Conversations / From the published record

The collector’s
own voice.

Two published interviews on the passage from private encounter to public museum. Read our introductions, then explore the complete originals.

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François Pinault / 10 May 2021

The next work
is still out there.

In this interview, Pinault describes collecting as an emotional response to individual works. He also speaks about the pleasure of future discoveries and the role of architecture in the experience of art.

Read it for the connection between an intensely personal encounter and the wish to make that encounter possible for someone else.

Read the original interview

Published by Pinault Collection. Editorial introduction; not an interview conducted by this journal.

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Jean-Jacques Aillagon / 31 January 2021

Making a place
for the public.

Aillagon, identified in the original interview as Pinault Collection’s chief executive, discusses the Bourse de Commerce project: the building, the decision to adapt it and the architectural intervention.

His account offers a different view of collecting—through the decisions that turn a body of works into a place people can enter.

Read the original interview

Published by Pinault Collection. Editorial introduction; roles are described as of the interview date.

The collector’sown voice.

The next workis still out there.

Making a placefor the public.

The collector’s
own voice.

The next work
is still out there.

Making a place
for the public.