L’Officiel Malaysia – July 2019

L’Ofciel Last Word 176

Artistic

Licence

BY TAN SIOK HOON

Hot on the heels of inking a partnership with the leading

contemporary Frieze art fair, Richard Mille forges yet another

connection to the world of art. This is in the same vein as its tie-

ups with choreographer Benjamin Millepied; the street artist

Kongo; or its acquisition of Éditions Cercle d’Art, a publishing

house created with the support of Picasso. Recently, the avant-

garde watchmaker pledged its support to Palais de Tokyo for a

three-year collaboration in cementing a delightful partnership.

Having much in common as platforms that allow creativity to

flourish freely and without limits, Richard Mille and the largest

centre for contemporary art in Europe make for a perfect

match. Since 2002, this prolific and cutting-edge incubator of

experimentation for artists from diverse disciplines has risen to

become a driving force in the French cultural scene. Now with

Richard Mille as a partner, the opportunity for artists to disrupt

and invent within the premises of Palais de Tokyo by way of its

22,000-sqm gallery space is guaranteed to abound.