One year before the scheduled opening of its new headquarters in Paris, Lafayette Anticipation – the art foundation backed by French retailer Groupe Galeries Lafayette – is hosting a temporary exhibition in a former hardware store in the Marais district. Set to run until Oct . 23 and titled "Joining Forces With the Unknown," it features commissioned works by 14 artists and designers and caps the foundation's three-year pre-opening program. The exhibits are spread out over several floors at the former Weber Métaux store on Rue Debelleyme, in a neighborhood filled with art galleries. The foundation's permanent building nearby, renovated by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas's agency OMA, is scheduled to open in fall of 2017.

Illustration 'Galeries Lafayette stages temporary exhibit' (png - 0.08Mo)