The Fondation Carmignac is a Paris-based organization that bestows the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Awards, which are held yearly. It was established in 2000 by Édouard Carmignac. The organization has a publicly accessible art collection on Porquerolles Island in Var, France.
History
Financier Édouard Carmignac established the corporate collection Fondation Carmignac in 2000.[1] The collection is displayed at Carmignac Gestion's headquarters in Paris, as well as at its offices in London, Madrid, Milan, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, and Zurich.
In the 1980s, Carmignac purchased a property in Porquerolles Island with 15 hectares of land. During a construction on the Island hired Architects, GM Architectes Associés encountered struggles building on the protected land, so they created 2,000 m2 (22,000 sq ft) of underground exhibition space.[2][3] The subterranean space was initially planned to open in 2014 but opened in 2018.[4]
In 2018, the opening exhibition at Fondation Carmignac focused on Carmignac's personal collection of over 300 pop and postmodern artworks.[5]
Several commissioned works were created for Porquerolles, including Ugo Rondinone's Four Seasons (2018), a ring of silver heads, and Olaf Breuning's Mother Nature (2018), a large red-haired face.[6]
The Foundation planned to open additional premises on the island of Porquerolles in 2016. The site was intended to be accessible to the public and to host temporary exhibitions and artworks specifically created for the museum and sculpture park. To adapt the existing Provençal country house for this purpose, architect GMAA was hired to redesign it. The foundation also hired landscape architect Louis Benech to design the gardens. The location is situated in the heart of Port-Cros National Park.
