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Romania in France, France in Romania

The France-Romania 2019 Season ended in France on 16 April, and continues in Romania until 14 July 2019. French culture will be showcased there through its visual and stage arts, gastronomy and music...a look back at the highlights from France and a look foward to the opening of the season in...

Updated on 27/04/2022

The book of sand, Michel Van der Aa (2016-2019)

The Musica Mobile Exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in Taiwan

From April 13th to July 14th at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, curator James Giroudon offers an unprecedented tour of some twenty installations which come to life as they resonate with one another. Their movement weaves connections between the visual and the audible, through breaths and whispers of...

Published on 05/08/2019

Hervé Youmbi and Hervé Yamguen

Cameroonian artists Hervé Youmbi and Hervé Yamguen explore the question of the urban environment through writing, photography or visual arts. The two artists, recipients of the Institut français residency programme at the Cité internationale des arts, in Paris, and members of the Cercle Kapsiki...

Updated on 08/10/2021

A look back at Africa2020 Season

Launched by French President Emmanuel Macron and dedicated to the 54 nations of the African continent, Africa2020 Season drew to a close on 30 September 2021. After a rich and varied ten-month programme across both metropolitan and overseas France, relive the Season through ten of its highlights.

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Updated on 04/05/2022

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

"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

The director of the Centre Culturel Kôrè, Mamou Daffé, discusses the future of the AWA programme

Attached to the defence of local values, Mamou Daffé is the head of several organisations and events in Mali. In particular, he directs the Centre Culturel Kôrè in Ségou, a partner of the Institut français for the ACP-EU Culture programme: Support for the Culture and Creation sectors in West Africa...

Updated on 09/05/2022

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

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

Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota looks back at the France-Portugal 2022 Season

Opened in February 2022, the France-Portugal 2022 Season, implemented by the Institut français for the French part, comes to an end. Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, Président of the Season, looks back to the past 9 months.

Published on 25/10/2022

Ilya Kaminsky - Patron of the "Un Week-end à l’Est" Festival dedicated to Odesa

Known for his poetry collections, Dancing in Odesa and Deaf Republic, which has just been translated to French, Ilya Kaminsky is the patron of the 2022 Un Week-end à l’Est Festival. As a sign of support, the Festival, taking place in Paris from 23 to 28 November, spotlights the city of Odesa. With...

Published on 15/11/2022