The foundation

Founded in 2014, the Thalie Foundation has spent a decade supporting contemporary creation through an art center in Brussels and Arles, artist residencies, an exhibition program, and an art collection. In 2025, it transitions into an endowment fund, integrating climate urgency and the crisis of the living world into its mission.

From 2018 to 2024, the Foundation hosted residencies for artists and writers, produced exhibitions, and developed a multidisciplinary program bridging art, design, science, and literature, establishing itself as a key cultural player and art center in Brussels. In 2023–2024, it also organized exhibitions and artist residencies in Arles, in the south of France.

The Thalie Foundation is a private philanthropic initiative led by Nathalie Guiot—curator, art collector, publisher, and philanthropist. It is now evolving into an Fond de dotation Art, design et Environnement, continuing its mission in a nomadic format through research grants and publications.

The founder, Nathalie Guiot

Founder and President, Nathalie Guiot is an author, editor, and exhibition curator. She founded Anabet Editions in the 2000s and in 2012, created Thalie Art Project, an association that produces artistic and performative encounters which has become a foundation with an exhibition space, an art collection and a residency program in Brussels. Nathalie Guiot is a member of the International Circle and of the Design acquisition Committee at the Centre Pompidou, a member of the Visual Arts acquisition Committee for the CNAP, and member of the Visual Arts acquisition committee for the CNAP, member of the publishing and design acquisition committee for the Art-O-Rama Marseille fair. Since 2022, she has also been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Eco-design & Creation Chair at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.