Founded in 1989, the Galerie Patrick Seguin is an art gallery and exhibition space located in Paris's La Bastille district. Its current space has been designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel. The gallery distributes the creations of designers and architects Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, Jean Royere.In this capacity the gallery is urged by museums to contribute to exhibitions, especially:the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, MoMA in New York, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy, the Venice Architecture Biennale. La Galerie Patrick Seguin is present in international fairs: Design Miami, Design Miami Basel, International Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris and the InternationalContemporary Art Fair in Paris. Patrick Seguin is an expert close to the National Company of experts2, affiliated to the Syndicat National des Antiquaires and the Committee of Professional Art3 Galleries. Alongside with a programming dedicated each year at elements like his demountable houses by Jean Prouvé and which she has now the largest collection, the gallery Patrick Seguin leads a political of invitation close to the major international contemporary art galleries. These present in the space of Patrick Seguin Gallery in Paris monographic or thematic exhibitions. Thus, after the Jablonka Gallery in 2002, Hauser & Wirth gallery in 2006, and Richard Prince solo exhibition with Gagosian Gallery in 2008, is the Galerie Eva Presenhuber who invested the space of the gallery Patrick Seguin in 2009, then Sadie Coles gallery in 2010, the gallery Massimo de Carlo in 2011 and Pola Cooper in 2012. The gallery has also developed an editorial line of monographs. In October 2015, the Galerie Patrick Seguin has opened a second space in London, in the heart of prestigious area of Mayfair - 45-47 Brook Street, alternating exhibitions architectural of design, history and contemporary art, it's a place mainly dedicated to demountable architectures Jean Prouvé.
Activities
The gallery distributes the work of designers and architects Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, Jean Royère, and is often called on to contribute to exhibitions in such museums as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, MoMA in New York, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil-am-Rhein, and the :fr:Musée des Arts décoratifs de Paris|Musée des Arts Décoratifs of Paris. Galerie Patrick Seguin is also present at the major international fairs: Design Miami, Design Miami Basel, Biennale Internationale des Antiquaires in Paris and Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain de Paris. Patrick Seguin is a consultant for the Compagnie Nationale des Experts, affiliated to the Syndicat National des Antiquaires and the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art.
