The Paris+ “Sites” program succeeds to the FIAC, featuring sculptures “accessible to a wide audience, beyond the fair’s visitors. Although the program takes place outside the fair, it is conceptually at its centre, as it gives new impulses to contemporary cultural speech”, says director Clément Delépine. Works installation within the Louvre’s domain had already taken place during the FIAC, but stands out this year with a curated exhibition financed by Paris+ and artists’ galleries. Laurence des Cars, who was especially appointed head of the Louvre for her ability to link ancient art and the contemporary world says in the official press release: “This inaugural exhibition is part of the impetus I want to give to contemporary encounters in the Tuileries, a transformation and renewal of the fall sculpture project in the gardens.” Therefore, she called upon Annabelle Ténèze, director of the Abattoirs-FRAC Occitanie Toulouse, who brought together 21 international artists to write “La suite de l’histoire”, as the open-air exhibition is entitled.
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