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THE SOUTHERN NETWORK OF VISUAL ARTS

PRESS RELEASE

Facing the health crisis, the main These facilities clearly expressed their OUR OBJECTIVES: stakeholders of the visual arts sector common and strong commitment to 1 To maintain a cultural offering in have decided to create a united and provide their visitors with high-quality the South during this summer for all supportive network: Plein Sud which, and varied cultural offering for this audiences; from Montpellier to Monaco, Sète, summer. This offering will be presented 2 To create and circulate a free , Arles, , Digne-les-Bains, in a joint document including a map document presenting the programming or Hyères, is determined to meet that will be available in all the facilities of all the facilities, with a more detailed with our desire for art and contemporary and tourist offices. It will be published digital version; creation. alongside a digital version. 3 To hold regular meetings to arrange our exhibition schedules, our On Tuesday, April 21, twenty The South Region is the leading tourist educational and cultural actions and to South Region’s private and public destination in outside and pursue our mission to support artists.; stakeholders, of all sizes, met virtually: has remarkable assets. 4 To widen the circle of cultural art centres, FRAC (regional collections Its art of living, the rare diversity of its stakeholders committed to this of contemporary art), DCA’s members natural and protected landscapes, its approach over the years. (a network of contemporary art heritage combined with its rich cultural centres), Foundations, Institutions programming make it a favourite The exceptional situation we are and major cultural events dedicated to destination for holidays. facing requires all of us to question creation who work together regularly. our missions, to adapt, for some of us They took stock of their strategy, Through this new dynamic mapping, to invent new projects consistent with programming, schedule and measures. we not only wish to offer the visitors a the circumstances and for others to route but also rich, exciting and diverse continue the exhibitions and create new By the end of April, they were joined by journeys between our facilities. measures for visits, with a smooth and the MOCO (Montpellier Contemporain), responsible flow. the MUCEM, the Museums of , Pending new official recommen- Nice and Toulon, but also by other dations, we want to ensure that the We want to assert our existence and facilities or existing networks such as facilities’ staff works and welcomes our particularities within the arts and Botox(s). Today, Plein Sud network takes visitors in optimal safety conditions. culture family and to show solidarity on a new dimension as it brings together Plein Sud’s facilities dedicated to the with all the festivals and events, large or more than 35 stakeholders. visual arts thus renew their resoluteness small, which had to cancel or postpone and commitment to open as soon as their programmes scheduled for this Given the gradual process of the possible with a high-quality offer and season. end of lockdown implemented by the safety measures, while extending their government as of May 11, all these exhibitions into later on in the cultural facilities are involved alongside season and/or extending their opening the artists to be reactive and cater to days and hours. the desire of the audience to reconnect with art and creation after long weeks of seclusion. contact : [email protected] instagram @reseau_plein_sud Embrun

Digne-les-Bains

Avignon

Nîmes Roquebrune- Cap-Martin Saint-Paul de Vence Nice Arles Monaco Montpellier Rognes Le Puy-Sainte- Mouans-Sartoux Réparade

Châteauvert Aix-en- Le Muy Sète Le Thoronet Marseille Flassans

Cassis Toulon Hyères Rayol-Canadel La Seyne- sur-Mer Porquerolles FIRST MEETING PARTICIPANTS: Island Nouveau Musée National de Monaco Villa Arson (Nice) Espace de l’Art Concret (Mouans-Sartoux) Venet Foundation (Le Muy) Villa Navarra (Le Muy) Domaine du Muy (Le Muy) Commanderie de Peyrassol (Flassans) HAVE JOINED THE NETWORK: ONGOING: Domaine du Rayol Cap Moderne – Centre d’art contemporain (Rayol-Canadel) Conservatoire du littoral (Châteauvert) (Roquebrune-Cap-Martin) Fondation Carmignac Hôtel départemental (Porquerolles Island, Hyères) MAMAC (Nice) des expositions du (Draguignan) villa Noailles (Hyères) Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul de Vence) villa Tamaris (La Seyne-sur-Mer) Les Capucins (Embrun) WITH THE SUPPORT OF: Musée Gassendi Abbaye du Thoronet, Botox(s) (Alpes-Maritimes) (Digne-les-Bains) MAT - Musée d’art de Toulon PAC Provence Art CAIRN (Digne-les-Bains) Galerie Axolotl (Toulon) Contemporain (former Marseille Expos) 3bisF (Aix-en-Provence) Fondation Camargo (Cassis) Manifesta 13 Marseille Château La Coste MUCEM (Marseille) Mécènes du Sud (Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade) Musées de Marseille Art-o-rama (Marseille) Fondation Vasarely Cirva (Marseille) (Aix-en-Provence) Frac Paca (Marseille) Château de Bonisson LUMA (Arles) (Rognes) Fondation Van Gogh (Arles) Carré d’art (Nîmes) Rencontres d’Arles MOCO (Montpellier) Collection Lambert FRAC -Montpellier (Avignon) CRAC (Sète)