The Design Sediments exhibition can be seen from 31 January to 24 March 2024 at the Huidenclub in Rotterdam. This multi-disciplinary exhibition, curated by Léo Orta and Olivier Zitoun, was supported by the Institut français as part of the IF Export programme. The exhibition is featuring the French...

France will be guest of honour at the 15th edition of Design Week Mexico, starting on 10 October 2023 as part of a unique and exciting collaboration between the French Embassy in Mexico - Institut français d'Amérique latine (IFAL), the Mexico Territorio Creativo organisation, the Institut français...

During their residency at Villa Kujoyama in 2021, Natacha Poutoux and Sacha Hourcade from the natacha.sacha. design studio set out to find new, more responsible and sustainable development protocols for the design of technological devices. Their research project took the form of the eco...

With MIRA - Mobilité à l’International de Recherche Artistique (International Travel for Artistic Research) the Institut français is updating the way in which it supports French artists with their international research projects. Calls for applications are open from 12 July to 31 August 2023! 

Révélations International Biennial of Crafts and Creation is back this year and celebrating its 10th anniversary. The President of the Institut français, Eva Nguyen Binh, is the patron of this 2023 edition, which will be taking place at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris from 7 to 11 June 2023. 

The Institut français and the City of Paris are working together to support the internationalisation of French cultural and creative industries. They have joined forces to support "True Fashion, Saison 2", a project linking sustainable fashion and inclusion, developed by the Institut français of...

Founded in 2016 on the initiative of Casa de Velázquez in Madrid, Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto and the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici, the ¡Viva Villa! festival was born of a shared desire to offer a regular event in the form of a collaborative venture between the three institutions. Held in...

Discover all 30 projects offered by the French cultural network in Europe during the 6 months of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union (FPEU) to celebrate "European creativity". 

In 2022, the Institut français of Cambodia celebrates its 30th anniversary. To mark this anniversary, the Institut launched, on June 2nd, in partnership with Nez, the perfume "In the arboretum", created in collaboration between the visual artist Sopheap Pich and the perfumer Violaine...

Invited by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, France is represented at the 23rd edition of the Milan Triennial Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Architecture (15 July - 11 December 2022) by a project led by designers Pablo Bras, Juliette Gelli and Romain Guillet...

Officially inaugurated on 12 February 2022, the France-Portugal 2022 Season seeks to give the French public the opportunity to meet the many faces of modern Portugal and to take a fresh look at its neighbour. The implementation of the French portion has been entrusted to the Institut français.

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

From 4 June, the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée will be offering a packed multidisciplinary programme as part of the France-Portugal 2022 Season.