What François Pinault’s Bourse de Commerce Means for the French Artworld

Louise Darblay | ArtReview | 29th July 2021

Now that opening celebrations have finished, a more considered view of François Pinault’s new Paris museum. The building, a grandiose but dilapidated structure, has become a “palace” its colonial aura obscured by ultra-modern renovation. Most artworks are by contemporary, big-name artists, some stunning but collectively lacking “coherence”. The place needs “a more committed curatorial and discursive approach [rather than celebrating] wealth”