Since its creation in 1984, the Fondation Cartier has placed architecture at the heart of its programming positing it as an enabler of interdisciplinary dialogue. Its historic building designed by Jean Nouvel and inaugurated in 1994 on Boulevard Raspail, Paris, broke all conventions of exhibition making by its apparent immateriality as a glass and steel structure. Thirty years later, the Fondation Cartier commissioned to Jean Nouvel the transformation of a mid-19th century Haussmannian building, set to open late 2025 at 2 Place du Palais-Royal, Paris, next to the Louvre. Pushing the boundaries of architectural design, it embodies the Fondation’s mission to engage all forms of contemporary creation.

In the exhibition presented at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, visitors encounter the premises of the new architecture of the Fondation Cartier. "The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain by Jean Nouvel" offers the public a compelling vision for architecture as a discipline that synthesizes the arts, coexisting in a dynamic, ever-evolving relationship through exhibition making.