Founded in 1988 by Jean-Gabriel Mitterrand and now presided over by Edward Mitterrand, Mitterrand gallery operates from two Paris locations: at 95 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, in a 1932 building whose spaces were redesigned in October 2024 by Belgian architect Bernard Dubois, and at 79 rue du Temple, in a 17th-century hôtel particulier in the Marais district.
Initially dedicated to contemporary sculpture, the gallery gradually expanded its program to include works by historical artists active from the 1950s onward.
Since its creation, Mitterrand gallery has championed the work of French artists and those based in France such as Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Agustín Cárdenas, and Marta Pan, as well as international artists including Edi Hila, Allan McCollum, Tony Oursler, and Peter Kogler. It also works closely with the estates of Dennis Oppenheim, Francisco Sobrino, and Keith Sonnier to offer new perspectives on their legacies.
The gallery has always been committed to promoting works that are essential to our understanding of contemporary art. In recent years, it has incorporated into its program younger artists from diverse backgrounds and geographies, such as Wallen Mapondera, Katja Schenker, and Raphaël Zarka, reflecting the diversity and rich complexity of 21st-century creative processes. These new collaborations have fostered a dynamic intergenerational dialogue, highlighting the many paradoxes of a world that is both interconnected and fractured.
