Galerie Nicolas Bourriaud

Nicolas Bourriaud remembers: …my first Bugatti, Il y arrivera, my first Rodin, L'âge d'airain cast by Alexis Rudier, followed by a rare Panthère noire by Pompon, or Barye's exceptional sculpture, Angélique et Roger montés sur l'hippogriffe (bouche ouverte), of which only three exist... And these carefully chosen works have met their collectors through wonderful exchanges, new friendships and unforgettable moments of shared passion… Museums and institutions also play an important role in the gallery's reputation. For example, the Musée Rodin was able to acquire the Buste de jeune femme aux roses dans les cheveux by the eponymous master, which I presented to them, and more recently, the Étude pour le vase, sujet pastoral by Henry Cros, which joined the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs… Finally, for the past ten years, we have been organizing exhibitions on major themes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century sculpture, illustrated by often unique masterpieces, such as Les sculpteurs du Jardin des Plantes; Le Groupe des Douze; Rodin, maître, praticiens et amis... In this way, I also seek to highlight artists who are particularly important to me, such as Antoine-Louis Barye, of course, but also Jules Dalou, for whom there hasn't been an exhibition since the Petit Palais in 2013, and Georges-Lucien Guyot…