Mission statement

A production catalyst 

Lafayette Anticipations oversees initiatives for the support of contemporary creation led by two general interest organisms, the Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette and the Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin, established by the Galeries Lafayette Group and its stakeholder family. 

Lafayette Anticipations is a general interest foundation structured around its production activities and support provided to contemporary creation. The Fondation acts as a catalyser, providing artists unique, made-to-measure conditions in which to produce, experiment and exhibit. 

Since its opening on March 10, 2018, the Fondation has been the first multidisciplinary centre of its kind in France. In its 19th century building situated in the heart of the Marais and renovated by OMA, Rem Koolhaas’s architecture firm, the public discovers a curatorial machine in which new pieces produced by international creators – stemming from the fields of contemporary art, design and fashion – are presented.

Throughout the building’s renovation from 2013 to 2017, Lafayette Anticipations explored the Fondation’s evolving identity during artist-in-residence programmes, workshops, partnerships and direct support for the production of pieces.

This pre-launch programme was marked by numerous events organised by Lafayette Anticipations, namely Les Prolégomènes, Venir Voir Venir, Joining Forces with the Unknown and Composer les mesures de son espaces, as well as by projects led with partner institutions, including the Centre Pompidou, the Archives nationales, the Kunsthalle Basel, MoMA PS1, Performa and the New Museum.

Lafayette Anticipations also supports contemporary creation through the Fonds de dotation Famille Moulin. Established in 2013, this endowment fund implements initiatives to support general interest artistic projects, while pursuing a policy of acquisition and enhancement of its art collection.

When Théophile Bader founded the Galeries Lafayette at the end of the 19th Century, art, architecture, fashion and design were at the heart both of his vision and his model.

Five generations later, we are convinced, as Théophile Bader once was, that the pulse of society is taken at the wrist of its artists. To extend this unique vision, we decided in 2012 to embed our actions in support of creation within the larger framework of a general interest mission. 

The project for our Foundation was born from this commitment. Paris is replete with prestigious collections, yet no place is absolutely dedicated to the work of artists or to the production of their pieces. There was thus an opportunity – a necessity even – to establish, in the heart of the city, a toolbox giving creators the opportunity of multiplying their capacities and actions, prompting the emergence of new forms and ideas, then sharing them with the greatest number. We created this space with Rem Koolhaas and his firm, OMA.

Inaugurated in March 2018, Lafayette Anticipations is a multidisciplinary artistic production center, located in a building originally constructed for the Bazar de l’Hôtel de Ville, in the Marais. The renovation of the building was centered on the construction of a production workshop, an exhibition tower and an open passageway. We conceived our Foundation for our fascinating quest for the new, toward the unknown.

Whether you come alone, or with your family, for ten minutes, one hour, or for an entire day, our Foundation is made to capture the spirit of our time. My hope is that the Foundation will be, for all our visitors, a place to dream, debate, and experience wonder.

Guillaume Houzé
President, Lafayette Anticipations – Fondation d'entreprise Galeries Lafayette

Founders 

Ginette Moulin, Honorary President

Philippe Houzé
Executive Chairman of the Galeries Lafayette Group Executive Board

Guillaume Houzé, President
Image and Communications Director of the Galeries Lafayette and BHV MARAIS

Eric Costa, Secretary general
Corporate Real Estate Director, Galeries Lafayette Group and Chief Executive Office of Citynove Asset Management

Ugo Supino, Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, Galeries Lafayette Group

Nicolas Houzé
Chief Executive Officer of the Galeries Lafayette Group

Arthur Lemoine
General manager of Louis Pion-Royal Quartz

Advisors

Chris Dercon
President, Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, Paris

Sarah Andelman
President, Just an Idea

Martin Hatebur
President, Kunsthalle Basel

Laurent Le Bon
President, Picasso Museum, Paris

Guillaume Houzé
President

Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel
Director

Simon Gérard 
Assistant curator

Coordination Centre

Mahaut Vittu de Kerraoul
Administrator

Aurélie Nahas
Administrative manager

Célia Lebreton
Administrative secretary

Judith Peluso
Head Technical and Building Supervisor

Production Centre

Dirk Meylaerts
Director of Production

Alexandre Rondeau
Head of Exhibition and Event Management 

Nataša Venturi
Head of Production coordination

Raphaël Raynaud
Head of the Workshop

Lisa Audureau
Head of collection and artworks manager

Knowledge Centre

Matthieu Bonicel
Head of Publishing and Information Technology

Manon Soumann
Publishing Manager - Documentalist

Aurélie Garzuel
Head of Communications

Chloé Magdelaine
Digital Communication Manager

Elsa Coustou
Curator and Coordinator of Public Programme

Émilie Vincent
Head of the cultural outreach and welcome desk

Oksana Delaroff
Coordinator of cultural outreach and special projects

Sara Vieira Vasques
Welcome desk and Ticketing officer

Margot Bollin
Mediation, welcome desk and Ticketing agent

Ulysse Demonio
Public programme and cultural outreach assistant - Intern
 

Associate Curators

Etienne Blanchot
Associate curator

Amélie Coster
Associate curator

Madeleine Planeix-Crocker
Associate curator

Mediation team

Alexandre Brault, Chloé Barthod, Maxime Decourd, Emile Foucault, Bénédicte Gattère, Eloïse Glet, Christine Khuu, Loïc Laugier, Raphaël Maman, Arthur Menard-Salis, Thounès Merzoug

Under the direction of Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel

Pauline Vincent
Head of operations

Charlène Fontana
Deputy head of the store

Romane Reibaut
Intern - Assistant of Deputy head of the store

Jonathan Massiala
Sales assistant

Vincent Palmier
Sales assistant