Foundation Cartier holds its first exhibition in China

One of the first European institutions to promote and work with Chinese contemporary artists, Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris, France, is having its first large-scale exhibition in China.

Titled A Beautiful Elsewhere, the exhibition showcases more than 100 important creations that have resulted from the foundation's longtime relationship with artists from China and other countries. The event opened at the Power Station of Art, a public museum dedicated to contemporary art in Shanghai, on Apr 25. It will go on till July 29.

As artists have always been at the core of its activities since the Foundation Cartier was founded in 1984, this debut exhibition in China aims to present the unique beauty of each artist's creation to audiences in China, says Herve Chandes, general director of the institution.

Located in a glass building in Paris designed by Jean Nouvel, the Foundation Cartier invites artists to create two to three site-specific exhibitions every year and these artworks are subsequently collected by the institution.

Chandes added that the Foundation Cartier has always operated independently from its parent luxury jewelry brand and remained faithful to the people with whom it collaborates, pointing out that artists are never involved in any of the brand's commercial initiatives.