PARIS — “This is a feat driven by Jean Nouvel and his ateliers,” said Chris Dercon, managing director of the Fondation Cartier pour l’ Art Contemporain, at the unveiling of the art institution’s long-awaited new home designed by the French architect on Place du Palais-Royal in Paris on Monday. “Here, he built a machine for viewing, not only within the building, but also looking onto the neighborhood and visible from it.”

For the “third step in the history and future” of the contemporary art institution, the 90,000-square-foot premises are “a new building, a new grounding, a new scale — and a new exhibition ,” the museum executive said.

Opening Saturday to the public, the 2 Place du Palais-Royal offers 70,000 square feet of exhibition space plus an auditorium, a bookstore, a r

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