Musée Le Grand Lens

Established in 2018, Fondation Opale is the sole contemporary art centre dedicated to the promotion of Australian Aboriginal art in Europe. Born from the desire of its founder Bérengère Primat to share her passion for the current creation of Australia’s First Peoples, the foundation is based on her collection of over 1,500 works by nearly 350 artists, making it one of the world’s largest collections of contemporary Aboriginal artists in private ownership. The foundation is based in the heart of the Valais Alps, in Lens’ art centre (Lens/Crans-Montana). In its 900 m2 main space and a satellite space called Special Focus, it organises temporary exhibitions focusing on contemporary Aboriginal art, building bridges with modern and contemporary works of art from all over the world, based on the precept that art transcends borders.