Coloriages avec Jean Nouvel

Following studies at the École supérieure des beaux-arts de Bordeaux, Jean Nouvel (1945, Fumel, France) entered the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, graduating in 1971. His first job was as assistant to the architect Claude Parent. He then worked with the urbanist and essayist Paul Virilio before opening his own practice in 1970. Jean Nouvel’s approach to architecture—guided by context, history, and culture of the site—has brought him international renown. After his first major project in Paris, the Institut du Monde Arabe (1987), he has designed many architectural projects around the world : the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Boulevard Raspail (Paris, 1994), the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum (Abu Dhabi, 2017), or the Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai (Shanghai, 2021). In late 2025, another project was inaugurated in Paris, the new spaces of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain at 2 Place du Palais-Royal.