Southern cultural events
December 2021
MEET, SEE, READ AND DON'T MISS ANYTHING IN THE COMING WEEKS
THE ORDER OF THE BODIES
From November 13, 2021 to February 13, 2022
MO.CO. Hotel des Collections and Museum of Castings - Montpellier
Around fifty works created between 1977 and 2020 take hold of the body. The majority are shown in France for the first time. The new exhibition at MO.CO explores a poetics of the human figure. Hotel collections. 28 artists take it on and demonstrate that the image of the body is also the image of the psyche.
In partnership with the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy.
The exhibition is also an opportunity to establish a dialogue between the ancient statuary of the Musée des Moulages, renovated in 2015 and located at the heart of the Paul-Valéry University campus. The installation allows a new perception of the original sculptures and castings, mostly masterpieces of ancient Greece. In partnership with Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3 University.
2 autograph sessions in Sète of Mythologies in love with Sète by Yves Marchand and Sébastien Denaja
Friday 3 December at 6 p.m., Restaurant Aqui Sian Ben, 5 quai Maximin Licciardi
Saturday 4 December at 11 a.m., Galerie Dock Sud, 2 quai Aspirant Herber
Presentations, discussions with the public and dedications by authors Yves Marchand and Sébastien Denaja, by illustrator Raphaël Ségura and by photographer Jean-Loup Gautreau. A sale of books is also planned on the 2 sites: by the Librairie l'Échappée Belle on Friday and by the Catholic bookstore on Saturday.
Jean-Francis Auburtin, a golden age
From September 25, 2021 to March 27, 2022
Lodeve Museum
Jean-Francis Auburtin (1866-1930) is part of the long procession of painters on the subject: Delacroix, Courbet, Boudin, Jongkind, Monet... Portraitist of nature, Auburtin detects in each landscape the intimate character of the place. During his walks, he tracks down the motif, captures it in his notebooks and thus amasses a rich repertoire of pictorial forms. His work is almost entirely immersed in the marine world, to the point that the art historian Christian Briend describes him as a “symbolist of the sea”. In a hundred works, the Museum of Lodève offers a complete retrospective of this painter to rediscover. Watch on YouTube
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Philippe Jacq
Opening Friday, December 3 at 6:30 p.m.
From December 4, 2021 to January 9, 2022
Chapel of the Upper District - Sète
“Art is the soil in which I continually draw energy to grow”
Philippe Jacq is a multidisciplinary artist based in France whose works have been exhibited nationally, as well as in Luxembourg and Germany. He cites freedom as the central theme of his various plays. Through his art, Jacq frees himself to “stay alive, answer certain questions, and modestly try to make the world more beautiful”. Her artistic expression takes shape through painting, embroidery, drawing and ceramics.
With the exceptional support of the DRAC Occitanie
2-10 rue Borne - Sète
Open daily from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Contact : 04 99 02 87 62
String Quartet
Saturday December 4 at 8 p.m.
Saint-Majan church in Villemagne-l'Argentière
Joseph Haydn Quartet in G major Op. 77 No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7 Op. 108 in F sharp minor
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18
Alice Rousseau, violin / Nina Skopek, violin / Estevan Almeida des Reis, viola / Sophie Gonzales del Camino, cello
The string quartet is considered the most accomplished form of chamber music. Since its birth in the 18th century, it has built up an exceptional repertoire which includes only masterpieces. The quartet of the National Orchestra of Montpellier Occitanie offers a program composed of works by three masters of the genre. A program not to be missed!
Reservations 04 67 23 78 03 / Contact
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF AN IMMORTAL THINKER
Crac Occitania
Until February 6, 2022
26 Quai Aspirant Herber - Sète
Jimmy Robert "Support, Stretched, Reversed"
The exhibition traces the journey of Jimmy Robert for more than 20 years through sculptures, films, installations, performances and works on paper.
Antoine Renard “Pharmacon”
During his residency at the Villa Medici, Antoine Renard developed research around perfume, and more particularly its role in care and healing practices.
Regional Center for Contemporary Art - Occitanie
Open every day from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. except Tuesday
Saturday-Sunday from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Free admission
Access subject to the presentation of a valid health pass, wearing a mask recommended.
Contact : crac@laregion.fr / 04 67 74 94 37
Grand Concert of the Harmony of Sète
Sunday December 12, 2021 at 3 p.m.
Auditorium of the Manitas de Plata Conservatory - Sète
The Harmony of Sète organizes its traditional end-of-year concert in the auditorium of the Conservatoire. This new structure, recently inaugurated by Sète Agglopôle Méditerranée, will allow chef André Canard to present a renewed program in a magnificent setting. Admission is free in compliance with the health measures in force.
We are expecting many of you in this 400-seat room for a moment of shared pleasure.
