Fondation Cartier has chosen EMu to help manage its eclectic and specialised collection. The collection is the Fondation´s vision of contemporary art over more than twenty years. All the different art forms are represented: painting, sculpture, video, photography, installations, design and filmmaking.

The richness of the collection also comes from a policy of acquiring monumental works, often conceived for the exhibition space on the ground floor of the building designed by Jean Nouvel, among them: La Volière (The Aviary) by Jean-Pierre Raynaud, The Monument to Language by James Lee Byars, Backyard by Liza Lou, Everything that Rises Must Converge by Sarah Sze, and Caterpillar by Wim Delvoye.

Throughout the years, via projects and acquisitions, it has developed special relationships with artists whose work may not easily fit into a museum or institutional context. This is the case with David Hammons, Panamarenko, and Jean-Michel Alberola. Beginning with Alberola's paintings in the 80s and continuing to his most recent installations, the Fondation´s relationship with this artist is emblematic of the enduring support and unfailing loyalty it shows to creators.

The Fondation will be using EMu for general collection management tasks, including exhibitions and loans. A comprehensive image library is also to be incorporated into EMu. A collections web page for company wide intranet access is planned along with new reports for physical catalogue publishing. We welcome them to the EMu community and look forward to seeing their users at the EMu Users Meeting in London, June 2nd & 3rd.

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

EMu has been chosen by Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain as its collection management system because of its ability to be adapted to our logistical requirements. EMu is a tool that will allow us to trace the movements of each work of art as well as gathering and storing all technical information together in a database which is integrated and user-friendly.

Alanna Minta Jordan
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain
Service de la logistique