iThe Fondation Louis Vuitton is a contemporary art museum opened in 2014 and funded by the luxury group LVMH. Frank Gehry's deconstructivist building, wrapped in twelve curving glass sails over a cluster of white blocks nicknamed the "iceberg," sits beside the Jardin d'Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne. Across eleven galleries and rooftop terraces it shows the foundation's collection alongside major temporary exhibitions and site-specific commissions by artists such as Olafur Eliasson and Ellsworth Kelly.

Rediscovery of Gustave Fayet (1865-1925), pioneering collector of van Gogh, Gauguin and Picasso and a prolific designer, drawing on loans from 64 institutions and 71 private collections.

Saudi artist Mohammad Alfaraj's first solo show in a French institution, "I'd rather be a dragonfly than a lion" brings stop-motion videos, objects, photographs and drawings drawn from the oral traditions and landscape of the Al Ahsa oasis to Gallery 8.
Olafur Eliasson's permanent 2014 commission in the grotto: 43 mirror-and-yellow-glass prism columns lining the passage beneath the building's sails, playing with light, colour and reflection.
Adrian Villar Rojas's living sculpture on the west terrace, a tank-like vessel layered with organic and inorganic matter that shifts and decays over time, commissioned for the foundation's 2014 opening.
Ellsworth Kelly's 2014 commission for Frank Gehry's auditorium: five large monochrome panels with a stage curtain and window design, the American artist's first French architectural commission.
8 Avenue du Mahatma Gandhi, 75116 Paris, France
Nearest station: Les Sablons (Metro 1) and Charles de Gaulle-Etoile (free shuttle from Av. de Friedland)
Show on map| MonToday | 11:00–20:00 |
| Tue | Closed |
| Wed | 11:00–20:00 |
| Thu | 11:00–20:00 |
| Fri | 11:00–21:00 |
| Sat | 10:00–20:00 |
| Sun | 10:00–20:00 |
From €16
EUR 10 under-26/students; EUR 5 under-18 & jobseekers; EUR 32 family. Includes Jardin d'Acclimatation entry.
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