The Centre national
des arts plastiques supports
contemporary art since 1791

Browse the collection
The online database is freely available to all. It, presents close to 89,000 works acquired since 1791, when this exceptional collection was created.
View the 89,278 works
Recent acquisitions
Nina Childress, Hedy, 2012
In 2020, the CNAP’s Advisory Committee for Acquisitions and Commissions acquired more than 600 artworks.
Our collection is yours
Our collection without walls may travel around France and worldwide for your own exhibition projects.
Louise Siffert, Gut Feelings, 2020, film, 25’
Women artists: 10 performative works soon to join the collection
Performance works that can be reactivated by means of instructions or protocols which CNAP conserves. 
Paul Grivas, Film catastrophe, 2018, 55'
Inquiétances des temps
Exhibition online
A journey through the CNAP video collection : some 60 films selected from the 1,000 films in the collection.
Visuel pour l'exposition "Le droit des objets à (se) disposer d'eux-mêmes"
Le droit des objets à (se) disposer d’eux-mêmes
A journey through the CNAP design collection : more than 8,000 design objects to discover.
Contemporary Art Events Calendar
157 current events, 39,792 events since 2002
Contemporary Art Directory
Listing of 1,978 locations and 16,605 persons
Calls for Applications&Job Offers
Consult the 88 on-line offers