French gallerist Kamel Mennour has introduced a donation of 180 artworks to the Musée d’Art Moderne (MAM) in Paris.
The donation from the gallerist and his namesake gallery contains works from greater than 45 artists who “replicate the richness and variety of the gallery’s historical past since its creation in 1999, in addition to the standard of its distinctive imaginative and prescient,” in response to a press release.
The high-profile artist checklist contains Alicja Kwade, Zineb Sedira, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Buren, Ugo Rondinone, Lee Ufan, Douglas Gordon, Camille Henrot, Huang Yong Ping, Tadashi Kawamata, and Philippe Parreno. The assertion added that the gathering “will formally be part of the MAM’s everlasting collections as soon as the acquisition and validation processes have been accomplished by Paris Musées, in addition to the French authorities.
After these processes have been accomplished, the donation can be exhibited on the highest ground of the French establishment within the ARC rooms in 2027, accompanied by an “in depth” catalogue.
Chatting with the Artwork Newspaper, Mennour mentioned the breadth of his reward was impressed by New York-based German supplier Michael Werner, who donated 127 work and sculptures to the identical French establishment in 2012.
“I’m 59, and I believed: ‘What’s going to I do with all this inventory we’ve bought from the artists we liked,’” he mentioned, including that “it will make sense to offer one thing again to the museum, which has provided me and my metropolis such nice joys.”
The establishment reportedly provided a 1,700 sq. meter (18,300 sq. toes) house for an exhibition concerning the donation in two years. The donation checklist, which incorporates works from each the gallery’s holdings and Mennour’s private assortment, shouldn’t be but full and could also be topic to modifications earlier than being submitted to the official commissions on the French authorities.
