RENNES.- This summer, the Pinault Collection has been invited by Nathalie Appéré, mayor of Rennes, to present a selection of works in the Couvent des Jacobins, city’s new convention center, and an installation at the musée des Beaux-Arts. Within these two institutions, the Pinault Collection presents the exhibition “Debout !” (“Stand up!”). 

François Pinault commissioned Caroline Bourgeois, curator for the Pinault Collection, to curate the show. It brings together works by internationally renowned artists, including Maurizio Cattelan, Marlene Dumas, Bertrand Lavier, and Thomas Schütte, as well as emerging artists such as the French painter Vincent Gicquel or the Brazilian painter Lucas Arruda, who is currently participating in the Pinault Collection artist-residency program in Lens. 

The exhibition, presented by the city of Rennes in collaboration with the Pinault Collection, benefits from the support of the Région Bretagne and of Rennes Métropole. 

List of artists 
Adel Abdessemed, Lucas Arruda, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Maurizio Cattelan, Jake and Dinos Chapman, François Curlet, Marlene Dumas, Vincent Gicquel, Duane Hanson, Thomas Houseago, Pierre Huyghe, Bertrand Lavier, Jean‑Luc Moulène, Paulo Nazareth, Charles Ray, Thomas Schütte, Henri Taylor, Tatiana Trouvé, Dario Villalba, Danh Vo. These works span various media: sculpture, video, and painting. Several generations of artists are represented, some famous and others lesser known. 

Two new works 
Two new works were created for this exhibition: at the Couvent des Jacobins, Vincent Gicquel’s latest series of paintings; and at the musée des Beaux-Arts of Rennes, Tatiana Trouvé’s site-specific installation. 

Vincent Gicquel, Pédoncule, 2017. Huile sur toile 190 × 140 cm. © Vincent Gicquel. Photo : DR Pinault Collection

THE PINAULT COLLECTION 
François Pinault has channeled his passion for contemporary art into assembling one of the most important collections in the world today: it now includes more than three thousand works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His approach is fed by his commitment to sharing his passion for art with as broad an audience as possible, and to accompanying artists as they explore new territories. 

Since 2006, François Pinault has oriented his cultural project along three axis: presenting exhibitions in Venice, presenting exhibitions in other institutions and supporting and encouraging up-and-coming artists and art historians. 

The Pinault Collection’s museums are housed in two exceptional buildings in Venice: Palazzo Grassi, inaugurated in 2006, and Punta della Dogana, opened in 2009. These sites were renovated and rehabilitated for their new purpose by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando, a Pritzker Prize laureate. Works in the Pinault Collection are displayed in exhibitions that often involve the artists directly through specific commissions to create new in situ works. The Teatrino, also designed by Tadao Ando and opened in 2013, welcomes a rich cultural and educational programme, organised in collaboration with institutions and universities in Venice and abroad. 

In 2019, the new museum of the Pinault Collection will open in Paris, inside the Bourse de Commerce, which will be renovated by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates together with the agency NeM / Niney & Marca Architectes, the agency Pierre‑Antoine Gatier and SETEC Bâtiment. 

Works from the Pinault Collection are also regularly presented in exhibitions across the world, including in Paris, Moscow, Lille, Essen and Stockholm. Solicited by public and private institutions, the Pinault Collection loans many of its works to international exhibitions. 

In partnership with the Hauts-de-France region and the city of Lille, François Pinault also founded a residency programme in the former mining town. Housed in a former rectory, adapted to its new purpose by the architects of the firm NeM/ Niney & Marca Architectes, it was inaugurated in December 2015. The selection of artists-inresidency is made jointly by the Pinault Collection, the DRAC and FRAC Grand Large, Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains and the Louvre-Lens. After welcoming the American duo Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson (2016), the Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt (2017), the Brazilian artist Lucas Arruda is currently in residency in Lens. He will be succeeded by the French- Moroccan artist Hicham Berrada in summer 2018. 

François Pinault founded the Pierre Daix Prize, in homage to his friend who passed away in 2014, the art historian Pierre Daix. It is awarded each year to an exceptional study of modern or contemporary art. In 2017, the prize was given to Elisabeth Lebovici for her essay Ce que le sida m’a fait, published by JRP|Ringier editions.

Bertrand Lavier, Dino, 1993  © Bertrand Lavier / ADAGP, Paris / Photo : Rebecca Fanuele.

Charles Ray, Boy with Frog, 2009. © Charles Ray. Photo : DR Pinault Collection.