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Fondation Louis Vuitton Showcases Ten Van Goghs from Gustave Fayet's Pioneering Collection

exhibition · 2026-05-29

On October 9, the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris launches "Gustave Fayet: Collector - Artist Designer," which will run until March 8, 2027. This is the first exhibition dedicated to the French collector, featuring over 600 pieces, with 250 displayed across four levels. A standout aspect of the show is ten Van Gogh paintings that Fayet collected between 1901 and 1909. Bernard Arnault praised Fayet as "one of the best-kept secrets in the history of Modern art." Fayet was a versatile figure—collector, painter, winemaker, and designer. Key Van Gogh works include Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, Public Garden in Arles, and The Large Plane Trees, along with 78 pieces by Gauguin. Meanwhile, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam plans renovations from autumn 2028 to 2031.

Key facts

  • The exhibition "Gustave Fayet: Collector - Artist Designer" opens on 9 October at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris and runs until 8 March 2027.
  • It is the first exhibition devoted to Gustave Fayet and includes more than 600 works, with over 250 pieces, across four floors of the Frank Gehry-designed building.
  • Ten Van Gogh paintings from Fayet's collection are on display; Fayet bought 16 Van Goghs between 1901 and 1909.
  • Bernard Arnault, head of LVMH, describes Fayet as "one of the best kept secrets in the history of Modern art."
  • Fayet was a winemaker, painter, ceramicist, book illustrator, entrepreneur, museum curator, and designer, as well as a collector.
  • Van Gogh's Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe (January 1889) is the most important work in the show; it now belongs to the heirs of Stavros Niarchos.
  • Fayet bought Public Garden in Arles (The Poet's Garden) (October 1888) in 1901 for 2,000 francs; by 1924 it was valued at 200,000 francs.
  • The exhibition also features 78 Gauguins, including 21 paintings, from Fayet's collection of 101 works by Gauguin.
  • Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have reached a financing agreement for renovations, starting autumn 2028 and completing in 2031.

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Artists

Institutions

  • Fondation Louis Vuitton
  • LVMH
  • State Hermitage Museum
  • Israel Museum
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Kunsthaus Zurich
  • Colección Pérez Simón
  • Van Gogh Museum
  • Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
  • Yad Hanadiv
  • L’Amour de l’Art
  • Connaissance des Arts
  • Société archéologique de Béziers
  • musée municipal de Béziers
  • galerie Bing
  • Museum of Art de Buffalo
  • National Gallery of Denmark (SMK)
  • National Galleries of Scotland
  • Abbaye de Fontfroide
  • Abbaye Saint-André
  • Association du musée d'Art Gustave Fayet (MAGFF)
  • Maison Dumas Barbedienne
  • Atelier de la Dauphine
  • Della
  • Bernheim-Jeune
  • Paul Durand-Ruel
  • Ambroise Vollard
  • Eugène Druet
  • Abbaye Saint-André de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
  • Maison Léon Losseau
  • Beaux Arts Magazine
  • Scottish National Gallery
  • GrandPalaisRmn
  • Musée Fayet
  • Abbaye Saint-André de Villeneuve-lez-Avignon
  • Gallimard
  • Arte
  • Durand-Ruel
  • Salon d'automne
  • ADAGP
  • Christie's Images
  • Bridgeman Images
  • MAGFF
  • Association musée d'Art Gustave Fayet à Fontfroide
  • Museum of Modern Art
  • atelier de la Dauphine
  • Musee d'Orsay
  • Association du Musee d'Art Gustave Fayet a Fontfroide (MAGFF)
  • Galerie Bernheim-Jeune
  • Hotel des Ventes (Hotel Drouot)
  • Louvre
  • Musee de Pont-Aven
  • Musee Albert-Andre
  • musée de Béziers
  • Dumas-Barbedienne
  • Salon d'Automne
  • galerie Durand-Ruel
  • musée Galliera
  • Salon des Champs-Élysées
  • Société des artistes français
  • musée d'Orsay
  • The Israel Museum
  • Musée d'Art Gustave Fayet à Fontfroide (MAGFF)
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts de Béziers
  • Abbaye de Saint-André
  • Beaux Arts
  • Musée d'Orsay
  • Centre Pompidou
  • Metropolitan Museum
  • MoMA
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Emerige
  • Le Monde
  • Art Basel Paris
  • Galerie Magazine
  • Association du Musée d'Art Gustave Fayet à Fontfroide
  • Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Locations

  • Paris
  • France
  • Bois de Boulogne
  • Arles
  • Saint-Rémy
  • Auvers
  • Béziers
  • Château d’Igny
  • Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
  • Provence
  • Amsterdam
  • Netherlands
  • St Petersburg
  • Russia
  • Jerusalem
  • Israel
  • Cleveland
  • United States
  • Zurich
  • Switzerland
  • Mexico
  • Fontfroide
  • Narbonne
  • Igny
  • Essonne
  • Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
  • Toulon
  • Villeneuve-Lez-Avignon
  • Copenhagen
  • Denmark
  • Edinburgh
  • Scotland
  • Buffalo
  • Aix-en-Provence
  • Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
  • Avignon
  • Belgium
  • Mons
  • Aude
  • Bièvre
  • Costebrune
  • Var
  • Villeneuve-lez-Avignon
  • Auvers-sur-Oise
  • Tahiti
  • Brussels
  • New York
  • Indore
  • Pont-Aven
  • Bagnols-sur-Ceze
  • Le Havre
  • Jérusalem
  • Languedoc
  • Occitanie
  • Château d'Igny
  • Venice
  • Italy
  • Île Seguin
  • Marseille
  • Espagne
  • Saint-Tropez
  • Venise
  • Midi
  • Midi region
  • Pyrenees
  • Spain
  • Aniane

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