Philippe Méaille

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Philippe Méaille, 2017

Philippe Méaille (born April 27, 1973 in Enghien-les-Bains ) is a French writer and art collector . He is the founder and president of the Montsoreau Castle - Museum of Contemporary Art . Méaille currently has the largest collection of Art & Language works in the world.

Career

After graduating from the Lycée Vauban in Pontoise , Méaille was admitted to the Descartes University in Paris, where he studied pharmacy . Méaille began building his art collection when he arrived in Paris as a student. In 1994, Méaille began to build relationships with Art & Language artists, including the gallery owner Eric Fabre. Méaille acquired a large number of works from the Swiss Rothschild Bank in 1996 . These works were acquired in 1972 by the Swiss gallery owner Bruno Bischofberger.

“When I was 20 or 21, I bought a work of Art & Language of 1965 called Mirror Piece and installed it in my appartment in Paris. After two or three days, I felt sad and stupid because I understood the limit imposed if these works were kept private. They would be like a discussion that was kept secret. Therefore I felt a responsibility to make this collection accessible to the widest possible public. "

“When I was 20 or 21 I bought a piece of art from Art & Language from 1965 called Mirror Piece and installed it in my Paris apartment. After two or three days, I felt sad and stupid because I understood the limitations of keeping these works private. They would be like a discussion that has been kept secret. Therefore I felt obliged to make this collection available to the broadest possible public. "

- Cristina Bechtler : Interview with Philippe Méaille. In: The private museum of the future - JRP Ringier 2016

Since then, Méaille has compiled the world's largest collection of Art & Language works.

In 2000, Méaille installed his collection in the Château de la Bainerie, a former summer camp of the city of Argenteuil. The collection of Art & Language works covers an area of ​​50,000 square meters in the palace. In 2006, Méaille organized a public exhibition with the Beaux Arts school in Nantes. In 2011 Méaille announced a long-term loan of 800 Art & Language works to MACBA . In 2014, Jill Silverman van Coenegrachts became the curator of the Méaille collection.

In 2014, MACBA hosted a major retrospective of the Art & Language group, whose title Art & Language Unfinished: The Philippe Méaille Collection . The retrospective included works on loan from Méaille.

In 2015, Méaille signed a 25-year lease for the Montsoreau castle , a castle in the Loire Valley. In the same year, Méaille founded the Montsoreau Castle - Museum of Contemporary Art , in which around 80 works from his collection are permanently on display.

In 2017, Méaille decided not to renew his loan agreement with MACBA. Instead, he decided to move his entire collection to the Montsoreau Castle - Museum of Contemporary Art. He said the main reason for this decision was the political instability in Catalonia .

Books

  • Jill Silverman van Coenegrachts: Made in Zurich - Selected Editions - 1965–1972 Art & Language. Paris 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047269-5 .
  • Carles Guerra: Art & Language unfinished: the Philippe Méaille Collection. Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona 2014, ISBN 978-84-92505-52-4 , p. 264.
  • JacksonMatthew Jesse: Art & Language Reality (Dark) Fragments (Light) Philippe Méaille Collection. Montsoreau Castle - Museum of Contemporary Art. Montsoreau 2018, ISBN 978-2-9557917-2-1 , p. 176.
  • Chris Dercon: The private museum of the future. JRP Ringier, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-03764-520-8 , p. 214.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Everybody Talks About Collecting with Their Eyes, Not Their Ears; Few Do It Like Philippe Meaille. September 22, 2014, accessed January 31, 2019 (American English).
  2. ↑ Philippe Méaille installe sa collection au château de Montsoreau. June 25, 2015, accessed January 31, 2019 (French).
  3. ^ Karen Chernick: The Collector Who Turned a 15th-Century French Castle into a Contemporary Art Destination. September 20, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Philippe Méaille: “It is time we take responsibility and repair the climate and the planet. This is what I call prospective ecology ”- Thrive Global. Retrieved October 23, 2019 (American English).
  5. ↑ Largest Art & Language Collection Finds Home. June 23, 2015, accessed January 31, 2019 (American English).
  6. ^ Combining Past, Present and Future: The Contemporary Art Museum at Château de Montsoreau.
  7. ^ A Historic Conceptual Art Group Has Taken Over a French Château. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019 (American English).
  8. ↑ artpress | Art & Language: Château de la Bainerie, Tiercé; Ecole régionale des beaux-arts, Nantes, 11 mars - 8 avril 2006. Accessed January 31, 2019 (fri-fri).
  9. ^ Expo Chicago to show little-seen Art + Language works. In: Chicago Sun-Times. Accessed January 31, 2019 .
  10. ↑ p. 100
  11. ↑ Promenons-nous dans le patrimoine: L'âge d'or des colonies de vacances. Retrieved January 31, 2019 (French).
  12. ↑ Tiercé: rencontre avec un collectionneur. June 28, 2007, accessed January 31, 2019 (French).
  13. ↑ Roberta Bosco: Philippe Meaille dona al Macba seis obras del colectivo Art & Language . In: El País . March 5, 2015, ISSN  1134-6582 ( elpais.com [accessed January 31, 2019]).
  14. ↑ Une expert de Christie's France à la tête la FIAC Los Angeles - 11 july 2014 - lejournaldesarts.fr. Retrieved January 31, 2019 (French).
  15. ↑ La crise catalane fait for the collectionneurs . October 18, 2017 ( lemonde.fr [accessed January 31, 2019]).
  16. ↑ VIDÉO - Crise politique de Catalogne: un collectionneur d'art rapatrié sa collection de France. Retrieved January 31, 2019 (French).
  17. ^ Fearing Political Instability After the Catalonia Referendum, a Collector Withdraws Loans From MACBA. October 12, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2019 (American English).
  18. ^ French Collector Pulls Loans from MACBA After Catalonia Referendum. Retrieved January 31, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Méaille, Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Enghien-les-Bains