Shiseido Company. Ltd. was established as a pharmacy in 1872 in Tokyo’s Ginza district. Since introducing its first cosmetic product, in 1897, the Company has become one of the world’s premier cosmetics companies, with operations in 45 countries.

In Japan, Shiseido produces an extensive range of quality makeup and skin-care products, toiletries, professional beauty salon products, pharmaceuticals, foodstuffs, fine chemicals and fashion goods.

Overseas, the Compagny manufactures and markets exclusive makeup and skin-care products, fragrances and salon-use hair-care products.

Shiseido has decided to renew its support to the 4th Biennal of Contemporary Art of Lyon because the theme which has been selected “l’Autre” expresses, in the artistic creativity, a new dimension, elusive and timeless, which carries away our imagination in our vision of beauty at the outset of the XXIst century.