In the spirit of Gagosian Gallery's ongoing commitment to artists and the arts, i proceeds will be directed to support the renovation and restoration of the medieval cathedral, an icon for the city of Paris and its people, the French nation and the world.
The exhibition will include generous donations from many gallery artists including Balthus, Georg Baselitz, John Currin, Edmund de Waal, Roe Ethridge, Urs Fischer, Theater Gates, Frank Gehry, Katharina Grosse, Andreas Gursky, Michael Heizer, Thomas Houseago, Jia Aili , YZ Kami, Takashi Murakami, Marc Newson, Giuseppe Penone , Sterling Ruby, Ed Ruscha, Jenny Saville, Richard Serra, Setsuko, Cindy Sherman, Taryn Simon, Patti Smith, Blair Thurman and Rachel Whiteread, some of whom have created work especially for this exhibition.
All proceeds from this exhibition will be donated through the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris and its affiliated French entity La Fondation Notre Dame.
For their generous support of this project and their contribution of time and resources, Gagosian wishes to thank Michel Picaud, President of the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris; the shipping companies Brandl, Chète, Dietl, Helutrans, Hasenkamp, Kortmann, Martinspeed, Möbel-Transport AG, MTEC and Yamato; Michael Cahn of the Cahn Wilson law firm; production designer Cécile Degos; and the design firm Astier de Villatte, for its donation.
