In Le Havre, the summer season is a time for an ambitious encounter with art, heritage and culture, revitalised each year by new works of contemporary art that Un Été Au Havre delivers to the public space from late June to mid-September.
 

The adventure of Un Été Au Havre began in 2017 to mark the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city and its port.
 

Initiated by Jean Blaise, the event is now under the artistic direction of Gaël Charbau. See you this year from 22 June to 22 September 2024 !

The Nîmes Triennale 2024, known as “Contemporaine” and directed by Anna Labouze and Keimis Henni, is set to be a major new contemporary art event. Under the theme “A new youth”, this first edition explores the dynamics of contemporary youth and its links with the past through the notions of heritage and transmission.

 

The programme includes a major multidisciplinary exhibition, “La Fleur et la Force”, featuring 12 pairs of artists in different venues. There will also be six special events devoted to the living and performing arts. At the same time, three artists’ houses will serve as meeting places for the artists, encouraging creative exchanges and dialogue with the public. Finally, a programme of associated events, devised in collaboration with some fifteen of Nîmes’ cultural players, will offer a variety of events and artistic encounters.

 

Each project presented as part of the Triennale has a participatory dimension, inviting the people of Nîmes to get involved in its creation and become an integral part of this collective artistic experience.

For this seventh edition of Un Été au Havre, Gaël Charbau takes over from Jean Blaise as artistic director. He has gathered around fifteen works by artists from different backgrounds and medium. Most of them are visible in public spaces, but sometimes they are more immaterial and spreads across the city, putting Le Havre and its quick changes into perspectives.

 

This program is the first of four seasons of Gaël Chabrau artistic curatoring, from 2023 to 2026: “Beyond an “art path in the city”, I wished for art to travel itself through the city and across, like a thrill. In order for it to crosses the borders between private and public spaces, extends to new neighborhoods, and delicately spill over the summer season”.

Les Extatiques are coming back for a sixth edition, inspired by the four elements. Under the artistic direction of Fabrice Bousteau, eight artists and thirteen artworks are featured in this exhibition, splited between Paris-La Défense and la Seine Musicale.
 
Each work enquired the public about these urban landscapes, providing another perspective and another narrative. Some of these works were created in situ, and others were specifically chosen to resonate with their new environment.