THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE
AND COMMUNICATION - DAP
(DÉLÉGATION AUX ARTS PLASTIQUES)

An appointed agency operating under the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, the DAP participates in defining State policy on the visual arts; it also determines the conditions for its implementation, especially through the decentralized regional services and public institutions under its supervision, and assesses the results. It encourages contemporary creation and its development in all forms of visual expression: painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography, fashion, design, new media...

The DAP oversees direction of LA FORCE DE L’ART 02 in collaboration with the CNAP and the RMN. It is responsible for overall project management and coordinates the involvement of the various main players. For further information: www.culture.gouv.fr

THE CENTRE NATIONAL DES ARTS PLASTIQUES

An administrative public institution supervised by the Ministry of Culture and of Communication, the Centre National des Arts Plastiques supports contemporary creation in the visual arts, in all its diversity and vitality. It acquires artworks on behalf of the State, ensures developments of awareness of the artworks in France and worldwide, accompanies artists and art professionals through several types of aid, scholarships and appropriations, and finally it is the principle actor in national public commissions, aiming to put today's art in public spaces, accessible to the widest possible public throughout France. Owing to these many vocations it is also one of the producers of the great contemporary art encounter at the Grand Palais, LA FORCE DE L’ART 02.

For further information: www.cnap.fr

THE RÉUNION DES MUSÉES NATIONAUX

The RMN (Réunion des Musées Nationaux) is co-producer of this new edition of LA FORCE DE L’ART. Through all its initiatives, the RMN has contributed for over a century to bringing knowledge and facilitating discovery of the French nation’s cultural assets to all its publics. The RMN assumes responsibility for programme planning and operation of the National Galleries at the Grand Palais, organizing close to thirty temporary exhibitions annually, alone or in collaboration with national or international partners. From event spaces to organization of ticket offices, from admissions management to lecture organization, the RMN also guarantees visitors the best possible conditions for their visit in connection with these events and on behalf of its partner museums and clients. The RMN publishes and ensures distribution of catalogues and merchandised products through a network of forty bookstore-shops and sales counters in France. Finally, to promote the richness of the national collections and for each public, it conceives and publishes adapted visitor guides, programmes and other support materials, be they on paper or in audiovisual and multimedia formats.  For further information: www.rmn.fr

THE ÉTABLISSEMENT PUBLIC
DU GRAND PALAIS
DES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES

Co-producer of LA FORCE DE L’ART, the Public Institution of the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées (EPGPCE) is pleased to welcome in its Nave this second edition of this triennial event.
In the immense glass, stone and steel setting of the Nave, the grandeur of the place combines with the force of the works of art. “White Geology”, the innovative staging of the space to receive these works, dialogues with the spectacular architecture to create an exceptional event showcasing contemporary creation in France.

Created in 2007, the EPGPCE is a new major player in contributing to the awareness and influence of French creativity in the widest cultural scope possible, but also in the fields of science and the economy as well. The EPGPCE ensures programming and operation of the Nave and of new spaces: the digital projection room and by the end of 2009, the Southeast Gallery and Salon d’Honneur. In the Nave, the EPGPCE welcomes about ten public events each season centred around two principal values: excellence and aesthetics. The Grand Palais launched a plan of initiatives for 2008/2010 to serve the million and half visitors who crowd each year into the Nave. It is focused on the following directions: opening renovated areas to the public thanks to a renovation programme which will in three years double usable floor space; improving visitor reception; pursuing restoration and improvement of the site and offering ambitious event programming.

For further information: www.grandpalais.fr