Fine, luminous porcelain meets rougher stoneware in Claire Linard’s exhibition in Mehun-sur-Yèvre. Descended from generations of potters, she carries inherited skills into functional and decorative pieces with markedly different textures and forms. Wood firing leaves room for unexpected transformations, giving the finished ceramics a tension between technical control and the action of flame.
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Biennale Panorama: Art and Craft Across Dreux
Eleven places with histories of their own form the setting for Biennale Panorama in Dreux. Exhibitions, workshops and outings connect art with craftsmanship, making the programme a way to encounter both creative work and the town’s heritage. The collaborative biennial moves between these strands, placing the act of making alongside the older spaces that receive it.
Karen Knorr’s Animal Worlds at Azay-le-Rideau
Animals enter the furnished world of Azay-le-Rideau through Karen Knorr’s photographs. Her retrospective sets those images in dialogue with historic décor, allowing unexpected presences to alter the way familiar interiors are seen. Memory and fiction run through the encounter, as photographic scenes and the château’s material surroundings quietly play against one another.
Villesavin Ceramics Festival: Makers and Clay
Bowls, teapots, sculpture and garden pieces show the range of clay at Villesavin’s ceramics festival. Thirty-eight professional makers from the region and across France present work for exhibition and sale, from restrained forms to richly coloured surfaces. Demonstrations reveal processes behind the finished objects, giving the encounter with contemporary ceramics a practical dimension.
Microfolie Vesoul: Art and Origines Symphonic
Digital collections in Vesoul trace the crafts of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Nouvelle-Aquitaine’s art and landscapes. “Tales and Fantasy” pairs paintings, sculptures and books, while National Collection #1 draws on the Louvre, Versailles and Centre Pompidou. A screening of “Origines Symphonic” features accordionist Stéphane Farge, his quartet and the Limoges Opera Symphony Orchestra.
Galerie Casanova: Glass Art and Dinard Heritage
Galerie Casanova opens its doors for a look at glass sculpture and Dinard’s social history. Chantal Royant’s pâte de verre work draws on the sea, light and changing landscapes of the Emerald Coast. The gallery occupies a former dance bar created as an annex to the Gallic Hôtel, bringing the resort’s cabaret past into the visit.
Manoir de Kerhoas: Bigouden Heritage
Manoir de Kerhoas revisits the Bigouden world evoked in Claude Chabrol’s film adaptation, which used the manor as a setting. Picot embroidery, lace-making and traditional dress accompany displays, paintings and sculpture. Talks on seaweed workers and a Breton meal inspired by Bigouden wedding feasts broaden the programme beyond the exhibitions.
Bleunioù Lann An Aven: Celtic Circle Exhibition
Bleunioù Lann An Aven brings together dancers and musicians in Riec-sur-Bélon. The exhibition follows the history and development of this Celtic circle, one of Brittany’s oldest folk ensembles. Its story traces the work of a group dedicated to preserving and performing Breton culture, with dozens of participants carrying that practice forward.
Les Bretons dans tous leurs états: Maryse Vanghent
Brittany supplies the inspiration for Maryse Vanghent’s Les Bretons dans tous leurs états. Originally from Dunkirk, the painter trained in egg tempera and oil painting before making her home in the region. Her practice also includes restoring chapel murals at Château de Blain with the Compagnons de Saint-Roch, a background in craft that accompanies this exhibition of her own work.
Patrimoines bretons: Guy Griffoul’s Photographs
Guy Griffoul explores Breton heritage through three photographic series. The Celtic Circle of Poudouvre appears alongside Dinan’s half-timbered houses and trawlers, bringing people, architecture and maritime work into the exhibition. Based in Dinan, the photographer is drawn to fleeting moments and Brittany’s particular colours and light.