In conjunction with the exhibition Mathematics: A Beautiful Elsewhere, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain invites children to its original workshops and family visits Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 p.m.
Practical information
Information and required registration (available one month prior to date of
workshop) every day except Monday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Visitors Department:
Tel. +33 (0)1 42 18 56 67 / info.reservation@fondation.cartier.com
Admission: 9 €
Family Visits
Saturdays January 7, 14, 21 and 28; February 4, 11,18 and 25; March 3, 7, and 17 at 3 p.m.; age 7 and older, 1½ hours.
Children and parents participate in a fun-filled guided visit of the exhibition.
Mathematics: Child-size
Mathematical games hosted by Giancarlo Lucchini, research mathematician. Wednesday, February 1 at 3 p.m.; age 7 and older, 1½ hours.
A mathematician invites children to discuss the logic of mathematical games and puzzles, while having a lot of fun solving them!
Weird Mental Space
Model workshop with Margaret Iragui, interior architect and teacher at the Camondo School. Wednesdays December 7 and January 11 at 3 p.m.; age 8 and older, 2 hours.
With a set designed by David Lynch expressly for this exhibition, the visitor is invited to delve into mathematic reverie. Children plot points, lines, planes and volumes to construct an amazing model of a mathematician’s brain.
A Garden. Big, yet so small
Landscape workshop with Marion Dutoit, landscape artist. Wednesdays November 16 and March 14 at 3 p.m.; age 7 and older, 2 hours.
After a walk following the geometry of the Fondation Cartier gardens, children will create an organic model using the plants they’ve harvested.
The Four Mysteries of the World
Children are invited to a series of workshops about the four mysteries of the world as proposed by the mathematician Misha Gromov. Physics, life, the brain and mathematics.
Cosmic Suspension (Physics)
Mobile workshop with Florence Kormann, set designer. Wednesdays November 23, December 21 and January 18 at 3 p.m.; age 7 and older, 1½ hours.
Children create colorful mobiles of imaginary constellations.
Geometric Fur (Life)
Collage workshop with Clémence Passot, graphic designer. Wednesdays December 28, January 25 and February 22 at 3 p.m.; age 7 and older, 1½ hours.
Children create a frieze of the growth of a feline following the mathematical evolution of its spots.
Strange Robots (The Brain)
Robotic workshop with the Flowers team from INRIA, digital gardeners. Wednesdays November 30, January 4 and February 8 at 3 p.m.; age 8 and older, 2 hours.
Children converse and interact with two researchers and their fascinating robots and then make their own little photosensitive creature.
Penrose Tilings (Mathematics)
Graphics workshop with Clémence Passot, graphic artist. Wednesdays December 14 and February 29 at 3 p.m.; age 7 and older, 2 hours.
From simple geometric shapes, children make their own set of tiling to create and assemble an infinity of amazing, colored designs.
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Mathematical Game
Chinese chopsticks
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Mathematical Game
Penrose tilings