1976-2026. Regards croisés

To mark its fiftieth anniversary, the Bibliothèque Germaine-Tillion offers its visitors an exhibition designed with the Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris collections, featuring four dialogues between works from 1976 and works by young artists.

The Trocadéro library, named Germaine Tillion in 2010, opened its doors in 1976 in the immediate vicinity of Place du Trocadéro. To mark its fiftieth anniversary, it has partnered with the Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris collections, to offer an exhibition to its visitors.

This echoes the initiative of Jean Nouvel who, as the library's decorator in 1976, chose eight "Pompiers" paintings and two statues from the reserves of the Petit-Palais and the Fonds municipal d'art contemporain (which became Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris collections in 2019) which were exhibited until the end of the 1980s.

To celebrate this anniversary, the Fonds d'art contemporain presents a selection of works acquired in the 1970s, juxtaposed with works by young artists. They will thus form four duos dialoguing around their aesthetics, their subject, their colours or their technique.

As part of the fiftieth anniversary of the Germaine Tillion/Trocadéro library and in partnership with the Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris collections. ; Credits: Bibliothèque Germaine Tillion ; Credits: Fonds d'art contemporain - Paris collections