La Maison Rouge, Contemporary art museum in 12th arrondissement, Paris, France.
La Maison Rouge occupied a former factory at 10 boulevard de la Bastille, renovated by architect Jean-Yves Clément and artist Jean-Michel Alberola. Its 2,000 square metres held a 1,300-square-metre exhibition space, a vestibule for young artists, an outdoor patio, a multimedia room and, from 2006, a room called "La Suite". The foundation's offices sat in the old red farmhouse at the centre of the building.
Antoine de Galbert founded La Maison Rouge in 2004 as a private foundation for contemporary art in a former factory building. The museum closed in 2018 after more than a decade of hosting rotating exhibitions and cultural discussions.
The foundation presented three to six exhibitions annually, focusing on private collections and monographic shows that explored diverse forms of contemporary artistic expression.
The museum was located near Bastille and open Wednesday through Sunday, with extended hours on Thursdays before closure. Access was straightforward with good connections to the surrounding neighborhood.
The red farmhouse at the centre of the site gave the foundation its name; it was renovated and repainted red, and held the administrative offices inside the exhibition space. The 2012 show "Neon, Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?", curated by David Rosenberg, took its title from Barnett Newman's painting.
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