Buckminster Fuller

The Fly’s Eye Dome . Toulouse

photos: © l'Office de Tourisme de Toulouse . + wallpaper . Toulouse International Festival of Art

The Fly’s Eye Dome, a monumental work by Richard Buckminster Fuller, is being exhibited at Port-Viguerie, the geographical heart of the Toulouse International Festival of Art, right by the River Garonne.

© Nicolas Brasseur

© Nicolas Brasseur

This original prototype, a geodesic dome 15 metres in diameter recently restored by the collector Robert Rubin, has been publicly exhibited only once before, in 1981 , during celebrations of the 150 th anniversary of the foundation of Los Angeles. This presentation of The Fly’s Eye Dome is planned for two successive editions.