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On a Paris Island, an Art Museum Finally Takes Shape

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On a Paris Island, an Art Museum Finally Takes Shape

Le Large, a new contemporary art center on Île Seguin, opens with an exhibition exploring the industrial legacy of former occupant Renault.

More than 20 years after billionaire François Pinault dropped plans to build a contemporary art museum on a former Renault factory site near Paris, blaming red tape, a new contemporary art center has opened in its place with an exhibition celebrating car culture.

The 53,800-square-foot building, dubbed Le Large, is the passion project of Laurent Dumas, founder and president of the Emerige real estate group and its philanthropic arm, the Emerige Endowment Fund.

Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Catalan firm RCR Arquitectes, it seeks to position Île Seguin, an island on the Seine in the western suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt, as a cultural magnet — home to a cluster of attractions that also includes the Seine Musicale music and performing arts center, a sculpture park and a multiplex.

“For me, it’s a story that began 44 years ago, when I bought my first painting at the age of 18,” said Dumas, who previously served as chairman of the board of directors of the Palais de Tokyo contemporary art museum.

“Le Large is an opening onto the wider world — an opening that is as broadly generous as possible, extending to people with limited access to the arts,” he added.

Emerige has spent some 200 million euros on the Pointe des Arts cultural district, which also includes a hotel, he said. Nearly half the museum is free to visit, including a central atrium and a coffee shop on the fourth floor with a panoramic terrace.


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