JEU DE PAUME. photography video contemporary art cinema online creation PRESS RELEASE

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1 JEU DE PAUME PRESS RELEASE photography video contemporary art cinema online creation 20. View on the Eiffel tower and jardin des Tuileries from the Jeu de Paume 1, PLACE DE LA CONCORDE PARIS 8 E M CONCORDE /

2 THE JEU DE PAUME A historic venue dedicated to the image located in the heart of the Tuileries Gardens The Jeu de Paume is an iconic cultural institution located in the Tuileries Gardens. It has gained an international reputation as an art centre that exhibits and promotes all forms of mechanical and electronic imagery (photography, cinema, video, installation, online creation, etc.) from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It produces and coproduces exhibitions but also organises film programs, symposiums and seminars, as well as educational activities. The Jeu de Paume also publishes a number of art publications each year. With its highprofile exhibitions of established, little-known and emerging artists (especially via the Satellite program), this venue ties together different narrative strands, mixing the historic and the contemporary. Well-known artists (Richard Avedon, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, Philippe Halsman, etc.) as well as emerging figures (Omer Fast, Oscar Muñoz, Helena Almeida, Ali Cherri, etc.) can all be seen in this space that attracts an increasingly large and varied audience each year. Since 2007, the Jeu de Paume has been working to develop its Internet presence and has been experimenting by developing a dedicated virtual space with a program of special web-based projects and thematic shows entrusted to curators specialising in the digital arts. Film cycles are devised to accompany many of the exhibitions, or simply to pay tribute to major figures of the independent film-making scene in France and abroad. Specialising in documentary, experimental, art-house film and autobiography, with an emphasis on previously unshown work, this program helps to create bridges between film-makers and artists. All activities at the Jeu de Paume are driven by an overriding desire to draw parallels and engage a dialogue between the various strands of visual culture and images, leading to a re-evaluation and reinvention of meaning in all fields of thought. Talks, seminars and symposia explore the questions and themes raised by the exhibitions, helping to open up new spaces for critical interaction. The Jeu de Paume s modular space and versatile educational program helps it respond to the different expectations arising from its activities, and confirms its ambition to provide all of its users with an active hub and resource centre for education in photographic imagery and the history of representation and the visual arts. Tours and courses, initiatives for students and teachers, and activities for families and young visitors, are the main components of its educational programme. The emphasis here is on participation rather than contemplation, exchange rather than the colonisation of knowledge, and sharing rather than the monopolisation of ideas. Le magazine, created on the Internet in 2010, uses a range of resources (video, photo gallery, audio and text files), available in both French and English, to extend the debate around the use of images in today s digital age. Le magazine is a unique platform for artistic content, in-depth articles, virtual tours and portfolios. It is a web-based forum for dialogue between historians, philosophers, artists, curators, film-makers, poets and the interested public. The history of the Jeu de Paume Built under Napoleon III in the spectacular Tuileries Gardens to house an indoor sports court, the Jeu de Paume has hosted exhibitions since the early 20th century, and contemporary art was first displayed here in Works of art confiscated from Jewish families were stored and sorted in it during the German Occupation, when it became the nexus of activities that would have remained unknown had it not been for the determination of the assistant curator Rose Valland. After WWII, it housed the famous Impressionist Museum until 1986, before being completely renovated by the architect Antoine Stinco, and becoming a contemporary arts centre in It has been a major venue for photography and the image since Françoise Bonnefoy, Spirit of place, 64 pages, 17.5 x 12 cm. Retail price Available in both French and English.

3 CAFÉ - HANA BENTO JAPANESE CUISINE The Jeu de Paume has opened a new Japanese restaurant in its café space, called Hana Bento. The restaurant offers a healthy lunchtime menu of traditional Japanese dishes ranging in price from 11 to 14. The afternoon tea menu allows visitors to taste a selection of authentic Japanese sweets, accompanied by a choice of teas imported from Kyoto. In summer, Hana Bento opens its terrace overlooking the large octagonal basin of the Tuileries Gardens. This suntrap is the ideal location to enjoy a drink or an Asahi and to sample some of the restaurant s organic produce. Enjoy one of the capital s most beautiful gardens the Tuileries while watching the video art on display in the Boîte à Images. Open daily except Mondays. Tuesday from 11am to 9pm (late-night opening), Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm My Daily Bento Habit: (0) Bento, Onigiri, Donburi and Udon 3 to 14 NB: the restaurant is accessible without paying the admission fee to the Jeu de Paume museum space Hana Bento at the Petit Café Hana Bento A NEW SPACE FOR THE BOOKSHOP A TOP-OF-THE-RANGE BOOKSHOP The Jeu de Paume bookshop is undergoing a facelift! This summer, visitors can browse the impressive selection of books on offer in a larger, renovated space that opens onto the hall. Since its inauguration, the Jeu de Paume has boasted a bookshop that allows visitors to discover works that extend and explore its exhibition program, with books available on the artists presented, as well as publications exploring the transversality of visual culture and the image. The bookshop boasts around five thousand international titles specialising in the visual arts, contemporary photography and film, and new technologies. It also houses a large selection of reviews and journals on topics such as aesthetics, art theory and art history. Throughout the year, the bookshop organizes a variety of book signings and discussions with artists and authors, in line with its exhibition program and new publications. The bookshop also has a gift shop section, selling items relating to the exhibitions, as well as a series of art objects, sold exclusively at the Jeu de Paume. The Jeu de Paume Bookshop Open daily except Mondays. Tuesday from 11am to 9pm (late-night opening), Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 7pm Contact: +33 (0) / librairie@jeudepaume.org NB: All titles can be purchased on the bookshop s Internet site

4 PRESS VISUALS Copyright-free visuals can be downloaded from the website User name: presskit Password: photos 1. View of the Jeu de Paume, Paris Jeu de Paume, photo Adrien Chevrot 2. The Jeu de Paume and the Place de la Concorde, Paris. 3. View of the Jeu de Paume, Paris. Jeu de Paume, photo Adrien Chevrot, photo Adrien Chevrot 5. View of the Jeu de Paume. 4. The Boîte à Images, the terrace of the Petit Café in summer, overlooking the Tuileries Gardens

5 6. Interior view of the Jeu de Paume and the Eiffel Tower, Paris 7. Exhibition opening at the Jeu de Paume 8. Hana Bento, Restaurant terrace of the Jeu de Paume 9. Hana Bento Japanese Cuisine

6 Interior view of the Jeu de Paume, Paris 11 & 13. Interior view of the Jeu de Paume, Paris 12. Interior view of the Jeu de Paume, Paris 14. View of the Jeu de Paume in the Tuileries Jeu de Paume, photo Adrien Chevrot

7 15. Bookshop of the Jeu de Paume 16. Bookshop of the Jeu de Paume 17. Bookshop of the Jeu de Paume 18. View of the Jeu de Paume from Place de la Concorde 19. SayWho - Jean Picon

8 EXHIBITIONS AT THE JEU DE PAUME 14 February 28 May 2017 peter campus. video ergo sum Eli Lotar ( ) Ali Cherri. Somniculus 13 June 24 September 2017 Ed van der Elsken. Ed loves you Ismaïl Bahri Oscar Murillo. Satellite October January 2018 Ali Kazma Albert Renger-Patzsch Steffani Jemison. Satellite 10 The Jeu de Paume is subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Our principal corporate sponsor is NEUFLIZE OBC, with further support from MANUFACTURE JAEGER-LECOULTRE. Its president is Alain Dominique Perrin and its director Marta Gili. The Jeu de Paume is a member of the networks Tram and d.c.a / association française de développement des centres d art. The Jeu de Paume : Address 1 Place de la Concorde, Paris / Tel: +33 (0) Métro: Concorde 1, 8, 12 / Bus: 24, 42, 72, 73, 84, 94 Access via the Tuileries Gardens: staircase on the Rue de Rivoli. Disabled access, by car, via the Pont de Fer entrance (Seine-side). Opening hours Tuesday (late-night opening): 11 am 9 pm / Wednesday to Sunday: 11 am 7 pm / Closed Mondays Admission General admission 10 / Reduced rate 7.50 Free admission: Satellite program; Young Visitor s Tuesday (the last Tuesday of the month, 11am to 9pm for students and under-26s); children under-12s Tickets can be booked online via the Jeu de Paume website, with the Fnac, Digitick and Ticketnet Members and cultural partners Free, unlimited admission to exhibitions and all the Jeu de Paume s cultural activities Annual membership: full rate 30 / reduced rate 25 / youth rate 20 Press visuals Copyright-free visuals can be downloaded from the website Homepage: Press / User name: presskit / Password: photos Contact information Press officer: Annabelle Floriant / +33 (0) / +33 (0) / annabellefloriant@jeudepaume.org Media partnerships: Malika Zengli / +33 (0) / malikazengli@jeudepaume.org Communications: Anne Racine / +33 (0) / anneracine@jeudepaume.org VISIT + BENTO / WEDNESDAYS AT 12.30PM Benefit from this exceptional offer in association with the Hana Bento Café Guided visits of the exhibitions at the Jeu de Paume, every Wednesday at 12.30pm. Complimentary drink.