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With time the Fondation became diverse: multidisciplinary, international and above all nomadic. And we let ourselves be led by the latter, this essential value and its incarnation in the Nomadic nights, to finish exploring this unique history, reflecting 40 decisive years.   So, at a time when art itself does not play with the same cards, what future is the Cartier House looking towards? &nbs...

One foot in Paris, the other one abroad: by settling in on Boulevard Raspail, the Fondation opens up a little more to the world. Led by transparency, what changes does it experience with this new building as a starting point, and where does its influence extend to?   This episode, which evokes the balance between here and there found by the Fondation, is a moment to examine this specific rela...

How to make a program as a foundation that wants to be neither museum nor institution? How to stay alive and not repeat oneself? By staying attuned to the concerns of the world and the arts, and by offering a space for living artists to be free.    Each in their own way, our witnesses let us hear what the Fondation has that others don't: an episode to be taken as an exciting conversation...

To understand what makes the Fondation so unique, we must remember a law that would not exist without it: Léotard's law of 1986. In this episode we find out about its secrets.   We also open the gates of the remarkable village of Jouy-en-Josas, that became a creative haven for artists in residence and for all of Cartier's teams. A "brie quarter", a café, a park where the principles and outlin...

In this flashback-like episode we remember past times and a revolution to come: the Fondation Cartier's.   It's the 80's: the left gains power and nationalises major industrial groups. In the midst of all this, the luxury goods industry is trying to find itself, and artists' counterfeits are blooming around the world. What could the Maison Cartier's role be in all this? We owe the answer to C...

An episode in which we wholeheartedly and immediately delve into everything that makes the Fondation Cartier's essence: its team, its inventiveness throughout time, its ever-novel way of seeing the world and art. A counter-introduction that makes us want to know how it all began.   In this episode, we'll discover the different protagonists of this series, their ways of working, their favourit...