# Palais de Tokyo

The Palais de Tokyo (Tokyo Palace) is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to the City of Paris, and hosts the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (Paris' Museum of Modern Art). The western wing belongs to the French state and since 2002, has hosted the Palais de Tokyo / Site de création contemporaine, the largest museum in France dedicated to temporary exhibitions of contemporary art.
The building is separated from the River Seine by the Avenue de New-York, which was formerly named Quai Debilly and later Avenue de Tokio (from 1918 to 1945). The name Palais de Tokyo derives from the name of this street. The Iéna station on Line 9 of the Paris Metro is located very close to the museum.

## History

The monument was inaugurated by President Lebrun on 24 May 1937, at the time of the International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life (1937). The original name of the building was Palais des Musées d'art moderne ("Palace of the Museums of modern art"). The building has since then hosted a number of establishments, projects, and creative spaces. Among them; le musée d'art et d'essai (1977–1986), the FEMIS, the Centre national de la photographie, and in 1986, the Palais du cinéma. The current contemporary art center opened to the public in March 2002, under the new name Site de création contemporaine ("Site for contemporary creation"), specializing in the emerging French and international art scene. It was overhauled and expanded in 2012, by the architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, who subsequently won the Pritzker Prize. With no permanent collection, it is "reputed to be the biggest non-collecting contemporary art museum in Europe", and produces all of its exhibitions.

## Directors

In March 2002, Nicolas Bourriaud and Jérôme Sans launched the Site de création contemporaine in the west wing of Palais de Tokyo. It soon became simply known as Palais de Tokyo, quickly making its mark as a trendsetter in the art world.
The Palais de Tokyo has since been led by the following:
* 2006–2012: Marc-Olivier Wahler
* 2012–2018: Jean de Loisy
* 2021–2022: Emma Lavigne
* 2022–present: Guillaume Désanges

## Le Pavillon

The Pavillon ran from 2001 to 2017, and facilitated over 130 international artists. Intended as a studio and laboratory space for resident artists and curators invited to the project, the Pavillon was an experimental program, designed to demonstrate the resident artists' youthful creativity. Since the opening of the building, the director of the programme was artist and filmmaker, Ange Leccia. The residency programme was sponsored by Banque Neuflize OBC, The Ministry of Culture and Communication, and the Cité internationale des arts.

### Notable Pavillon residents

* Emma Dusong (Knight of the Order of the Arts and the Letters, 2020)
* Mati Diop (Grand Prix Cannes Festival, 2019)
* Angela Detanico and Rafaël Lain (Brazilian Pavilion, Venice Art Biennale, 2007)
* Laurent Grasso (Marcel Duchamp Prize 2007)
* Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Palme d’or Cannes Festival, 2010)
* Isabelle Cornaro (the Ricard Foundation Prize, 2010)
* Benoît Maire (the Ricard Foundation Prize, 2010)
* Koki Tanaka (Special Mention of the Japan pavilion, Venice Art Biennale, 2013)
* Oliver Beer (Daiwa Foundation Prize, 2015)

### All Pavillon residents

All Pavillon residents, by year :
| Year residency started | Artist | Nationality |
| 2001 | Charlotte Beaurepaire | France |
| 2001 | Kim Sop Boninsegni | Switzerland/France |
| 2001 | Gérald | France |
| 2001 | Emily Joyce | United States |
| 2001 | Alexandre Pollazzon | France |
| 2001 | Julia Rometti | France |
| 2001 | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Thailand |
| 2002 | Quentin Armand | France |
| 2002 | Angela Detanico | Brazil |
| 2002 | Andreas Fogarasi | Austria |
| 2002 | Rafael Lain | Brazil |
| 2002 | Adriana Lara Dominguez | Mexico |
| 2002 | Lucas Mancione | France |
| 2002 | Nicolas Milhe | France |
| 2002 | Émilie Renard | France |
| 2002 | Jiri Skala | Csechia |
| 2002 | Johann Van Aerden | France |
| 2002 | Gabriela Vanga | Romania |
| 2003 | Ziad Antar | Lebanon |
| 2003 | Louidgi Beltrame | France |
| 2003 | Davide Bertocchi | Italy |
| 2003 | Sophie Dubosc | France |
| 2003 | Johannes Fricke Waldthausen | Netherlands |
| 2003 | Shiho Fukuhara | Japan |
| 2003 | Agnieszka Kurant | Poland |
| 2003 | Gerald Petit | France |
| 2004 | Marcelline Delbecq | France |
| 2004 | Alice Guareschi | Italy |
| 2004 | André Guedes | Portugal |
| 2004 | Corentin Hamel | France |
| 2004 | Nicolas Juillard | France |
| 2004 | Anne-Laure Maison | France |
| 2004 | Benjamin Martin | USA/France |
| 2005 | Liliana Basarab | Romania |
| 2005 | Isabelle Cornaro | France |
| 2005 | Adriana Garcia Galan | Columbia |
| 2005 | Benoît Maire | France |
| 2005 | Mihnea Mircan | Romania |
| 2005 | Wagner Morales | Brazil |
| 2005 | Émilie Pitoiset | France |
| 2005 | Koki Tanaka | Japan |
| 2005 | Adam Vackar | Czechia |
| 2006 | Alex Cecchetti | Italy |
| 2006 | Duvier Del Dago Fernandez | Cuba |
| 2006 | Mati Diop | France |
| 2006 | Manu Laskar | France |
| 2006 | Jaime Lutzo | United States |
| 2006 | Cova Macías | Spain |
| 2006 | Denis Savary | Switzerland |
| 2006 | Jean-Luc Vincent | France |
| 2007 | Meris Angioletti | Italy |
| 2007 | Jose Arnaud Bello | Mexico |
| 2007 | Gaëlle Boucand | France |
| 2007 | Niklas Goldbach | Germany |
| 2007 | K.G. Guttman | Canada |
| 2007 | Romain Kronenberg | France |
| 2007 | Charlotte Moth | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Jorge Satorre Domenech | Mexico |
| 2007 | Andreas Siqueland | Norway |
| 2007 | Stéphane Vigny | France |
| 2008 | Pedro Barateiro | Portugal |
| 2008 | Emma Dusong | France |
| 2008 | Isa Griese | Germany |
| 2008 | Louise Hervé | France |
| 2008 | Chloé Maillet | France |
| 2008 | Matteo Rubbi | Italy |
| 2008 | Axel Straschnoy | Argentina |
| 2008 | Iris Touliatou GR | Greece |
| 2008 | Gilles Toutevoix | France |
| 2009 | Andrea Acosta | Columbia |
| 2009 | Patrick Bock | France/USA |
| 2009 | Haizea Barcenilla Garcia | Spain |
| 2009 | Davide Cascio | Switzerland |
| 2009 | Anthony Lanzenberg | France |
| 2009 | Florence Ostende | France |
| 2009 | Jorge Pedro Núñez | Venezuela |
| 2009 | Samir Ramdani | France |
| 2009 | Ramiro Guerreiro | Portugal |
| 2010 | Jérome Allavena | France |
| 2010 | Einat Amir | Israel |
| 2010 | Elisabeth S. Clark | United Kingdom/USA |
| 2010 | Gintaras Didziarapetris | Lithuania |
| 2010 | Alexandra Ferreira | Portugal |
| 2010 | Morten Norbye Halvorsen | Norway |
| 2010 | Estelle Nabeyrat | France/Germany |
| 2010 | Fabrice Pichat | France |
| 2010 | Charlotte Seidel | France |
| 2010 | Betina Wind | Germany |
| 2011 | Laëtitia Badut Haussmann | France |
| 2011 | Oliver Beer | United Kingdom |
| 2011 | Fouad Bouchoucha | France |
| 2011 | Eglé Budvytytè | Lithuania |
| 2011 | Onejoon Che | South Korea |
| 2011 | Anthea Hamilton | United Kingdom |
| 2011 | Egija Inzule | Latvia |
| 2011 | Hélène Meisel | France |
| 2011 | Noé Soulier | France |
| 2011 | Oriol Vilanova | Spain |
| 2012 | Carlotta Bailly-Borg | France |
| 2012 | Feiko Beckers | Netherlands |
| 2012 | Julie Béna | France |
| 2012 | Daiga Grantina | Latvia |
| 2012 | Francesco Fonassi | Italy |
| 2012 | Peter Miller | United States |
| 2012 | Julien Perez | France |
| 2012 | Agnieszka Ryszkiewicz | Poland |
| 2012 | Gonçalo Sena | Portugal |
| 2012 | Theo Turpin | United Kingdom |
| 2012 | Lucas Biberson | France |
| 2013 | Sophie Bonnet-Pourpet | France |
| 2013 | Rebecca Digne | France |
| 2013 | Guillaume Henry | France |
| 2013 | Chai Siris | Thailand |
| 2013 | Mikhail Lylov | Russia |
| 2013 | Sébastien Martinez Barat | France |
| 2013 | Karin Schlageter | France |
| 2013 | Clémence Seilles | France |
| 2013 | Antonio Vega Macotela | Mexico |
| 2013 | Yonatan Vinitsky | Israel/Poland |
| 2014 | Aung-Ko | Myanmar |
| 2014 | Basma Alsharif | Kuwait/Palestine/France/USA |
| 2014 | Charbel-Joseph H. Boutros | Lebanon |
| 2014 | Jonathan Martin | France |
| 2014 | Keiichiro Shibuya | Japan |
| 2014 | Shelly Nadashi | Israel |
| 2015 | Ayoung Kim | South Korea |
| 2015 | Jean-Alain Corre | France |
| 2015 | Alexis Guillier | France |
| 2015 | Hoël Duret | France |
| 2015 | Lou Lim | Philippines |
| 2015 | Ollie Palmer | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | Manolis Daskalakis-Lemos | Greece |
| 2016 | Lola Gonzàlez | France |
| 2016 | Taloi Havini | Papua New Guinea |
| 2016 | Yu Ji | China |
| 2016 | Thomas Teurlai | France |
| 2016 | Wataru Tominaga | Japan |

## Palais /

The Museum also publishes the magazine Palais /, which annually releases three editions (Spring, Fall, and Summer) and was created in 2006 by Marc-Olivier Wahler. The Magazine features articles centering around a central artistic theme selected for each edition. The subjects are conceptual, and are explored using photography, various artistic media, essays, and often experimental media. The theme generally coincides with the exhibition concurrently featured at the museum.
In addition to Palais /, Palais de Tokyo also published five volumes of a contemporary art encyclopedia, From Yodeling to Quantum Physics between 2007 and 2011.