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Online open-studios #5 – October 2021

The fifteen residents of the Institut français program at the Cité internationale des arts hosted in the third quarter of 2021 (July-October) take you to discover their workshops and their new creations. Photographs, videos, testimonials... the 5th edition of the online open-studios offers a...

Updated on 09/05/2022

General Commissioner N'Goné Fall takes stock of the Africa2020 Season!

Africa2020 Season: an invitation to look at and understand the world from an African point of view.

The Africa2020 Season brought together civil society from the African continent around 13 major issues of the 21st century. A platform for encounters, it allowed us to symbolically follow the...

Updated on 09/05/2022

Victoire Bidegain di Rosa & Manuela Júdice

Planned for 2022, the France-Portugal Season will bring together artists, thinkers and scientists from both countries around common themes. As part of the Portuguese and French presidencies of the Council of the European Union (Portugal's rotating presidency in the first half of 2021 and France's in...

Updated on 09/05/2022

Karl Mazlo

Winner of the Prix Liliane Bettencourt pour l'intelligence de la main® (Liliane Bettencourt prize for the intelligence of hands) awarded by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. The jeweller Karl Mazlo wants to modernise the world of jewellery through a constant dialogue with Japan and other artistic...

Updated on 06/01/2022

Laurence Yared

Set designer, designer, visual artist and "interior graphic artist", Laurence Yared develops collaborations and protean works at the intersection of Art and Design.

Updated on 15/09/2021

François-Xavier Richard

François-Xavier Richard is a designer and printer of hand blocked wallpaper. A highly skilled Dominotier (maker of decorated paper), he is helping to revive a forgotten craft while exploring new avenues, particularly by combining traditional techniques and new technologies.

Updated on 15/09/2021

"Mosaïque des voix lusophones" au Théâtre du Châtelet/ Théâtre de la Ville

The France-Portugal 2022 Season is under way!

Launched on 12 and 13 February in Paris, followed by the 16th in Lisbon and the 18th in Porto, the series of opening events delighted officials and the public who turned out in force to celebrate the creativity and talent of our two countries.

With contemporary art, classical and contemporary...

Updated on 04/05/2022

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner (2/2)

On 1 January 2022, France took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. In this second part of the interview, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, speaks about the Creative Europe programme, support for the...

Updated on 09/05/2022

Andrew Manning, director of EUNIC

Andrew Manning is the Director of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture). With members in every EU country and over 133 ‘Clusters’ worldwide the organisation believes in the power of culture to build trust and understanding between countries. Within the framework of the French...

Updated on 09/05/2022

Adeline Rispal

The architecture firm Ateliers Adeline Rispal and its partners (Si/Studio Irrésistible, graphic design, Les éclaireurs, lighting design, Innovision, multimedia engineering consulting) have designed the scenographic and artistic arrangements of various spaces in the Justus Lipsius and Europa...

Updated on 17/01/2022

FPEU: the six-month French Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2022

From 1 January to 30 June 2022, France will hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (FPEU). It takes on its role as facilitator among the Member States and brings them together around priority issues, particularly in the field of culture. Events throughout Europe can be followed in...

Updated on 09/05/2022

Hervé Lemoine

Hervé Lemoine, who was reappointed as head of the Mobilier National in February 2021, believes that the mission of this institution, which is several hundred years old, is to pass on a certain know-how and to train the younger generation in the art and design professions. As part of the French...

Updated on 10/01/2022

Press kit - The Institut français presents the headlines of its actions for 2022

2022 marks the 100th anniversary of the creation of the first institution responsible for French cultural actions abroad. The Institut français, heir of this rich history, presents its actions and highlights for 2022 in this interactive press kit.

Updated on 09/05/2022

Les Histoires courtes (The short stories) of the Institut français

The Institut français is posting a series of short stories on its social networks every Friday.

Updated on 23/06/2022

Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner (1/2)

On 1 January 2022, France took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months. In this first part of the interview, Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, discusses the role of culture in the political priorities of the...

Updated on 09/05/2022