Centre national
des arts plastiques supports
contemporary art since 1971

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The online database is freely available to all, it presents close to 89 000 works aquired since 1791, when this exceptionnal collection was created.
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Recent acquisitions
Cécile Noguès, Froissé, 2018
2019 Acquisitions
In 2019, the CNAP’s Advisory Committee for Acquisitions and Commissions acquired more than 600 artworks in : Fine Arts Decorative arts, design and fine crafts Photographs and animated images
Our collection is yours
Our collection without walls travels around France and worldwide for your own exhibition projects.
Photographie de Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques, 2016
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Paysage de Antoine Chintreuil
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40 artistic works loaned for  the exhibition "Un rêve Français. De l'école au salon, les beaux-arts à Paris au XIXème siècle at the National Museum of Cjina (Beijing) in 2018
Contemporary Art Events Calendar
2 current events, 609 events since 2002
Contemporary Art Directory
Listing of 36 locations and 1612 persons
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Consult the 69 on-line offers