As a preview of the European Heritage Days, the former Laennec hospital opened its doors, inviting visitors to discover the singularity of its architecture and the richness of its history, which led the Kering group to commit to the ambitious rehabilitation of the site by establishing its headquarters there in 2016.
“This place reflects the group that we are, a group on the move which embodies audacious luxury, free to make its choices,” said François-Henri Pinault, CEO of Kering. This year again, in the chapel, “we offer an exceptional journey through the approaches and artists of the Collection that my father has been building for more than five decades”. Indeed, attached to the heritage of past centuries and “amazed by the creative force of artists”, François Pinault sees in these “transmitters of emotion” revealers of “unsuspected dimensions of our realities”.
At the same time, 59 Balenciaga silhouettes traced the characteristic codes of this house’s elegant creations, in an unexpected and fascinating dialogue, creating harmony between the past, present and future of the collections.
François-Henri Pinault, CEO of the group. © Julio Piatti
Caroline Bourgeois, exhibition curator, curator at the Pinault Collection. © Julio Piatti
Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers, founding president of the Mazarine communications group. © Julio Piatti
The artist Noémie Goudal and the designer Victoria Wilmotte. © Julio Piatti
Chris Dercon, general director of the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art. © Julio Piatti
Arnaud Lemaire, model. © Julio Piatti
The gallery owner Jacques Lacoste and his daughter Mia. © Julio Piatti
Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre, author and editorial director of Point de Vue, Doctor François Sarkozy, Nazanine Ravaï, chief of staff of François Pinault. © Julio Piatti
The banker Jean-Claude Meyer and his wife Nathalie Bloch-Lainé, film producer. © Julio Piatti
Farida Khelfa, author and director. © Julio Piatti
Bruno Racine, director of the Venetian museums of the Pinault Collection, and his wife Béatrice. © Julio Piatti
Martin Rey-Chirac and his mother Claude Chirac. © Julio Piatti
The artist Pier Paolo Calzolari in front of his triptych exhibited in the chapel, alongside his wife, the author Karine Marcelle Arneodo. © Julio Piatti
François Curiel, European president of Christie’s, and his wife, auctioneer Isabelle Bresset. © Julio Piatti
Emanuela d’Alessandro, Italian ambassador to France, and her husband Giorgio Di Noia. © Julio Piatti
Thomas Aillagon, communications director of the Pinault Collection. © Julio Piatti
Augustin de Romanet de Beaune, president of ADP. © Julio Piatti
The architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, member of the Institute. © Julio Piatti
Entrepreneur-investor Jacques Bungert and Laurent Claquin, brand director at Kering. © Julio Piatti
Curator Olivier Gabet, director of the art objects department of the Louvre Museum. © Julio Piatti
Entrance to the old Laennec hospital, which opened its doors for the 2024 European Heritage Days. © Julio Piatti
Creations from the Balenciaga collection, beautifully presented. © Julio Piatti
One of the interior courtyards of the former Laennec hospital, current headquarters of Kering. © Julio Piatti
