What you need to know
Located in the heart of Paris, the Grand Palais is a flagship French heritage site. A building that was from the outset both prestigious and avant-garde, it must remain a benchmark venue where contemporary creation and innovation can continue to flourish.
The Great Staircase, details. © Coll. Grand Palais, cliché François Tomasi
A historic monument with a centenary heritage
Since 1900, the Grand Palais has been hosting a wide range of events. True to its vocation as a Fine Arts venue, it has been used for countless exhibitions and arts salons, and for creativity in the widest range of forms: dance performance, concerts, fashion shows, circuses, and more.
Inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition in 1900, dedicated to the glory of industry, the Grand Palais still honours the cult of innovation and modernity. Unsurprisingly, cars, aircraft and domestic appliances were all exhibited in the course of the twentieth century in the Nave.
The Grand Palais is also the reference site for immensely popular events: horse shows, sporting events and exhibitions for children.
The Grand Palais as a whole building is listed as a historic monument.
Under the administration of the Etablissement public of Rmn-Grand Palais and its president Jean-Paul Cluzel, it is under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition in 1900, dedicated to the glory of industry, the Grand Palais still honours the cult of innovation and modernity. Unsurprisingly, cars, aircraft and domestic appliances were all exhibited in the course of the twentieth century in the Nave.
The Grand Palais is also the reference site for immensely popular events: horse shows, sporting events and exhibitions for children.
The Grand Palais as a whole building is listed as a historic monument.
Under the administration of the Etablissement public of Rmn-Grand Palais and its president Jean-Paul Cluzel, it is under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Creation and innovation at the heart of the programme
Today, the Nave and the areas in the Grand Palais are essentially dedicated to hosting events in the cultural or scientific fields or linked to innovation. The Nave also stages events that are outstanding for their social significance or sheer entertainment value.
Programming is guided by the two key values of excellence and style.
In addition to their innovative and unique cultural dimension, the events staged in the Nave must focus, in particular, on mediation, particularly with respect to young people, doing everything possible to ensure that the discovery of knowledge is a pleasure and a source of wonderment.
The Grand Palais also has a duty to exemplarity both in its facilities for disabled visitors and in a committed policy in favour of sustainable development.
Programming is guided by the two key values of excellence and style.
In addition to their innovative and unique cultural dimension, the events staged in the Nave must focus, in particular, on mediation, particularly with respect to young people, doing everything possible to ensure that the discovery of knowledge is a pleasure and a source of wonderment.
The Grand Palais also has a duty to exemplarity both in its facilities for disabled visitors and in a committed policy in favour of sustainable development.
Available areas
The programme of events staged in the Grand Palais essentially makes use of the Nave.
With its prestige, architecture and vast unimpeded volume, the Nave of the Grand Palais offers 145,300 sq. ft. of floor space, of which 86,000 sq. ft. are used today. The whole area is due to be available for use by 2010, as soon as the balconies have been redeveloped.
The many renovated areas will, as from 2010, offer extra floor space to enrich and diversify the programme at the Grand Palais. They will include: the Balcony of Honour (12,900 sq. ft. glass roof in the heart of the building), the South-East Gallery (7,500 sq. ft.), and the Clock Balcony (3,700 sq. ft.).
A 104-seater projection room has been available since the end of 2008 for private screenings, lectures and debates, and is already staging the highly popular "Tuesdays in the Grand Palais" cycles.
A wide range of technical developments are currently in progress - increased capacity of the Nave, climate control, disabled access, visitor facilities – to increase the efficiency of equipment and services and make the areas available in the Grand Palais more modular.
With its prestige, architecture and vast unimpeded volume, the Nave of the Grand Palais offers 145,300 sq. ft. of floor space, of which 86,000 sq. ft. are used today. The whole area is due to be available for use by 2010, as soon as the balconies have been redeveloped.
The many renovated areas will, as from 2010, offer extra floor space to enrich and diversify the programme at the Grand Palais. They will include: the Balcony of Honour (12,900 sq. ft. glass roof in the heart of the building), the South-East Gallery (7,500 sq. ft.), and the Clock Balcony (3,700 sq. ft.).
A 104-seater projection room has been available since the end of 2008 for private screenings, lectures and debates, and is already staging the highly popular "Tuesdays in the Grand Palais" cycles.
A wide range of technical developments are currently in progress - increased capacity of the Nave, climate control, disabled access, visitor facilities – to increase the efficiency of equipment and services and make the areas available in the Grand Palais more modular.
Timing constraints
The programme in the Nave will include a wide range of creative events with varying periodicity and in different areas. It hosts regular events like Monumenta, fashion shows or Fiac.
To reinforce the eclecticism of the programme and reach new publics, the Grand Palais will host large-scale one-off events.
These often short events will target a broad public. An example was the 70th anniversary of the French rail operator, SNCF, with its "L'art entre en gare" exhibition on the influence of the railways on art in December 2007 in the Nave. In 2008, the Grand Palais hosted "Dans la nuit, des images", a spectacular show masterminded by the Fresnoy studio and in January 2009, "6 billion others", a project by Yann Artus-Bertrand. A highlight of 2010 was the come back of horses in the Grand Palais with the Saut Hermès and the World Fencing Championship.
The Grand Palais already has a very busy agenda. The Nave is booked up for nearly 6 months each year by recurrent events. Two to three months per year may be devoted to one-off events and are scheduled one or two years in advance.
Apart from public events, the Nave and the different areas in the Grand Palais also plan to stage private functions.
The cost of hiring these facilities can be broken down into three main components:
- A fee for occupying the facility. The amount will depend on several factors: the type of event, seasonal considerations, the duration of hire, and the number of days devoted to installation/dismantling and operation.
- The fixed charges payable to the Rmn-GP, the Grand Palais management body, for a maximum daily power consumption of 1,200 kVa excluding heating (hire, installation and power consumption), water, bailiffs' fees, a security agent and the running costs for the occupancy of the Nave.
- costs of additional compulsory services related to security, upkeep and cleaning.
To reinforce the eclecticism of the programme and reach new publics, the Grand Palais will host large-scale one-off events.
These often short events will target a broad public. An example was the 70th anniversary of the French rail operator, SNCF, with its "L'art entre en gare" exhibition on the influence of the railways on art in December 2007 in the Nave. In 2008, the Grand Palais hosted "Dans la nuit, des images", a spectacular show masterminded by the Fresnoy studio and in January 2009, "6 billion others", a project by Yann Artus-Bertrand. A highlight of 2010 was the come back of horses in the Grand Palais with the Saut Hermès and the World Fencing Championship.
The Grand Palais already has a very busy agenda. The Nave is booked up for nearly 6 months each year by recurrent events. Two to three months per year may be devoted to one-off events and are scheduled one or two years in advance.
Apart from public events, the Nave and the different areas in the Grand Palais also plan to stage private functions.
The cost of hiring these facilities can be broken down into three main components:
- A fee for occupying the facility. The amount will depend on several factors: the type of event, seasonal considerations, the duration of hire, and the number of days devoted to installation/dismantling and operation.
- The fixed charges payable to the Rmn-GP, the Grand Palais management body, for a maximum daily power consumption of 1,200 kVa excluding heating (hire, installation and power consumption), water, bailiffs' fees, a security agent and the running costs for the occupancy of the Nave.
- costs of additional compulsory services related to security, upkeep and cleaning.
How to submit a project for an event
Designer of events for the Nave must take into account the building's values, imagine an ambitious scenography, and factor in the constraints linked to its status as a historic monument.
Jean-Paul Cluzel, president of the Grand Palais, is in charge of the programme.
The management body in charge of shows and events is on hand to provide guidance on all your projects.
Jean-Paul Cluzel, president of the Grand Palais, is in charge of the programme.
The management body in charge of shows and events is on hand to provide guidance on all your projects.
Contact
Director of Shows and Events: Marjorie Lecointre
Client attachées: Marie-Laure Caron and Anne Cornet
location.espaces@rmngp.fr
Client attachées: Marie-Laure Caron and Anne Cornet
location.espaces@rmngp.fr
