From famous names to younger or lesser known artists. The wonderful world of Emmanuel Perrotin collection.

After the huge success in 2012 of Fantastic, a major festival-like calendar of events spreading all over the metropolis, Lille 3000 is back in 2013 in the sole Tri Postal (familiarly called the Tri Po) in Lille.

“28 Millimètres: Women are Heroes, Action dans la Favela Morro da Providência, Favela de jour, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil”, JR, 2008, © JR-ART.NET, Courtesy of Galerie Perrotin

This time with a new spectacular exhibition, in the line of those dedicated in 2007 to the François Pinault Foundation, in 2009 to the Saatchi Gallery, and in 2011 to the Centre National des Arts Plastiques. All occasions for a wide audience to discover a large array of contemporary artists, from emerging creators to international stars, but also to “meet” the figures that promote this art, each in their own way, collectors, art dealers, institutions…

“Homage to Francis Bacon (Study of Isabel Rawsthorne)”, Takashi Murakami, 2002 © 2002 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Galerie Perrotin

Emmanuel Perrotin, who started working in the art field at the early age of seventeen, (as the assistant of young gallery owner Charles Cartwright), has become himself one of the world’s most renowned art dealers, owning spaces in Paris, Hong Kong, Miami, and since this autumn, New York. A passionate autodidact, he opened a first gallery in Paris in 1989, making it change location for a quite a few number of times along the years.

“Untitled (zebras)”, Paola PIVI, 2003, Photo: Hugo Glendinning, Courtesy of Galerie Perrotin

Perrotin organized the first commercial exhibition of Damien Hirst in 1991, and presented Maurizio Cattelan the following year. In 1993, he started collaborating with Takashi Murakami. Thanks to all these audacious but clever choices, his is now celebrating its 25th birthday, a unique event that Emmanuel Perrotin chose to share with as many people as possible in Lille.