France and international

A pioneering perfume house born in 1961 of the meeting of three multidisciplinary artists, Diptyque is a forerunner of an art of living through the senses. From its origins, it has affirmed the power of creativity by multiplying collaborations with artists. In 2025, this commitment took shape with the creation of the Fondation Diptyque, dedicated to art and nature.

France

Since its creation in 1828, Guerlain has cultivated a profound relationship with art. Across the generations, its perfumers have drawn inspiration from the avant-garde of their time and called on renowned painters, sculptors, decorators and photographers. Today, artists continue to bring the House's heritage to life, notably through the contemporary art exhibitions held in partnership with Art Basel Paris. Since 2023, the Prix Art & Environnement Lee Ufan Arles x Guerlain has explored new perspectives between contemporary art, nature and the living world.

France / Saudi Arabia / Japan

Created in 2018 through an intergovernmental agreement between France and Saudi Arabia, AFALULA supports the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) in the economic, tourism and cultural development of AlUla, a region in north-west Saudi Arabia of exceptional natural and cultural heritage.

France

Opened in 2022 in a historic building in the heart of Arles, Lee Ufan Arles was conceived by the artist Lee Ufan with the architect Tadao Ando as "a living place, a place of sharing". Across more than 1,000 m², it presents Lee Ufan's work, temporary exhibitions and a cultural programme in dialogue with his universe. It is the third venue dedicated to the artist's work, after Naoshima (Japan) and Busan (Korea).
Each summer, the venue devotes an exhibition to an internationally renowned artist - Michelangelo Pistoletto in 2025, the photographs of film director Park Chan-wook in 2026 - as well as to the laureate of the Prix Art & Environnement created with Guerlain.

France

The Fondation Louis Roederer was created in 2011 to extend the patronage commitment of the Maison Louis Roederer. A loyal supporter of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Jeu de Paume, the Villa Médicis and the Villa Albertine, it supports the careers of young artists through prizes with the Rencontres d'Arles and the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. In 2024, it launched Thinking Sustainability, an international programme that brings together photography and research around ecological and sustainability issues.

France

Bloomberg Philanthropies works across 700 cities and 150 countries around five key areas: the arts, education, the environment, government innovation and public health. Its Bloomberg Connects app, created in 2019, gives free access to the digital guides of cultural institutions — museums, galleries, historic sites, botanical gardens - in more than 75 cities around the world. In 2024, the app launched in France, bringing together nearly 40 Parisian institutions and sites.

France

Created in 2014 in Le Muy, in the Var, the Venet Foundation is the culmination of more than fifty years of creation by Bernar Venet and twenty-five years of transforming his estate into a "total work of art". Across its grounds, this exceptional place brings together a sculpture park, a chapel by Frank Stella, a Skyspace by James Turrell, works by Donald Judd and Larry Bell, as well as the artist's collection of minimal and conceptual art. Each summer, the Foundation opens to the public exhibitions devoted to major artists - Jean Tinguely, Yves Klein, Arman, Dan Flavin.

France

Created in 2016 in Cognac by the Martell house (Pernod Ricard), the Fondation d'entreprise Martell is both a platform for research and experimentation for designers, artists and researchers, and a venue open to the public. Its programme supports a new generation of creators committed to ecological and social issues, around the living world and transition.

France

At the invitation of the City of Avignon, the Palais des Papes welcomes one of the greatest masters of international contemporary art, Lee Ufan, throughout the summer of 2026. The Gothic monument, a UNESCO World Heritage site, becomes the setting for a masterful encounter between sacred architecture and a body of work of rare spiritual intensity. The exhibition Relatum: Lee Ufan au Palais des Papes marks the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Korea, echoing the Festival d'Avignon.
A major figure held in the world's leading museum collections, Lee Ufan is in the spotlight in 2026, from Venice to Dia Beacon in New York. His ties with France run deep: Arles is home, like Naoshima in Japan and Busan in Korea, to one of the venues dedicated to his work.

France, Madagascar, South Africa and Jamaica

The Rubis Mécénat endowment fund, created by the Rubis group in 2011, runs committed artistic and social projects aimed at fostering contemporary creation, supporting emerging artists and empowering vulnerable young people through art. Since its creation, it has worked to foster contemporary creation by supporting emerging artists through creation grants, in partnership with cultural institutions and events in France, and develops artistic and cultural education projects in some of the Group's countries to contribute lastingly to the training of young people from vulnerable communities (South Africa, Jamaica and Madagascar).

France and international

Created in 2020 on the initiative of Ellipse Projects, a European company specialising in advanced infrastructure in West Africa and South-East Asia, the ellipse art projects endowment fund promotes the mobility of artists and dialogue between cultures. Each year, the Prix ellipse rewards an artist from one of the group's host countries with a residency and an exhibition. In 2024, the fund strengthened its commitment to young creation with +E, a mentoring programme dedicated to women artists, run in partnership with the Biennale de Lyon.

France and international

A cosmopolitan icon for more than 130 years, Orient Express (Accor group) embodies a timeless luxury, reinvented today in the restoration of the train's 17 historic carriages and in a collection of hotels. In parallel, the Fonds de dotation Orient Express, created in 2018, preserves and promotes the heritage attached to the famous train and produces ambitious exhibitions, including two with the Rencontres d'Arles (2021 and 2024) and one at the Villa Médicis for Orient Express's 140th anniversary.

France and international

A non-profit organisation active for more than twenty years, KADIST supports a committed and decentralised contemporary creation, in the conviction that some of the most important artistic voices emerge beyond its American and European anchors. With a collection of more than 2,000 works, it develops exhibitions, residencies and educational programmes in its two venues in Paris and San Francisco, as well as online. Since 2023, it has been rolling out a new cycle of collaborations with major international museums, launched with the Centre Pompidou.

Madagascar

An independent non-profit space dedicated to Malagasy contemporary art, Hakanto Contemporary was co-founded in Antananarivo in 2020 by the artist Joël Andrianomearisoa, who serves as its artistic director, and the entrepreneur and patron Hasnaine Yavarhoussen.

France

Audi France's cultural programme, Audi talents supported from 2007 to 2022 the creative avant-garde and emerging artists across all fields of the visual arts — fine arts, design, music and image, digital arts. A true laboratory of forms, it offered its laureates the financial, artistic and human means to develop an original project over the long term. In fifteen years, the programme supported 47 creators and produced more than 40 cultural events.

France and international

Created in 2009 by the the Brazilian-born collector Sandra Hegedüs, SAM Art Projects is a non-profit organisation that fosters artistic exchange between North and South, East and West. The programme supports both contemporary artists from non-Western countries and French artists wishing to develop a project in a country outside Europe and North America, providing them with financial and human support.

Belgium

Founded in 2014 in Brussels by the collector, curator and philanthropist Nathalie Guiot, the Fondation Thalie supported and championed for ten years a contemporary creation engaged with the major issues of society. Favouring collaborative practices, craftsmanship and the ecological dimension, it made art a driver of research and awareness, until the closure of its Brussels space at the end of 2024. Since 2024, it has continued its activities with an annual production residency and an exhibition space in Arles.

France

Created in 1995, the Collection Société Générale brings together more than 1,200 works of painting, photography and sculpture - one of the most significant collections of contemporary art assembled by a bank in France. Enriched each year by a committee bringing together independent experts, executives and employees of the Group, it is intended to be widely shared: hangings, workshops, loans and off-site exhibitions. It combines established artists and young creation, with a growing interest in the emerging scenes of Europe, Africa and Asia. In 2025, the Collection celebrated its 30th anniversary.

Switzerland and Italy

Espace Muraille and the Palazzo Al Bosco were born of the wish of the collectors and patrons Caroline and Eric Freymond to share their passion for contemporary art. In Geneva, in the heart of the old town, Espace Muraille is a distinctive exhibition venue that hosts cartes blanches given to international artists - Michal Rovner, Eamon Ore-Giron, Andréas Eriksson, Tomás Saraceno. In Tuscany, the Palazzo Al Bosco, an 18-hectare estate whose former winepress has been transformed into an exhibition space, has presented since 2022 a rich artistic programme: solo exhibitions by Olafur Eliasson, Pablo Reinoso and Etel Adnan, conceived in dialogue with the Tuscan landscape.

Switzerland and international

Created in 2017 in Geneva on the initiative of the artist's family, the Fondation Chu Teh-Chun has the mission of preserving and transmitting the work of the master of gestural abstraction. With a substantial archive, it organises international events, forges partnerships with institutions and collectors and supports young creation. In 2024, it produced at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, during the Venice Biennale, the most important retrospective devoted to the artist in recent years, curated by Matthieu Poirier.

France and international

A family philanthropic foundation, the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller reveals, supports and champions the talents who imagine the world of tomorrow across three fields: life sciences, culture and solidarity. The leading patron of the crafts in France for more than twenty years, through the Prix pour l'intelligence de la main®, it is also a long-standing supporter of choral singing, with the Prix Liliane Bettencourt created with the Académie des beaux-arts.

France

Launched in 2019 by the fourth generation of Henri Matisse's family, Maison Matisse celebrates and shares the artist's values through design objects. For the 150th anniversary of his birth, the brand unveiled a limited-edition collection of vases by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Jaime Hayon and Alessandro Mendini, made with the finest craftspeople, followed by a permanent collection inspired by the painter's works.

France

In the conviction that art can change everyday life, Emerige is a patron committed to contemporary creation and to bringing culture closer to all audiences, especially the youngest. Its endowment fund encourages young artists of the French scene with the Bourse Révélations Emerige and supports artistic education programmes. Emerige also contributes to the rise of art in the city, through the commissioning and acquisition of works under the "1 immeuble, 1 œuvre" (one building, one artwork) charter.

France

Created in 2008 as part of the patronage policy of the MAIF mutual insurer, the Prix MAIF pour la sculpture supports artists in producing a bold work. Initially dedicated to creating a first sculpture in bronze, the Prize was entirely rethought in 2019 towards a more contemporary positioning, geared to innovative technologies - artificial intelligence, modelling, 3D printing, robotics.

France

Created in 2000 and recognised as a public-interest foundation in 2005, the Fondation François Schneider pursues a dual commitment to education and culture. Set on the banks of the Rhine, it supports contemporary artists around the theme of water, through an international competition, a collection, exhibitions in its art centre and its sculpture garden, and a residency programme. Interculturality is at the heart of its programme.

France

A masterpiece in reinforced concrete designed by Auguste Perret in the 1930s, the Palais d'Iéna has housed the Conseil économique, social et environnemental (CESE) since 1959. Each year, at the time of FIAC and then Art Basel Paris, it invites a curator or an artist to design an exhibition in dialogue with the modern classicism of its monumental spaces.