CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION NMNM - VILLA SAUBER MARCH 21 NOVEMBER 1, 2015 CONTENTS I CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION

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2 CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION NMNM - VILLA SAUBER MARCH 21 NOVEMBER 1, 2015 CONTENTS I CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION PRESS RELEASE 2 A MUSEUM IS ALSO A COLLECTION! 3 by Marie-CLaude Beaud, Director of NMNM FORMING OR PERFORMING A COLLECTION: 4 A WALK THROUGH THE WONDERS OF THE NOUVEAU MUSÉE NATIONAL DE MONACO by Chiara Parisi, Member of the NMNM s Scientific Committee PROGRAMME FOR THE PUBLIC 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 II - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO PRESENTATION ET PROGRAMME 8 ORGANISATION CHART 12 PARTNERS 14 PRACTICAL INFORMATION 15 PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 1

3 I. CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION PRESS RELEASE Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (NMNM) presents the second chapter of Construire une Collection (Building a Collection), a selection of works purchased by the museum over the past ten years. The first chapter of the exhibition at Villa Paloma closed on June 7. Since by definition a national museum is rooted in the history of the country in which is it situated, its mission is to acquire, preserve and promote collections to help safeguard the natural, cultural and scientific heritage. Over the years, the NMNM s collection has therefore been enriched in light of Monaco as a unique territory and the historical collections from the former Museum of Fine Arts (Musée des Beaux-Arts), the long-term loan of a collection of theatrical items from the Société des Bains, a donation of dolls and automata collected by Madeleine de Galéa with works purchased, donated or on long-term loan thanks to state funding and the support of private patrons, particularly the Association of Friends of the NMNM and UBS AG, the Museum s main partner. The enhancement of a collection of heritage or historical importance is inextricably linked to considering contemporary art, because it is through living artists that the link between the past, present and future is maintained. The idea of contemporaneity is therefore self-evident, and, one could say, absolutely essential. Construire une Collection opened to the public on March 21 at Villa Sauber. It will bring together works by Arman, Robert Barry, Christian Boltanski, Lourdes Castro, César, Mark Dion, Erró, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Claire Fontaine, Jeppe Hein, Linda Fregni Nagler, Camille Henrot, Bertrand Lavier, Anne and Patrick Poirier, and Hans Schabus. Most of the works presented here were either inspired by collections or the collections themselves have become or have inspired works of art in connection with time, history and memory. At Villa Paloma, Construire une Collection featured works by William Anastasi, Richard Artschwager, Michel Blazy, Pascal Broccolichi, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Alain Declercq, Jean Dubuffet, Hubert Duprat, Jan Fabre, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Geert Goiris, Gary Hill, Rebecca Horn, Anish Kapoor, Jochen Lempert, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Su-Mei Tse and Cerith Wyn Evans. These artists offered a revisiting of form and Nature with the aim of re appropriating Nature in their own way to give it a new symbolic meaning. They therefore allow a redefinition of landscape while highlighting the relationship between art, science and architecture. Construire une Collection (Building a Collection) is also an opportunity to review progress made since the project for the Museum was first conceived just over ten years ago in 2003, and five years after the opening of the Villa Paloma (September 2010), which, with the Villa Sauber (which had housed the Madeleine de Galéa Collection of Dolls and Automata for 35 years until 2009), definitively formed the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco. A catalogue published by the NMNM and designed by Pascal Storz and Tim Wetter will be released in the summer, with texts by Joerg Bader, Sarina Basta, Marie-Claude Beaud, Celia Bernasconi, Jean-Michel Bouhours, Sofia Eliza Bouratsis, Marie de Brugerolle, Natalia Brizuela, Cathleen Chaffee, Thierry Davila, Christine Eyene, Eva Fabbris, Mark Feary, João Fernandes, Jill Gasparina, Danièle Giraudy, Jacinto Lageira, Enrico Lunghi, Simone Menegoi, Olivier Michelon, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi, Cristiano Raimondi, Damien Sausset and Chris Sharp. Construire une Collection Curators : Marie-Claude Beaud, Célia Bernasconi et Cristiano Raimondi Press contact : Elodie Biancheri, presse@nmnm.mc ou PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 2

4 A MUSEUM IS ALSO A COLLECTION! BY MARIE-CLAUDE BEAUD, DIRECTOR OF NMNM Some people will wonder if the works on view in Construire une collection at the Villa Paloma and the Villa Sauber represent all the acquisitions, gifts and loans which, for the past ten years, have made it possible for the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco to exist. Obviously not!the two areas devoted to the National Museum would not suffice. Others will be surprised by the predominance of contemporary works, while the collection has, needless to add, been enriched by works from the past. An exhibition is not an inventory, it is a deliberate and assumed choice of works offered to the visitor s gaze. When I arrived here almost six years ago, I admired all the work done by my predecessor Jean-Michel Bouhours and the NMNM team to display a large part of the collection in the form of temporary shows at the Quai Antoine 1er. Inviting the most generous and relevant artists and thinkers possible to help us to show all the wealth of the collections, but also to lead us to other places, beyond our certainties, thanks to their visions of the world and their works, has always been my firm persuasion, and still is. Thomas Demand was the first artist invited for the Villa Paloma s opening in 2010 with the masterful La Carte d après Nature, which marked the minds of every visitor, and the entire NMNM team. The same power of imagination guided all the other guest artists, forcing us to go further than history, further than objects, further than forms, here, elsewhere, and in different ways. A big thank you to all those artists, writers and thinkers I would be incapable of naming them all! Thank you to all those who have helped us to enable the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco to exist a little more, and a bit better. I cannot sign off without offering my heartfelt thanks to HRH the Princess of Hanover, because I know that her commitment has permitted, and will go on permitting, the Museum to grow, and be a place of sharing and exchange at the service of art and artists. Now let us give the last word to one of them: In our darkness, there is not one place for beauty. The whole place is for beauty - René Char PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 3

5 FORMING OR PERFORMING A COLLECTION: A WALK THROUGH THE WONDERS OF THE NOUVEAU MUSÉE NATIONAL DE MONACO BY CHIARA PARISI, MEMBER OF THE NMNM S SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE CULTURAL PROGRAMME DIRECTOR AT MONNAIE DE PARIS "Collectors are happy people" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) The life of a collector today is rather like that of an Olympic athlete: a sort of triathlon that requires physical and mental preparation, training and perseverance. The limits to overcome are those of distance, an understanding of an unstable and turbulent market, negotiations, and the adrenaline rush of making an investment. Collectors start collecting even before they see the work, or at least as they prepare to see it. With their financial resources, of course, but also with their own sensitivities and taste, and with their expertise. Social class is not everything: it is not today, nor was it ever in the past, as the American philosopher Larry Shiner explains so clearly in his The Invention of Art, an authentic cultural history of the visual arts: "Obviously, the untutored French noble buried in the provinces, the English 'booby squire' who cared for nothing but meat, drink, and the hunt, the Prussian Junker preoccupied with his horses and rank were little more sensitive or knowledgeable in the fine arts than some of the populace." So what is it that inspires a tiny number of people because we are indeed talking of a niche, rather like the "happy few", the readers to whom, underestimating himself, Stendhal dedicated his Charterhouse of Parma? How exactly is a collection created? Right from the sixteenth century, the collector was a gatherer of astonishment and wonders, and the Wunderkammern are still there to prove it. This disorienting urge to accumulate has come all the way down to us, and it makes little difference that patrons have changed, hiding behind the "creative freedom" of the artist: it is of course true that, at least until the eighteenth century, the patron of the arts subjected the artist-craftsman to his own desires, whereas today the artist and buyer tend to be on an equal footing, with the collector buying not just "a self-contained work but also the producer's imagination and creativity expressed as reputation." But the objective remains the same, and still today it has to do with three fundamental aspects: the desire for possession, the ambition to obtain public prestige, and a wish to capture a fragment of eternity. A promise of happiness that can be obtained through the objects that we refer to as "works of art", though they are by no means easy to classify after all, how can a nineteenth-century view of Monaco attributed to the painter J.M.W. Turner be put on a par with the documentation of a performance by Rebecca Horn? It is this dream of resisting the entropy of time and the craving to capture the zeitgeist by means of a collection that allows us to attribute value to works of art. And this leads to the eternal ethical (pseudo)dilemma: is it possible to create art in exchange for money? What price should we put on a work of art? "Where any view of money exists, art cannot be carried on", the painter William Blake is said to have declared. A statement that appears to conflict conceptually with another caustic verdict by the English man of letters Samuel Johnson, almost a contemporary of Blake's: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money." Of course, it is still hard to establish the value of a work, for it is constantly fluctuating, if it is true that the price is given by the often unintelligible sum of the artist's reputation on the one hand and the purchaser's desire and means on the other. And here we inevitably return to the pre-eminence of the collector. Or rather of the collectors: it is hard to categorise them, since most of them claim to be "unique, unclassifiable cases", inspired at times by reason, at others by emotion. It is in this simultaneous state as "possessors" and "possessed" that we find the performative approach of the collector, which is conveyed by the psychological urges and actions we have mentioned. This approach is reflected in the exhibitions on display in the two centres of the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Villa Paloma and Villa Sauber, where we see works of various inspirations and a variety of provenances. And it is right here, in a museum, that the sense of collecting comes into contact with the public and is opened up to the community. It is here that, if it could speak, a collection of works would say it wants to be shown and preserved. Like a contemporary Wunderkammer, the rooms of the buildings show the works arranged by theme and age: nineteenth-century paintings of seascapes alongside photographs of the same subject, but taken decades later; drawings of aquatic vertebrates PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 4

6 (Eugène Frey's works in pencil on paper from the 1930s) and installations with resin sturgeons in glass cases (the latest being Mark Dion's The Sturgeon, 2010); and then there are stylish early-twentieth-century costumes and precious imaginary minerals (as assembled by Hubert Duprat from the 1980s). A modern and contemporary melting pot in a celebration of wonder and unpredictable juxtapositions. Bertrand Lavier's painted Ferrari (308 GTS, ) validates the hegemony of art in the world through the action of an artist who redefines what is around him; Hans Schabus's stamps (Welt, 2013) make reference to an expanding galaxy, a chromatic spectre barely contained by the frame, in which order and disorder are frozen into a moment of almost perfect equilibrium; Daniel Gustav Cramer's Woodland ( ) offers a post-romantic vision of the landscape, creating the ideal of a "fictional" sublime almost a Caspar David Friedrich who has watched every episode of Twin Peaks; in Hans Peter Feldmann's assemblages (Shadow Play) we find a reinterpretation of the cabinet des curiosités, a work that embraces both environmental installation and a love of the flamboyant, played out entirely through special effects of light. This dizzying effect runs right through the Villa Sauber section, with some stunning paintings (from the "A" of Evangelina Alciati to the "W" of William Wyld) and other singular objects (the nose of the sawfish with an inscription in Chinese, which is in a class of its own): a selection that has its leitmotif in references to the marine environment and, in particular, to the territory of the Principality. The thin, ruffled strip of Monegasque landscape has been depicted by anonymous painters and great artists (Turner, as mentioned), who have been fascinated by the encounter between the angular profile of the mountains and the rolling waves of the sea. A gallery of light in which even the blue of Lucio Fontana's gashed canvas recalls the depths of the sea. P Natural landscapes and artifices of the contemporary world, elements from the animal and plant kingdoms, and consumer items: everything combines to create a catalogue of diverse, incomplete visions, as we are reminded by Cerith Wyn Evans, whose work in neon letters composes the phrase "It is a world in which something is missing". But it is in Camille Henrot's encyclopaedic vision, as we see in his Grosse Fatigue video (2013), that we really find the meaning behind the exquisite Nouveau Musée National de Monaco collection, and of collecting in the broadest sense. "Of what are we a collection, and why do we ourselves collect?", wonders the philosopher Federico Nicolao in reference to the French artist's work. And he continues: "What do we accumulate and how long does what we accumulate live? Cross-sections of the world follow on in all of us. This is what happens to our existence when, one window after another, we explore and uncover moments of joy, celebration and colour, but also exhaustion and death." And it is to all those who wish to enjoy this kaleidoscopic vision be they collectors or, more especially, the "happy many" rather than the "happy few" that the Museum devotes these exhibitions. PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 5

7 PROGRAMME FOR THE PUBLIC The NMNM seeks to encourage meetings between the public, artworks and creators. At Villa Paloma and Villa Sauber, La Table des Matières and Le Salon de Lecture offer visitors of all ages a special setting allowing them to extend their visit and quench their curiosity. Alongside the thematic visits (upon reservation) and the children s workshops MASC (during school holidays), the Hors Circuit program offers all year round informal encounters in small groups with artists, architects, historians, curators enabling visitors to see things in new ways and discover new horizons.. GUIDED TOURS Mediators are available every week-end at Vlla Paloma to guide the public in its visit or asnwer questions (French and English). Group visits are possible every day of the week, upon reservation. The NMNM also develops, in close collaboration with specialised associations in Monaco and its region, visits for people with disabilities. A programme adapted to visually impaired public is available on reservation and visits in sign language are also offered. Groups from the AMAPEI have also been welcomed regularly for a few years, and are still today. 10 MINUTES ::: 1 ARTWORK Discover an artwork for free every Tuesday from until 2 pm upon presentation of a ticket handed out by our partners in Monaco. MASC (MUSEUM ART SUMMER CLUB) A children s workshop will be held in July with the artist Stéphane Magnin (no mre reservations available) For more information, the Museum's website along with its facebook page will relay the events organised in the frame of the exhibition. Information and reservation : or public@nmnm.mc PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 6

8 ACKOWLEDGEMENTS CONSTUIRE UNE COLLECTION CURATORS : Marie-Claude Beaud, Célia Bernasconi and Cristiano Raimondi GENERAL COORDINATION : Emmanuelle Capra and the NMNM team WE ARE SINCERELY GRATEFUL TO THE ARTISTS William Anastasi, Robert Barry, Michel Blazy, Christian Boltanski, Pascal Broccolichi, Lourdes Castro, Marc-Camille Chaimowicz, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Alain Declercq, Mark Dion, Hubert Duprat, Erró, Jan Fabre, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Claire Fontaine, Linda Fregni Nagler, Geert Goiris, Jeppe Hein, Camille Henrot, Gary Hill, Rebecca Horn, Anish Kapoor, Bertrand Lavier, Jochen Lempert, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Anne et Patrick Poirier, Hans Schabus, Su-Mei Tse et Cerith Wyn Evans WE DEEPLY THANK THE NMNM S ACQUISITION COMMITTEE Marie-Claude Beaud, Andrea Bellini, Martine Frésia, Carl de Lencquesaing, Pierre Nouvion, Claude Palmero et Pierre Passebon. THE DONORS AND SPONSORS Association des Amis du NMNM, M. et Mme Van Oosterom, Daniela Memmo d Amelio et Patrizia Ruspoli, Christian et Madeleine de Galéa, Jacques Parsi, Pierre Borel, Pierre-Charles Drapier, Comte Capello, Palais Princier, Archives Monte- Carlo S.B.M, Compagnie Monégasque de Banque (CMB) and UBS AG. WE THANK FOR THEIR PRECIOUS ADVICE AND COLLABORATION Air de Paris, Angelos bvba / Jan Fabre, Anish Kapoor studio, Art : Concept, Ann Artschwager, Archives Monte-Carlo S.B.M, Gérard Beaufour, BolteLang, Camille Henrot Studio, Direction des Affaires Culturelles, Cabinet Gallery, Galerie Catherine Issert, Galerie de France, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Galerie Loevenbruck, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Galerie Marian Goodman, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Gary Hill Studio, In Situ Fabienne Leclerc, M. et Mme Massimo Martino, Palais Princier, ProjecteSD, Rebecca Horn Workshop, Stéphane Magnin, Esther Schipper, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Studio Jeppe Hein, Studio Yinka Shonibare MBE, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, White Cube, Mendes Wood DM AND WE SPECIFICALLY THANK JEAN-MICHEL BOUHOURS (CURATOR OF MODERN COLLECTIONS AT MNAM, CENTRE POMPIDOU) AND THE AUTHORS OF THE CATALOGUE Joerg Bader, Sarina Basta, Sofia Eliza Bouratsis, Marie de Brugerolle, Natalia Brizuela, Cathleen Chaffee, Thierry Davila, Christine Eyene, Eva Fabbris, Mark Feary, João Fernandes, Jill Gasparina, Danièle Giraudy, Jacinto Lageira, Enrico Lunghi, Simone Menegoi, Olivier Michelon, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Chiara Parisi, Damien Sausset and Chris Sharp PARTENAIRES Centre de Presse Direction des Affaires Culturelles Direction du Tourisme et des Congrès Le Méridien Beach Plaza Novotel Monte-Carlo MAIN PARTNER UBS AG PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 7

9 II. NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO The NMNM reveals the Principality of Monaco s heritage and sheds light on contemporary creation through temporary exhibitions in its two locations Villa Paloma and Villa Sauber. This approach is part and parcel of an unusual territory whose history has always been marked by the dialogue between artistic, cultural and scientific disciplines as well as the support given to creators, thinkers and researchers. CURRENT EXHIBITIONS VILLA PALOMA Fausto Melotti July 9, 2015 January 17, 2016 In collaboration with Fondazione Fausto Melotti Curators : Eva Fabbris and Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) Project Room : Alessandro Pessoli : Paul Sietsema VILLA SAUBER Construire une Collection March 21 November 1, 2015 With Arman, Robert Barry, Christian Boltanski, Lourdes Castro, César, Mark Dion, Erró, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Claire Fontaine, Jeppe Hein, Linda Fregni Nagler, Camille Henrot, Bertrand Lavier, Anne et Patrick Poirier and Hans Schabus Curators : Marie-Claude Beaud, Célia Bernasconi and Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) PAST EXHIBITIONS VILLA PALOMA Construire une Collection January 22 June 7, 2015 Curators : Marie-Claude Beaud, Célia Bernasconi and Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) With William Anastasi, Richard Artschwager, Michel Blazy, Pascal Broccolichi, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Alain Declercq, Jean Dubuffet, Hubert Duprat, Jan Fabre, Jean-Pascal Flavien, Geert Goiris, Gary Hill, Rebecca Horn, Anish Kapoor, Jochen Lempert, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Su-Mei Tse and Cerith Wyn Evans Gilbert & George Art Exhibition June 14 November 30, 2014 Nouveau Musée National de Monaco presents a major exhibition of the art of Gilbert & George. 46 historical and more recent pictures tracing more than 40 years of creation all coming from a family collection based in Monaco are shown in a presentation designed by the artists on the three floors of Villa Paloma. La Table des Matières : Oeuvre du mois : Guillaume Leblon, Nouvel Ange (au Cigare), 2013, collection NMNM PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 8

10 Richard Artschwager! February 20 May 11, 2014 Exhibition organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York in association with Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Curator: Jennifer Gross, decordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts Scientific coordination of the exhibition in Monaco : Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) La Table des Matières : Oeuvre du mois : John Baldessari, Mountain Climber (Incomplete) / Passers By / Confrontations, 1992, UBS Art Collection Promenades d Amateurs, Regard(s) sur une Collection Particulière October 2013 January 5, 2014 Curators : Marie-Claude Beaud(NMNM) and Loïc Le Groumellec With Chris Burden, Mark Francis, Gérard Gasiorowski, Peter Joseph, Jonathan Lasker, Loïc Le Groumellec, Robert Mangold, Joyce Pensato, Yves Peyré, Raymond Savignac, Niele Toroni, Bernard Villemot et Lawrence Weiner. La Table des Matières : Oeuvre du mois : Photographies de Constantin Brancuis, Collection NMNM ERIK BULATOV, Paintings and drawings, 1966 à 2013 June 28 - September Curators : Marie Claude Beaud et Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) La Table des Matières : Oeuvre du mois : Drawings by Ed Ruscha, UBS Art Collection MONACOPOLIS Architecture, Urbanism and Urbanisation in Monaco, Realisations and Projects January 19 May 12, 2013 Curator : Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (NMNM) La Table des Matières : Oeuvre du mois : Matthias Hoch, Paris #31, 1999 Thomas Schütte. Houses July 7 November 11, 2012 In collaboartion with Castello di Rivoli, curators : Andrea Bellini et Dieter Schwarz La Table des Matières : Oeuvres du Mois : series of drawings by Aldo Rossi Groupe SIGNE April 21 June 17, 2012 L art de la rue au Musée? Curators : Groupe Signe Inauguration of La Table des Matières, a library, a social space and forum conceived for NMNM by Jonathan Olivares curator : François Larini (NMNM) Œuvre du Mois : Sans titre , series of 6 drawings by Simon Jacquard. PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 9

11 LE SILENCE Une fiction February 2 April 3, 2012 Curator: Simone Menegoi, Associate Curator : Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) With Dove Allouche, Vladimir Arkhipov, Arman, Bartolomeo Bimbi, Maurice Blaussyld, Michel Blazy, Karl Blossfeldt, Brassaï, Peter Buggenhout, Carlos Casas, Romeo Castellucci, Lourdes Castro, Tony Cragg, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Geert Goiris, Jochen Lempert, Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre, Adrien Missika, Linda Fregni Nagler, Walter Pichler, Rudolf Polanszky, Pierre Savatier, Erin Shirreff, Michael E. Smith, Daniel Spoerri and Hiroshi Sugimoto 3 exhibitions + 1 Film October 16, 2011 January 8, 2012 La Table des Matières, pilot of the final space, by Jonathan Olivares, Curator : François Larini (NMNM) Du Rocher à Monte Carlo, Premières photographies originales de la Principauté de Monaco, Curator : Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (NMNM) Projection of Letter on the blind, For the use of those who see, 2007 by Javier Téllez (Coll. NMNM) Curator Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) Caroline de Monaco, portraits by Karl Lagerfeld, Helmut Newton, Francesco Vezzoli, Andy Warhol et Robert Wilson Curator : Marie-Claude Beaud (NMNM) OCEANOMANIA, Souvenirs of Mysterious Seas, from the Expedition to the Aquarium April 12, 2011 September 30, 2011 A project by Mark Dion Co-Curators : Sarina Basta et Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) In collaboration with Musée océanographique de Monaco With Matthew Barney, Ashley Bickerton, David Brooks, Bernard Buffet, David Casini, Michel Camia, Peter Coffin, Mark Dion, Marcel Dzama, Katharina Fritsch, Klara Hobza, Isola etnorzi, Pam Longobardi, Jean Painlevé, James Prosek, Man Ray, Alexis Rockman, Allan Sekula, Xaviera Simmons, Laurent Tixador et Abraham Poincheval and Rosemarie Trockel. La Carte d après Nature September 18, 2010 February 22, 2011 A project by Thomas Demand Associate Curator : Cristiano Raimondi (NMNM) With Kudjoe Affutu, Saâdane Afif, Becky Beasley, Martin Boyce, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Chris Garofalo, Luigi Ghirri, Rodney Graham, Henrik Håkansson, Anne Holtrop, August Kotzsch, René Magritte, Robert Mallet- Stevens, Jan et Joël Martel and Ger van Elk PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 10

12 VILLA SAUBER Portraits d Intérieurs Curator : Célia Bernasconi (NMNM) The exhibition, presents interventions by 5 artists in the different spaces of Villa Sauber : Marc-Camille Chaimowicz, Danica Dakic, Brice Dellsperger, Nick Mauss et Laure Prouvost stage replicas of interiors, playing with all the formal codes of decoration : wallpapers, furniture, fabric, carpets, mirrors, ceramic objects... July 10, 2014 February 1, 2015 MONACOPOLIS, Architecture, Urbanism and Decors in Monte-Carlo June 17, 2013 February 23, 2014 Curator : Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (NMNM) MONACOPOLIS, Architecture, Urbanism and Urbanisation in Monaco, Realisations and Projects January 19 June 2, 2013 Commissaire : Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (NMNM) KEES Van Dongen, L atelier June 15 November 25, 2012 Curator : Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (NMNM) Princesse Grace : More than an Image April 3 May 20, 2012 An exhibition by the students of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design for the Pringle of Scotland Archive Project. Associate curator : Marie-Claude Beaud (NMNM) Looking up... on aura tout vu presents the de Galéa Collection June 22, 2011 January 29, 2012 Curators : Béatrice Blanchy (NMNM) et Lydia Kamitsis Looking up... Yinka Shonibare MBE June 8, April 30, 2011 Curator : Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (NMNM) Etonne Moi! Serge Diaghilev et les Ballets Russes July 9 September 27, 2009 Curators : Nathalie Rosticher Giordano (NMNM) et Lydia Iovleva PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 11

13 ORGANISATION CHART NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE ACQUISITION COMMITTEE H.R.H. The Princess of Hanover DIRECTION Director : Marie-Claude Beaud Executive Secretary: Fiorella Del Prato ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT Administrative and Financial Manager : Angélique Malgherini Administrative and Financial Assistant : Danièle Batti TICKETING OFFICERS Florentin Certaldi, Robert Pelazza, Christine Mikalef SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT Curator : Célia Bernasconi Assistant to the curator : Romy Tirel Collection Registrar : Emilie Tolsau Costumes Registrar : Anne-Sophie Loussouarn Graphic arts Restorer : Vincent Farelly Documentation : Jean-Charles Peyranne Research Fellow : Alessandro Malusà Production Manager : Emmanuelle Capra Assistant to the Production Manager : Damien L'Herbon de Lussats Technical Managers : Florent Duchesne and Benjamin Goinard DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Head of Development and International Projects : Cristiano Raimondi Communication and PR Manager : Elodie Biancheri PUBLICS DEPARTMENT Head of Publics : Benjamin Laugier Cultural Coordinator : Coline Matarazzo Interns : Naomi Donskoff and Caroline Mounier Security Officers: Gérard Angibeau, Jonathan Brotons, Henri Cavandoli, Yves Cheymol PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 12

14 MEMBERS OF THE BOARD Valerio Adami, Artist Jean-Luc Biamonti, President, Société des Bains de Mer de Monte Carlo Daniel Boeri, President of the Culture and Heritage Commission, Conseil National de Monaco Jean Castellini, Minister of Finance and Economy Patrice Cellario, Minister of Interior Jean-Charles Curau, Director, Direction of Cultural Affairs Lorenzo Fusi, Independant Curator and Artistic Directors for Fondation Prince Pierre s International Contemporary Art Prize Marie-Pierre Gramaglia, Minister of Public Works, the Environment and Urban Development Pierre Nouvion, Collector MEMBERS OF THE ACQUISITION COMMITTEE Marie-Claude Beaud, Director, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco Andrea Bellini, Director, Centre d'art Contemporain Genève Martine Fresia, Collector Carl de Lencquesaing, Expert in furniture and artworks Pierre Nouvion, Collector Claude Palmero, H.S.H the Prince s Estate Controller Pierre Passebon, Director, Galerie du Passage, Paris ; Expert in furniture and artworks MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Pierre Nouvion, President ; Collector Manuel Borja-Villel, Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid Kynaston McShine, Chief Curator at large, Museum of Modern Art, New York Chiara Parisi, Director of Cultural Programmes, Monnaie de Paris PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 13

15 PARTNERS THE PRINCELY GOVERNMENT True to the artistic patronage tradition intiated by the Princes of Monace and throught the Direction of Cultural Affairs, the Government of Monaco pursues an active cultural policy favoring the blossoming of the arts in the Principalité and contributing to the diffusion of culture to a large public. As conveyor of the influence of the Principality worldwide and major sector of the local policy, culture benfits from about 5% of the States budget, mainly dedicated to support local institutions and artists, develop a cultural programme, elaborate projects relating to the heritage and finance the functioning of adapted cultural equipments. UBS AG UBS's global wealth management business draws on its 150-year heritage to provide a comprehensive range of products and services individually tailored for clients around the world. UBS & Contemporary Art : UBS has a rich history of actively supporting cultural and artistic endeavors across the world, with a focus on promotion, collection and educational activities in the world of contemporary art. Longstanding commitments to the internationally renowned art fairs Art Basel in Basel, Miami Beach and Hong Kong, UBS Art Collection and the Swiss based UBS Art Competence Center offer a comprehensive and varied platform for UBS clients and art enthusiasts to participate in the art scene, and testify to the passion for contemporary art which UBS shares with its clients. ASSOCIATION DES AMIS DU NMNM "Prince Albert II of Monaco has expressed an interest in creating a New Museum, hoping to increase the presence of the Visual Arts in the Principality. Together, we must all, as Monegasque residents, and as friends to the Principality, take on this project so close to our Prince s heart. In order to reinforce support in the Prince s undertaking of this exciting adventure, we have created the Association des Amis du NMNM. Bettina Ragazzoni Cover President LE MERIDIEN BEACH PLAZA Built in 1972, Le Méridien Beach Plaza is the only hotel in Monte Carlo with its own private beach with direct access, offering unobstructed views on Monaco and the Mediterranean Sea. Established in the Monegasque scenery for more than 40 years, the hotel benefits from a certified fame and an high-endquality of service. The renovation initiated in 2008 goes hand in hand with the repositioning of the Le Méridien brand which offers stimulating experiences to his clients by joining forces with the best talents in the fields of art, music and gastronomy. Imagined to extend the travel experience beyond the hotel the Méridien s Unlock Art programme revisits the concept of magnetic keys. Pieces of collections designed by contemporary artists, these objects, caracteristics of hotels, don t only open the room s door, but also offer free access to a local cultural site. At Le Méridien Beach Plaza, the room key also opens the doors to Nouveau Musée National de Monaco in order to discover the destination from an innovative point of view. PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 14

16 PRACTICAL INFORMATION NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO facebook : Nouveau Musée National de Monaco OPENING HOURS Every day : From 11 am to 7pm until September 30 From 10am to 6pm from October 1 ENTRANCE RATES NMNM ticket : 6 Free for everyone under 26 years old, scholar and children groups, Monegasques, members of the Association des Amis du NMNM, members ICOM and CIMAM, job-seekers, disabled people Combined ticket NMNM / Jardin Exotique / Musée Anthropologique de Monaco: 10 Free entrance on Sunday NMNM is a member of BOTOX[S] réseau d art contemporain de la cote d azur NMNM / VILLA SAUBER 19, avenue Princesse Grace BY Lines 5 and 6, stop Grimaldi Forum Villa Sauber Lines 1 and 4, direction Saint Roman, stop Place des Moulins, access through public lift BY CAR Parking Grimaldi Forum or Parking «des Moulins», access through public lift FROM THE STATION Lines 5 and 6, stop Grimaldi Forum Villa Sauber Lines 1 and 4, direction Saint Roman, stop Place des Moulins, access through public lift DATES OF THE EXHIBITION CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION AT VILLA SAUBER March 21 November 1, 2015 FROM VILLA PALOMA TO VILLA SAUBER Bus line 5 For Villa Paloma, stop «Parc Princesse Antoinette», access through public lift For Villa Sauber, stop Grimaldi Forum Villa Sauber PRESS KIT - CONSTRUIRE UNE COLLECTION - NOUVEAU MUSEE NATIONAL DE MONACO 15