Created in 2004 to host, for one academic year, a leading figure in contemporary Artistic creation, and dedicated to all forms of artistic creation, this chair has held :
- Christian de Portzamparc, architect: "Architecture: figures of the world, figures of time" (2005-2006)
- Pascal Dusapin, composer: "Composer: music, paradox, flux" (2006-2007)
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard: "Parameters and dimensions of musical interpretation" (2008-2009)
- Jacques Nichet: "Le théâtre n'existe pas" (2009-2010)
- Anselm Kiefer: "Art will survive its ruins" (2010-2011)
- Gilles Clément: "Garden, landscape and natural engineering" (2011-2012)
- Karol Beffa: "Music: art, techniques, knowledge" (2012-2013)
- Tony Cragg: "Sculpture and language" (2013-2014)
- Alain Mabanckou: "Lettres noires: des ténèbres à la lumière" (2015-2016)
- Philippe Manoury: "The invention of music" (2016-2017)
- Amos Gitaï: "Crossing borders" (2018-2019)
- Benoît Peeters: "Poétique de la bande dessinée" (2022-2023, in partnership with the Centre national du livre)
