Le Nouveau Programme offers a more dynamic and committed form of institutional support. It reimagines how artists are supported beyond the traditional cycle of exhibitions and awards by providing sustained financial, practical, and institutional assistance over the coming years.
True to its collaborative and curator-centered approach, the Foundation continues to entrust each edition of Le Nouveau Programme to a guest curator responsible for selecting three artists, while ensuring long-term visibility for all the artistic practices it supports.
The programme includes a group exhibition for this edition entitled Over the Top, Undercover, accompanied by a publication featuring a commissioned essay dedicated to each artist.
Beyond the exhibition, the initiative establishes multi-year partnerships aimed at supporting each of the selected artists over the long term. The Foundation commits to providing funding for the realization of a project in partnership with an institution in France—building on the framework established during the first edition and developed in collaboration with DCA (Association française de développement des centres d’art contemporain)—or internationally, while also offering personalized support to foster the development of each artist’s practice.
Finally, thanks to the longstanding partnership between the Fondation Pernod Ricard and Centre Pompidou / Musée national d’art moderne, the Foundation will acquire one artwork by each artist before donating it to the Centre Pompidou. This enables the artists’ works to enter the national collections through this acquisition-and-donation mechanism, which the Foundation has maintained for more than 25 years.
