The instantly recognisable fashion brand funded this eleven-year-old museum in the Bois de Boulogne, housed in a spectacular building designed by the late starchitect Frank Gehry as a swooping glass-and-concrete interpretation of a sailing ship. Its two storeys and eleven galleries are devoted to contemporary art, including marquis names such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Jeff Koons, and Andy Warhol, along with temporary exhibitions like a current one centring on Gerhard Richter (thought 2 March). But it also hosts other exhibitions – often in collaboration with couture houses – which focus on art´s relationship and sometimes fusion with fashion, and the artistic inspiration behind couture collections.
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