Earlier that month, FRICC, a French anti-corruption group, filed a complaint in court in Paris accusing the Louis Vuitton Foundation of committing fraud and tax evasion in the construction of its museum.

In 2011, an association for the safeguard of the Bois de Boulogne won a court battle, as the judge ruled the centre had been built too close to a tiny asphalt road deemed a public right of way.

[12] Renowned French architect Jean Nouvel backed Gehry and said of the objectors: "With their little tight-fitting suits, they want to put Paris in formalin.

"[13] Eventually a special law was passed by the Assemblée Nationale that the Foundation was in the national interest and "a major work of art for the whole world", which allowed it to proceed.

The two-story structure has 11 galleries of different sizes (in total 41,441 square feet),[19][20] a voluminous 350-seat auditorium on the lower-ground floor and multilevel roof terraces for events and art installations.

[21] Gehry had to build within the square footage and two-story volume of a bowling alley that previously stood on the site; anything higher had to be glass.

[23] The side of the building facing Avenue Mahatma Gandhi, right above the ticket booth, holds a large stainless-steel LV logo designed by Gehry.

[24] According to Gehry's office, more than 400 people contributed design plans, engineering rules, and construction constraints to a shared Web-hosted 3D digital model.

[26] STUDIOS architecture was the local architect for the project spearheading the transition from Gehry's schematic design through the construction process in Paris to building space.

[35] For site-specific installations, under the curatorship of Francesca Pietropaolo, the foundation commissioned works by Ellsworth Kelly, Olafur Eliasson, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller (starring Scott Tixier and Tony Tixier), Sarah Morris, Taryn Simon, Cerith Wyn Evans, and Adrián Villar Rojas.

[36][37] Villar Rojas created "Where the Slaves Live" (2014), a water tank containing found objects, discarded sneakers and plants,[38] installed under one of the 12 glass "sails" that provide the Fondation's signature, swerving shape.

Other artists have included Kanye West, Tedi Papavrami, Yuja Wang, Vladimir Spivakov, Steve Reich, Chick Corea, Gims and Matthias Pintscher.