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Our events in December

ConversationThursday December 3rd from 6:30 pm to 8 pm

Words of makers: Fabrice HYBER & Emanuele COCCIA

Emanuele Coccia & Fabrice Hyber © Fondation Thalie

The Foundation invites Fabrice Hyber, visual artist, and Emanuele Coccia, philosopher and lecturer at the EHESS on the occasion of the first talk Words of makers. They will exchange on the commitment and the responsibility of the artist and the philosopher to awaken consciences and generate a new and fruitful thought. Both have been observing living things in their practice and the relationship between human and nature, more than ever in the light of the ecological and health crisis.

This conversation will be moderated by Nathalie Guiot and be live broadcast on our website from the event’s page. Should you wish to interact with the guests we kindly invite you to register online. Read more

Thursday 10 December from 6:30 pm to 8 pm

The "bibliothèque idéale" of Eric REINHARDT

Eric Reinhardt. Photo Francesca Mantovani © Editions Gallimard

Eric Reinhardt has recently published Comédies françaises (Gallimard, 2020) laureate of the “Prix littéraire des Inrockuptibles”. The author will be our guest on Thursday December 10 to talk about his relationships with literature and suggest its “ideal bibliography” choosing five books, that will feed the collection of the Foundation shaping a shared library, both timeless and marked by our times. 

This talk will be moderated by Nathalie Guiot, live broadcast on our website from the event’s page. We kindly ask for online registering to interact with the guest from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Read more

Poetic readingsThursday 17 December from 7 pm to 9 pm

Équinoxes: ALIVE !

Performance de Haleh Chinikar, Fondation Thalie © Silvia Cappellari

The Foundation is happy to bring together poets for a live evening of poetic readings on the theme : Alive!

Curating: Nathalie Guiot & Barbara Polla

Guest readers: Dimitris Bampilis; Vincent Barras; Greta Bellamacina; Véronique Caye; Mélanie Chappuis; Marion Collé; Emmanuelle Destremau (akaa Ruppert Pupkin); Miranda Gold; Nathalie Guiot; Olivier Leroi; Naomi Melville; Robert Montgomery; Golnoosh Nour; Taïla Onraedt; Julien Serve; Jérémy Seydoux.

If there’s one thing we want right now, it’s to be Alive! And we will see Antananarivo… Read more 

ExhibitionWednesday December 2nd, 2020 through February 21st, 2021

Reopening of the solo show "Vue liquide" by Caroline Achaintre

The Foundation is happy to welcome you again!

Vue liquide solo show by Caroline Achaintre will be reopened from tomorrow Wednesday December 2nd, from 2 p.m to 6 p.m, and will be exceptionally extended until 21 February 2021. French-born artist based in London, Caroline Achaintre presents a collection of colourful tapestries, ceramics and watercolours inspired by Primitivism and carnival folklore. 

Curating: Nathalie Guiot
Exhibition text: Vincent Honoré, Director of exhibitions at MO.CO. Montpellier, available here

Practical information
Opened Wednesday – Sunday, from 2 pm to 6 pm
We kindly invite you to book your visit online in order to ensure your visit will be a safe and comfortable experience.
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As part of EXTRA, with the support of the French Institute and the Cooperation and Cultural Action Service of the French Embassy in Belgium

         

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