generally coincides with the exhibition concurrently featured at the museum.^[30]

In addition to Palais /, Palais de Tokyo also published five volumes of a contemporary art encyclopedia, From Yodeling to Quantum Physics between 2007 and 2011.

See also

• Art Deco in Paris
• List of museums in Paris
• List of largest art museums