He is primarily known for being the creator of the Antoine de Galbert Foundation, a not-for-profit public utility foundation in France, whose mission is to promote different forms of modern and contemporary art through temporary exhibitions, and through his exhibition hall, La Maison Rouge.
On October 28, 2018, the establishment closed its doors for good, but the Antoine de Galbert Foundation[1] continues to support the arts.
[2] Great-grandson of an industrialist from the Isère department of France[3] and orphaned at three years old, Antoine de Galbert-Defforey was adopted by his step-father, Charles Defforey.
In 2001, he acquired a derelict industrial area of 2,500 square metres (0.62 acres) on the Boulevard de la Bastille in Paris and filed for public utility status.
[7] In April 2018, he announced that he was donating his collection of 500 ethnic headdresses from hunters, warriors, shamans, and witch doctors to the Musée des Confluences in Lyon[8][9] On October 28, 2018, Antoine de Galbert announced the final closure of La Maison Rouge after having proved in 2017 that an eventual end of the adventure was inevitable,[10][5] while the public utility foundation continues to support the arts[2] by assisting, promoting and defending creation in the field of modern and contemporary art.