The NAA of Ukraine and Académie des Beaux-Art

As part of the visit to Paris, the delegation of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine was invited to pay an official visit to the Académie des Beaux-Art (Academy of Fine Arts).
Académie des Beaux-Art, being one of the five academies which form the Institut de France, was created in 1816 in Paris as a merger of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture (Academy of Painting and Sculpture, founded 1648), the Académie de musique (Academy of Music, founded in 1669) and the Académie d'architecture (Academy of Architecture, founded in 1671).

A descendant of the royal academies established in the 17th century, in order to fulfill its missions, the Academy of Fine Arts pursues patronage action in diversified forms in France and abroad by granting numerous prizes to emerging and established artists, organization of competitions, financing artistic residencies, allocation of aid to artistic projects, events or associations.

In the service of this vocation, the Académie manages its heritage consisting of donations and legacies and administers its important museum heritage including the Marmottan Monet Museum (Paris) and the Marmottan Library (Boulogne), the House and gardens of Claude Monet (Giverny), the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild (Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat), the Villa les Pinsons (Chars), the Maison-atelier Lurçat (Paris) and the Galerie Vivienne (Paris) of which it co-owns.